Archive for February 2nd, 2010

Survey: South African confidence in good World Cup remains high – Monsters and Critics (World Cup Group)

Zurich – South Africans are confident and feel immense pride in staging the football World Cup later this year, the ruling body FIFA said on Wednesday in a statement, citing a survey. The Sport and Markt company conducted the survey immediately after World Cup Football Continued

Since 1930 the FIFA World Cup has been the most prestigious tournament in not only world football, but arguably in all of sports. There have been legends born in these World Cups, and there have been legendary teams that are still talked about today World Cup Football Continued

The FIFA (the football or soccer international federation) World Cup is played every few years. A year before the event another soccer tournament is held. It is the FIFA Confederations Cup. In this tournament the best team from every confederation is World Cup Football Continued

Electronic Arts has announced that it will release the official videogame simulation of the football World Cup set to take place in June in South Africa. Officially titled 2010 FIFA World Cup, the football game will arrive on the Xbox 360 from World Cup Football Continued

(AP) — JOHANNESBURG – Football officials say one-third of World Cup tickets remain unsold less than five months before the tournament begins. FIFA said in a Wednesday statement that South Africans and Americans led the 1.2 million ticket bids in World Cup Football Continued

FIFA Says Almost 2 Million Soccer World Cup Tickets Sold – BusinessWeek (World Cup Soccer)

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — FIFA, soccer’s ruling body, said almost 2 million tickets have been sold for the 2010 World Cup being held in South Africa. There has been a “lot of interest” from South Africans, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke told Read more about this World Cup article

The FIFA (the football or soccer international federation) World Cup is played every few years. A year before the event another soccer tournament is held. It is the FIFA Confederations Cup. In this tournament the best team from every confederation is Read more about this World Cup article

JOHANNESBURG – World soccer’s governing body said one third of World Cup tickets remain unsold less than five months before the first tournament held in South Africa. About 1 million of the 3 million tickets still are available, FIFA officials said Read more about this World Cup article

interest” from the host nation, which accounted for 79 percent of applications in the third sales phase ended Jan. 22, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke told reporters in Johannesburg ticket sales,” said Danny Jordaan, head of the Read more about this World Cup article

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — FIFA, soccer’s ruling body, said more than two-thirds of the tickets for the 2010 World Cup have been sold, with almost half of those going to South Africa residents. There has been a “lot of interest” from the host Read more about this World Cup article

World Cup officials hope ticket sales increase as tournament – Charleston Daily Mail (World Cup Groups)

World Cup officials hope ticket sales increase as tournament – Charleston Daily Mail
JOHANNESBURG – The world soccer’s governing body says Africans and Americans had made the most bids for tickets in the third round of sales, which will be settled by lottery on Monday. FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke dismissed concerns that

FIFA Says Almost 2 Million Soccer World Cup Tickets Sold – BusinessWeek
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — FIFA, soccer’s ruling body, said almost 2 million tickets have been sold for the 2010 World Cup being held in South Africa. There has been a “lot of interest” from South Africans, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke told

FIFA Says Two-Thirds of Soccer World Cup Tickets Sold (Update1) – BusinessWeek
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — FIFA, soccer’s ruling body, said more than two-thirds of the tickets for the 2010 World Cup have been sold, with almost half of those going to South Africa residents. There has been a “lot of interest” from the host

Mexican National soccer team to visit Houston in May – KHOU
HOUSTON – The Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF), together with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), today announced details of the Mexican National team’s 2010 U.S. Tour. On the road to its 14 th FIFA World Cup participation this summer, Mexico

FIFA Says Two-Thirds of Soccer World Cup Tickets Sold (Update1) – BusinessWeek (Soccer News)

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — FIFA, soccer’s ruling body, said more than two-thirds of the tickets for the 2010 World Cup have been sold, with almost half of those going to South Africa residents. There has been a “lot of interest” from the host Learn more

FIFA Says Almost 2 Million Soccer World Cup Tickets Sold – BusinessWeek (FIFA World Cup)

FIFA Says Almost 2 Million Soccer World Cup Tickets Sold – BusinessWeek
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — FIFA, soccer’s ruling body, said almost 2 million tickets have been sold for the 2010 World Cup being held in South Africa. There has been a “lot of interest” from South Africans, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke told

Club or Country? Soccer World Cup revives old tensions – Marketwatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Lionel Messi is probably the top sportsman in the world right now. Unless you ask fans in Argentina where the soccer star was born and grew up in a town called Rosario, roughly 180 miles north-west of Buenos Aires

FIFA Says Almost 2 Million Soccer World Cup Tickets Sold – BusinessWeek (World Cup Groups)

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — FIFA, soccer’s ruling body, said almost 2 million tickets have been sold for the 2010 World Cup being held in South Africa. There has been a “lot of interest” from South Africans, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke told Read more about this World Cup article

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — FIFA, soccer’s ruling body, said more than two-thirds of the tickets for the 2010 World Cup have been sold, with almost half of those going to South Africa residents. There has been a “lot of interest” from the host Read more about this World Cup article

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Lionel Messi is probably the top sportsman in the world right now. Unless you ask fans in Argentina where the soccer star was born and grew up in a town called Rosario, roughly 180 miles north-west of Buenos Aires Read more about this World Cup article

The playing field and running track at the Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. The United States football team will use the stadium as their practice base during the upcoming FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament Read more about this World Cup article