With 30 days to go, it is becoming clearer that South Africa will host a thoroughly well-run Soccer World Cup.
Bafana Bafana will be playing for their places in Carlos Alberto Parreira’s final Soccer World Cup squad when they host Thailand on Sunday.
Australia coach Pim Verbeek has set a modest goal for the Socceroos at the Soccer World Cup, targeting a spot in the second round.
The South African Football Association (Safa) has suspended its team manager and commercial director just a month before the Soccer World Cup.
Kulula.com has responded to negative pre-World Cup coverage in the UK tabloids with a well-aimed whack at a jittery public’s funny bone.
Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has stressed that financial incentives were not part of his or his players’ plan for the Soccer World Cup.
In the final run-up to the World Cup, South Africans have snapped up tickets in a surge that will give the tournament a more African flavour.
The owner of a bus that killed 23 people in South Africa was charged with murder on Friday, a police spokesperson said.
Every day South Africa sees about 50 killings, but the startling statistic masks enormous differences among violent crimes, which rarely affect tourists.
Soccer World Cup fans still won’t find it easy to get between and around the nine host cities, some analysts say.
Sepp Blatter and his mates at Fifa should be grateful they’ve managed to put draconian rules in place with the the government ahead of the World Cup.
SA police have foiled a plot by right-wing extremists to bomb townships ahead of the Soccer World Cup, the police ministry said on Thursday.
A dozen young boys stood at the edge of a football field, one that looks typically African — patchy grass at the edges, dark red dirt in the middle.
Fred, a well-built house burglar and mugger, ambles down the row of parked cars at a scenic Cape Town look-out before finding an unlocked door.
The threat of protests against the hosting of the North Korean World Cup team in Bulawayo has forced the Zimbabwean government into a rethink.
With just 41 days until the Soccer World Cup, patriotic South Africans are flying their flags high, showing support for Bafana Bafana.
The official World Cup song is <i>Waka Waka: This time for Africa</i>. It’s also the most glorious collection of rank clichés.
The top South African World Cup organiser says his country is prepared to have United States President Barack Obama visit during the tournament.
South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira believes his team is slowly developing the style necessary to be a surprise at the Soccer World Cup.
Smart new buses already roll past World Cup stadiums, but anger is simmering within the taxi industry, which feels sidelined from the tournament.
Hosts South Africa will play a 2010 World Cup warm-up match against Jamaica in Germany on Wednesday.
Street traders at the Grand Parade in Cape Town have been told to leave the area from May 1 until the end of the Soccer World Cup.
Bafana Bafana have been warned they will not get past the first round of the 2010 Soccer World Cup if they keep failing to score goals.
<strong>Percy Zvomuya </strong>reports on a travelling cinema that brings films about soccer to areas that won’t be part of the World Cup action.
It’s not fear of crime or a race war that’s keeping visitors away from the World Cup — it’s the exorbitant prices charged by Match.
Bafana Bafana had a chaotic fixture list for their German training camp, but nobody at Safa is willing to shoulder the blame.
The latest Department of Sports progress report on the Soccer World Cup confirms "it is all systems go", government spokesperson Themba Maseko says.
Former England star John Barnes insists it is unrealistic to expect England to win the Soccer World Cup.
Foreigners will inject R13-billion into South Africa’s economy during the World Cup, a study shows.
Researchers have produced evidence that the sound level inside a 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium could lead to permanent hearing damage
The Soccer World Cup will be SA’s greatest opportunity to show off the diversity and potential of the nation, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
On Wednesday South Africa marks 50 days to go until the Soccer World Cup kicks off, with Bafana Bafana scheduled to face Mexico in the opening match.