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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Mexico: 2 Bafana: 1
“Bafana Bafana” got their campaign off to a losing start when they narrowly lost out to “Mexico” in a five-a-side football tournament that got underway at the FIFA Fan Fest™ in Port Elizabeth on Friday morning. In the first game in the men’s open section, the Warren Jack Property Group Ghetto Stars, masquerading as Bafana [...]
Cold Weather Forecast for Bafana Mexico Kick Off
Pretoria – The boys in blue and yellow can expect cool to cold weather conditions when they go head to head with Mexico in the opening match of Africa’s first World Cup, says the weather services. “Gauteng will experience partly cloudy conditions in the morning with a minimum temperature of nine degrees celsius,” SA Weather [...]
Wait over for South Africa
Johannesburg – The wait is finally over for South Africa. It’s now only a matter of hours left until football’s biggest showpiece gets underway in Johannesburg’s magnificent Soccer City stadium. Thousands of local football fans and those from around the world have started arriving at Soccer City and the area around the stadium has been [...]
Premier Kiviet Predicts Bafana Mexico Outcome
Eastern Cape Premier Ms Noxolo Kiviet has this morning put her head on the block and done what many soccer enthusiasts avoid to do, that is predicting the outcome of the match. Premier Kiviet told the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) radio station Umhlobo Wenene that Bafana Bafana will beat Mexico with three goals to [...]
Bafana confident of win against Mexico
Johannesburg – The opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup between Bafana Bafana and Mexico at Soccer City on Friday promises to be a thrilling encounter, but Bafana players are more than aware that the Mexicans will be tough opponents to beat. Bafana striker, Bernard Parker, said he was aware that their first opponents [...]
Uzbek referee to officiate Bafana’s opening match
Pretoria – An Uzbek referee from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Ravshan Irmatov, has been chosen to referee the opening match between Bafana Bafana and Mexico at Soccer City on Friday. The FIFA Referee Committee said Irmatov has been refereeing international matches since 2003 and is the only Uzbek referee to have officiated in the [...]
World Cup teams arrive in South Africa
Durban – Bafana Bafana’s Group A rivals have all arrived in South Africa just four days ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The Local Organising Committee on Saturday welcomed France, Uruguay and Mexico. The Korean Republic team, hosts of the 2002 World Cup along with Japan, also arrived in the country. LOC CEO Danny [...]
Mexico arrive in South Africa for World Cup
Pretoria – Mexico landed at the OR Tambo International Airport on Friday ahead of their opening World Cup match against Bafana Bafana at Soccer City on June 11. Mexico touched down on Friday morning from Frankfurt with security officers on hand to ensure their safety. Mexico is in group A along with Uruguay and the [...]
Bafana’s Opponents Take no Prisoners
Pretoria – When Bafana Bafana were held to a 1-1 draw by Namibia on Wednesday, their first opponents at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Mexico were intensifying their aggressive winning spree. Mexico who will play the host team, Bafana, at the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup at Soccer City on June 11, beat [...]
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