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Youth Zones Preserve World Cup

Posted by MyZA on Monday, August 2nd 2010     

Pretoria – The legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is being established across Africa through a unique concept called Youth Zones. A joint initiative by the Foundation for Safe South Africa (FSSA), the Local Organising Committee (LOC), Embassy of the Netherlands and Idasa are working hard to ensure that the excitement of the World [...]

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English Fan Arrested

Posted by MyZA on Monday, June 21st 2010     

Pretoria – The soccer fan who found his way into the English team’s change room shortly after the England – Algeria match, has been arrested and charged with trespassing. Police arrested the 32-year-old man at the Bay Hotel in Cape Town on Sunday. The man allegedly entered the English team’s change room and told the [...]

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We are Winners: Zuma

Posted by MyZA on Monday, June 21st 2010     

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma has wished the national squad well ahead of their crucial final Group A match against France on Tuesday, and has reminded South Africans that come what may, we are “already winners.” “South Africans are already winners. We won on 15 May 2004 when the announcement was made, declaring us as [...]

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South Africa Showcases Unique Culture

Posted by MyZA on Monday, June 21st 2010     

Johannesburg-South Africa and other African countries are using the four week-long World football tournament to showcase their unique culture. Arts and Culture Minister, Lulu Xingwana, said her department has funded 22 projects to showcase South Africa’s and the rest of the continent’s culture to international tourists. Xingwana said through the projects, visitors will be entertained [...]

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FIFA Beefs up security

Posted by MyZA on Monday, June 21st 2010     

Johannesburg- FIFA has decided to beef up security at all World Cup stadia change rooms on match days after a security breach at Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium on Friday. This comes after an angry English fan evaded security in the English team’s change room and confronted players after their goalless draw against Algeria. FIFA [...]

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Stolen World Cup Tickets Recovered

Posted by MyZA on Friday, June 18th 2010     

Pretoria – Had Kunle Benjamin not been driving erratically through the streets of Pretoria on Sunday he could have been a free man today. Instead, Benjamin – a Nigerian national – is behind bars and will have to serve a three-year-prison sentence after he was found to be in unlawful possession of soccer World Cup [...]

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Huge Fan Fest Turnout

Posted by MyZA on Friday, June 18th 2010     

Pretoria – FIFA Fan Fests, organised at 16 official venues around the world, played host to more than a million excited supporters, during the first six days of the biggest sporting party in the world. More than 800 000 fans in ten South African venues and more than 400 000 fans in Rome, Paris, Berlin, [...]

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Gauteng fires up party spirit

Posted by MyZA on Tuesday, June 15th 2010     

Gauteng – South Africa’s smallest province, Gauteng, has welcomed the world’s football fans with open arms – not only with the spectacular matches that are being played in the province’s stadiums, but with the fanatical festivities that have been lined up. For the duration of the 2010 World Cup, the province has set up several [...]

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World Cup Games Public Transport

Posted by MyZA on Tuesday, June 15th 2010     

Pretoria – Fans are encouraged to use South Africa’s safe, efficient and reliable public transport for the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches to ensure they arrive at stadiums in good time. Government has invested more than R40 billion on public transport infrastructure for this tournament, the transport ministry said on Tuesday and this included Integrated [...]

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Today’s thrilling match encounters

Posted by MyZA on Tuesday, June 15th 2010     

Pretoria – The match between Slovakia and New Zealand later this afternoon will determine whether the defending champions, Italy, move down to third place in Group F. This after the Azzurri’s dreary 1-1 draw against Paraguay at Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium on Monday night. Although the two teams drew, Paraguay is topping Group F. [...]

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South Africa Beats Germany World Cup Attendance Figures

Posted by MyZA on Tuesday, June 15th 2010     

Johannesburg – After 11 matches, spectator attendance to Africa’s first FIFA World Cup is slightly higher than that of Germany in 2006, figures released by FIFA on Tuesday showed. Since the start of the tournament, South Africa has recorded an average attendance of 53 019 while Germany stood at 52 019 for the same period. [...]

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Football Giants Fight for Golden Boot

Posted by MyZA on Tuesday, June 15th 2010     

Durban – When you have all of the world’s top footballers in one tournament, the quest for the Golden Boot award in the 2010 FIFA World Cup can become a ferocious fight. The golden boot award goes to the top scorer of the tournament and was first handed out in the 1930 World Cup. The [...]

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FIFA, Roger Milla unite to fight Malaria

Posted by MyZA on Monday, June 14th 2010     

Pretoria – Cameroonian football legend Roger Milla and FIFA have teamed up in a campaign to end Malaria deaths in Africa by 2015. The campaign inspired by the first FIFA World Cup in Africa was unveiled in Johannesburg on Sunday. The world football governing body and the star of the 1990 World Cup in Italy [...]

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Record Audience for opening World Cup match

Posted by MyZA on Monday, June 14th 2010     

Pretoria – The Opening Game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup between hosts South Africa and Mexico drew a record TV audience in recent history of sports viewing in South Africa, data made available to FIFA on Monday showed. The average combined in-home audience for the 11 June match was 10,146,793 viewers on the two [...]

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Police continue crackdown on World Cup trouble-makers

Posted by MyZA on Monday, June 14th 2010     

Pretoria – Police have continued their crackdown on potential trouble-makers who have tried to sneak into the country during the soccer World Cup, detaining a British national in Johannesburg at the weekend. The 42-year-old, who police said posed a threat to public order, has been sent home after he was refused entry into South Africa. [...]

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