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The president of soccer world governing body Fifa, Sepp Blatter, arrived in South Africa on Wednesday morning and said he is delighted to be involved in the first World Cup to be held in Africa. Blatter was met at Johannesburg International airport by South African Football Association president Molefi Oliphant and CEO Danny Jordaan.
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/ 12 January 2005
The Northern Cape will immediately start applying its latest R26-million drought relief scheme, agriculture MEC Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Wednesday. ”The funds would mainly be used for the purchasing of fodder, fodder transportation and drilling of boreholes to allow commercial and communal farmers to maintain their flock.”
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/ 12 January 2005
African leaders on Tuesday gave South African President Thabo Mbeki more time to negotiate peace in Côte d’Ivoire, but his mediation initiative ran into trouble hours later when rebels boycotted a special Cabinet meeting on Tuesday night at which he was guest of honour. A rebel spokesperson accused Mbeki of ”betrayal”.
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/ 12 January 2005
The biggest name in Northern Hemisphere rugby, Jonny Wilkinson, is desperate to tour New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions and may not play in the Six Nations series, Lions coach Clive Woodward said in Auckland on Wednesday. Wilkinson suffered a new injury to his left knee over the weekend that is likely to keep him out of the game for up to six weeks.
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/ 12 January 2005
South African Football Association CEO Danny Jordaan would be ”perfect” for the position of chief executive of South Africa’s local organising committee for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Fifa president Sepp Blatter said in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Blatter was briefing editors on his whirlwind two-day visit to the country.
Blatter ‘delighted’ by African World Cup
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/ 12 January 2005
Juan Pablo Montoya has issued a challenge to his new teammate, Kimi Raikkonen. Montoya moved in the off season from Williams, joining the Finn at McLaren. ”I had hard races with Kimi when I was in the Williams and he was in the McLaren, so you are going to be seeing the same thing when we are both in McLarens,” Montoya said on Tuesday.
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The death of Italian motorcyclist Fabrizio Meoni — a two-time Dakar winner — overshadowed the 11th stage of the Dakar Rally in Kiffa, Mauritania, on Tuesday, won by Germany’s Jutta Kleinschmidt, driving a Volkswagen, and Spain’s Marc Coma, riding a KTM. Meoni died of a heart attack after a crash, organisers said.
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Roger Federer closed with an ace and then a rifling forehand on Wednesday, starting his finetuning for an Australian Open title defence with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 win over Gaston Gaudio at the Kooyong Classic exhibition tournament. Andre Agassi unveiled a sleeker physique in his 6-1, 7-6 (4) win over Olympic gold medallist Nicolas Massu.
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has written off Chelsea’s chances of winning four trophies this season, but Jose Mourinho’s right-hand man, Steve Clarke, believes the best is yet to come from Chelsea. Chelsea are seven points clear of second-placed Arsenal at the top of the Premiership.
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