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Safety at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
The attack on the Togolese football team in Angola recently created unfounded fears that South Africa will not be a safe place during the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. Three people were killed when gunmen opened fire on the Togo team bus. The team has since withdrawn from the Africa Cup of Nations, which Angola is hosting. Although Angola does not even share a border with South Africa (Cape Town, for example, is more than 3 000km … Read entire article »
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FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa – Ticket Sales!
The third ticketing sales phase for South Africa’s 2010 Fifa World Cup has seen the number of tickets applied for hit the 500 000 mark in the first 10 days. South Africans made 77% of the requests, or 386 300 ticket applications, and the rest of the world 114 237 applications. The US was the foreign country with the highest number of applications, with 22 942 tickets. It is followed by the UK (20 232 tickets), … Read entire article »
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2010 FIFA World Cup Final Draw Reactions!
With 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa mania reaching fever pitch with the category draws on 4 December 2009, in Cape Town, it has been an amusing and interesting experience to follow the newspapers around the world and see what everyone seems to make of their draw and their chances! It seems that this World Cup, the coaches are determined not to hand their opposing teams any chance of twisting words for victory, and they seem … Read entire article »
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