Worldcup2010

Cape Town’s Greenpoint stadium, which has been chosen to host a 2010 World Cup semifinal, was on Monday declared complete.

Carlos Alberto Parreira gets down to the business end of getting Bafana ready for the 2010 World Cup with a hectic schedule which kicks off next month

The World Cup final draw has unleashed a stampede for tickets, with Fifa receiving close to a quarter-of-a-million requests in 48 hours.

Former Cameroon goalkeeper Joseph-Antoine Bell said on Friday that eradicating malaria should be one of the legacies of the first World Cup in Africa.

Supporters of hosts South Africa will be anxious onlookers on Friday evening when the 2010 World Cup draw is made.

Argentina coach Diego Maradona will be thrown out if he tries to attend the World Cup draw here this week, with Fifa making clear he was banned.

The Netherlands were among the eight seeded teams announced here Wednesday for the 2010 World Cup, but France and Portugal missed out.

World Cup hosts South Africa say they are aiming to be among the 16 best teams at the tournament next year.

Ireland has asked Fifa to be allowed into the World Cup as a 33rd team after Thierry Henry’s handball helped France eliminate the Irish in a playoff.

Once a headache for the LOC, the 10 stadiums for the 2010 World Cup are now pride and joy as they are set to be ready in time for the soccer showpiece

Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Parreira is likely to spend much of his Christmas break pondering a solution to end the team’s goal drought.

Danny Jordaan on Thursday promised South Africa would stage the best final draw in Cape Town on December 4 and the best World Cup in Fifa history.

France qualified for the World Cup thanks to a double handball by Thierry Henry that led to the extra-time goal in a 1-1 draw with Ireland.

Algerians exploded with joy as the north African country secured their first World Cup berth since 1986 with a win over Egypt on Wednesday.

Thousands of Algerian and Egyptian fans have flocked into Khartoum in Sudan ahead of Wednesday’s make-or-break World Cup qualification play-off.