Once exclusively used for rugby and banned from staging football games, Loftus Versfeld Stadium might help SA to the knockout stages of the World Cup.
The leading World Cup contenders begin flexing their muscles this week, a little more than 100 days before the big kick-off in South Africa.
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/ 30 November 2009
Soccer World Cup organising head Danny Jordaan on Monday described South Africa’s safety record in hosting major sports events as ”second to none”.
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/ 30 November 2009
Fifa will consider having extra match officials on the field to help referees at next year’s World Cup in South Africa, Sepp Blatter said on Monday.
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/ 2 November 2009
Barcelona’s hold on the European title could be loosened this week, while Liverpool could be eliminated from the Champions League as well.
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/ 19 October 2009
Former Premier League match officials criticised the referee for allowing a goal that deflected in off a beach ball in Sunderland’s win over Liverpool
Kevin Pietersen was on Thursday included in England’s squads for the upcoming tour of South Africa, but there was no place for Steve Harmison.
Tottenham and Chelsea stayed neck and neck at the top of the English Premier League with away victories on Sunday.
Germany beat Azerbaijan 2-0 to move ahead in its World Cup qualifying group on Wednesday, while France laboured to a 1-0 win over the Faroe Islands.
Boks coach Peter de Villiers has apologised for his apparent acceptance that Schalk Burger’s eye-gouging of Luke Fitzgerald was just part of the game.