Archive for March 1st, 2010

The FIFA World Cup 2010 Tournament – Part 1 – Associated Content (World Cup Group)

The FIFA World Cup 2010 Tournament – Part 1 – Associated Content
The FIFA World Cup is the most prestigious international football competition awaited every four years. FIFA stands for Fédération Internationale de Football Association which is the sport’s international regulatory and governing body. This global

England football fans warned of fake World Cup tickets being sold on – Daily Mail
World Cup football fans have been warned not to buy tickets from websites such as eBay and Gumtree. Fifa, the competition organiser, said some ‘unscrupulous individuals’ were using websites to try to profit from fans who are desperate to see their

World Cup dustbowl is for the birds – Sydney Morning Herald
NELSPRUIT: The World Cup stadium where Australia will play Serbia on June 23 is an arid dustbowl 100 days before the tournament kicks off after two attempts to grow grass have failed at the new 1.2 billion rand ($174 million) Mbombela Stadium

World Cup legacy reaches grassroots – FIFA
Yesterday saw the launch of South Africa’s biggest grassroots football development programme – the construction of the 1st Football Turf of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Organising Committee South Africa Legacy Project. FIFA Secretary General

England football fans warned of fake World Cup tickets being sold on – Daily Mail (World Cup Qualifying)

World Cup football fans have been warned not to buy tickets from websites such as eBay and Gumtree. Fifa, the competition organiser, said some ‘unscrupulous individuals’ were using websites to try to profit from fans who are desperate to see their World Cup Football Continued

NELSPRUIT: The World Cup stadium where Australia will play Serbia on June 23 is an arid dustbowl 100 days before the tournament kicks off after two attempts to grow grass have failed at the new 1.2 billion rand ($174 million) Mbombela Stadium World Cup Football Continued

Inspectors happy with South Africa’s World Cup progress – People’s Daily Online (World Cup Group)

Inspectors happy with South Africa’s World Cup progress – People’s Daily Online
FIFA and South African football authorities spent the weekend, along with a strong media contingent, touring some of the stadiums to be used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and declared themselves satisfied. After inspecting the Royal Bafokeng stadium

World Cup legacy reaches grassroots – FIFA
Yesterday saw the launch of South Africa’s biggest grassroots football development programme – the construction of the 1st Football Turf of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Organising Committee South Africa Legacy Project. FIFA Secretary General

FIFA World Cup final venue ready – People’s Daily Online (World Cup Qualifying)

FIFA World Cup final venue ready – People’s Daily Online
Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium, venue for the opening and closing games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, was declared ready by the sport’s international governing body, local media reported Saturday. FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke said during a

Dance The ‘Diski’ All The Way To The 2010 FIFA World Cup(TM) In South – Forbes
NEW YORK, March 1 /PRNewswire/ — What has five moves, captures the unique and vibrant rhythms of South African soccer, and just might be your ticket to an unforgettable journey to the 2010 FIFA World Cup(TM) and a South African Adventure you’ll

World Soccer – YAHOO!
In this Saturday, May 15, 2004, file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela lifts the World Cup trophy, in Zurich, Switzerland, after FIFA’s executive committee announced that South Africa would host the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Zidane says he’ll never apologize to Materazzi for World Cup headbutt – CNN Sports Illustrated
MADRID (AP) — Former Real Madrid and France star Zinedine Zidane says he regrets having headbutted Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final but he’d rather die than apologize to the Italian defender. In an interview with leading Spanish daily

Continental AG Becomes Exclusive Tire Partner and Official Sponsor of – FOX News
Continental AG is steadfastly holding to its successful long-range marketing strategy for its premium Continental tire brand and extending its sponsoring of world soccer events in the tire product category through the 2014 FIFA World Cup(TM) in

South Africa’s World Cup Promotions: “Now is the Time” to Diski – Mediabistro.com (World Cup Soccer)

South Africa’s World Cup Promotions: “Now is the Time” to Diski – Mediabistro.com
ticket sales have outpaced the sales of all the other supposedly soccer-loving nations.” More about the author: Nancy Lazarus is a consultant and new contributor to PRNewser. Her professional background is in research and writing. Most recently she

Standard Bank Connects you to the 2010 World Cup – Biz Community
Standard Bank really does get people connected. This time they are connecting 100 people to a chance of a lifetime – tickets to the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. With the new cricket sponsorship commercial under our belts, we knew exactly what to do

LOC, FIFA confident SA will be ready to host World Cup – Engineering News
Local Organising Committee (LOC) CEO Dr Danny Jordaan has “no doubt” that South Africa’s preparations for the FIFA World Cup – about 100 days away – are going according to plan and that all tickets will be sold. “We are comfortable with the

FIFA World Cup final venue ready – People’s Daily Online
Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium, venue for the opening and closing games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, was declared ready by the sport’s international governing body, local media reported Saturday. FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke said during a

Zidane says he’ll never apologize to Materazzi for World Cup headbutt – CNN Sports Illustrated (FIFA World Cup)

Zidane says he’ll never apologize to Materazzi for World Cup headbutt – CNN Sports Illustrated
MADRID (AP) — Former Real Madrid and France star Zinedine Zidane says he regrets having headbutted Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final but he’d rather die than apologize to the Italian defender. In an interview with leading Spanish daily

FIFA World Cup final venue ready – People’s Daily Online
Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium, venue for the opening and closing games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, was declared ready by the sport’s international governing body, local media reported Saturday. FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke said during a

Continental AG Becomes Exclusive Tire Partner and Official Sponsor of – FOX News
Continental AG is steadfastly holding to its successful long-range marketing strategy for its premium Continental tire brand and extending its sponsoring of world soccer events in the tire product category through the 2014 FIFA World Cup(TM) in