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/ 17 September 2008
The 2010 Soccer World Cup will be a ”great, great success”. These were the words of Fifa president Sepp Blatter as he left SA on Wednesday.
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/ 16 September 2008
The cheapest 2010 World Cup ticket will cost R140. This was announced on Tuesday by Irvin Khoza, chairperson of the 2010 local organising committee.
Representatives of the SA government will discuss the country’s progress in preparing for the 2010 Soccer World Cup at a briefing in Beijing.
Football is in danger of losing its prominent position at the Olympics after a ruling allowing clubs to deny them a place at the Games.
World soccer’s governing body Fifa has told clubs they must release any players aged under 23 selected for next month’s Beijing Olympics.
Soccer fans may not only need a ticket to see their favourite teams play in the 2010 World Cup — earplugs should also come in handy.
Construction on Durban’s King Senzangakhona Stadium, which will host a 2010 World Cup semifinal, is running ahead of schedule.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has compared long-term contracts between soccer players and their clubs as a form of ”modern slavery”.
Booking for the 2010 World Cup to be staged in South Africa opens on February 2 next year, it was announced in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Jerome Valcke, the general secretary of Fifa, on Wednesday admitted it will be tough going for Bafana when they compete in the Confederations Cup.
Upgrading Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria is ”slightly” behind schedule but the stadium will be ready for the Soccer World Cup in 2010, a manager said.
A commission charged by world football ruling body Fifa to resolve a conflict between Chelsea and Adrian Mutu has ruled that the Romanian international must pay his former club €12-million.