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World Cup 2010 Blog
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Football on Robben Island was more than just a game
A film telling the inspiring and little-known story of organised soccer played among prisoners on Robben Island opened country-wide on Friday.
Produced by Anant Singh and Helena Spring and directed by Junaid Ahmed, ?More Than Just A Game? stars Presley Chweneyagae from the Oscar-winning Tsotsi, as well as Wright Ngubeni and [...]
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Cape commits R20m to upgrade Grand Parade
By Lungani Makeleni
Cape Town - While the City of Cape Town awaits FIFA’s approval for its choice of the Grand Parade as its premier 2010 World Cup fanpark site, planning is well advanced to turn it into a venue of which all Capetonians can be proud.
“The R20 million already committed to the project, the city [...]
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Welcome to World Cup 2010 South Africa!
This Fifa World Cup spectacle
will be hosted in June/July 2010 in 9 South African Cities in 10 Stadiums. The
cities include Cape Town, Johannesburg,
Durban, Port Elizabeth
and Bloemfontein.
South Africa
was awarded the right to host the Cup on 15 May 2004. The building of the
stadiums have just started. 2010 World Cup tickets will be advertised in 2008.
This website will be regularly updated from South
Africa's premium news sources with news about
tickets, cities, stadiums, accommodation and developments leading up to the World Cup in 2010. Also see our blog at Blog2010.co.za.
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Fifa happy with 2010 progress |
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Oct 17, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Soweto - A senior Fifa official gave his seal of approval on Tuesday
to South Africa's preparations for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, playing
down concerns about stadium construction after a recent strike.
"I am satisfied with the general preparations," Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke said.
"We have an attentive ear on the stadia. There are places where
we pay more attention on stadia. We have a technical team and a sense
of system that allows us to be assured that things will go on as
wished," he added.
Valcke's comments come after a recent stoppage by construction
workers building the new Green Point stadium in Cape Town, who downed
tools for nearly a week in a dispute over travel allowances.
The chairperson of Fifa's local organising committee, Irvin Khoza, told reporters he was also satisfied that all building work was on schedule to be completed by a Fifa-set 2009 deadline.
"Generally, good progress is being made and the organising
committee is confident the 2010 Fifa World Cup construction deadlines
will be met," said Khoza.
Khoza meanwhile said around 3 000 people, including Fifa
officials and journalists were expected to attend the draw for the
World Cup qualifying rounds in Durban on November 25.
Ten venues will host the 2010 tournament which will be the
first time that the world's most popular sporting event has been staged
on African soil.
Source: News24
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Stadium construction on track |
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Oct 31, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Johannesburg - The FNB Stadium which is under construction, will
host the first and final game of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, is ahead of
schedule according to senior site manager Corne Esterhuizen of Grinaker
LTA.
"The north, south and east stands are six months ahead of
schedule and will most definitely be completed before the deadline,"
said Esterhuizen.
The stadium is scheduled to host the 2009 Confederations Cup
tournament in which Brazil, World Champs Italy and 2010 hosts South
Africa will compete in.
"Construction is going smoothly, we've had no problems with the workforce, the delivery of goods or any other delays.
"We have a very good managerial team and we're coping well with
the work. I am confident the stadium will be complete by March or April
2009," he said.
The first Fifa World Cup game is scheduled to kick off on June 11, 2010.
Source: News24
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'Come exploit 2010 opportunities' |
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Oct 27, 2007 at 12:00 AM |
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Johannesburg - European women are welcome to come and exploit 2010
business opportunities, Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica
told the European Black Women in Business Federation in London on
Saturday.
"I would like to invite you to the wonderful opportunity as South
Africa will be hosting the Fifa Soccer World Cup in 2010," said
Sonjica.
"This event has created a lot of business activity within the country
and we encourage women to participate in all opportunities as they
arise," she said.
Sonjica said a need for partnering in programmes would accelerate entrance into the business arena.
She said: "Partnership with European women could bear fruits and SA
women could learn from their expertise of hosting the kinds of events
as the world cup".
Source: News24
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