Saturday’s draw for the Fifa Confederations Cup has cast a spotlight on South Africa’s preparations for the World Cup, as organisers reassure naysayers that everything is on track.
"The Confederations Cup South Africa 2009 will be a mouth-watering appetiser for the main event in 2010," said Irvin Khoza, chairman of the local organising committee for the event.
Worries about the Confed Cup arose in July when the city of Port Elizabeth was stripped of the right to stage matches because the new stadium under construction there would be not finished on time.
Formula One race winners should receive gold medals next season with the world championship going to whoever wins most, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Tuesday.
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HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan announced on Monday that sixteen Asian and African countries troubled by conflict will send delegates to the second camp organised by th...More>
The 2010 Local Organising Committee this weekend launched a major advertising campaign to boost next year’s Confederations Cup, a key curtain-raiser for the World Cup.
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As Tony Adams gave warning that he would walk out of Portsmouth if star players were sold in January, a South African consortium was said to be closing in on a formal takeover...More>
Soccerex announced that a record number of FIFA delegates will be attending Soccerex 2008.
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THE importance of mobile marketing and broadcasting ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup will feature prominently in the upcoming Soccerex 2008 that South Africa will host later t...More>
KNYSNA Tourism has urged accommodation establishments to sign up with Match, the company mandated by Fifa to deal with accommodation for the 2010 soccer World Cup.
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SA Police Services Director Aaron Harry who addressed delegates at the Sports Security Summit in London yesterday, said he was confident that visiting fans won’t be targeted b...More>
The Department of Transport and the United Arab Emirates have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will allow Emirates Airlines to increase passenger flights into Johann...More>
Motorola, has embarked on an ambitious commercial project for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, which seeks to keep the Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) specification...More>
Muslims have taken offence at the use of sacred Islamic texts in advertising for the 2010 World Cup.
"In particular, as advertising for the 2010 Fifa World Cup gathers mome...More>
Five of the six stadiums that are being built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup are on track for completion ahead of the deadlines given to the South African 2010 Local Organising C...More>
Cape Town's preparations for hosting the 2010 Fifa World Cup are running almost R2-billion over budget and the city now seems set on a collision course with Fifa.
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A consortium of South African executives led by the head of one of its largest gold-mining companies is understood to be in the advanced stages of finalising a £70m deal ...More>
