Blatter backs South African Olympic bid 09/07/2010 |
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Fifa president Sepp Blatter has backed South Africa to bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.
South African president Jacob Zuma has hinted that the country might bid for the Games after successfully hosting the first World Cup to be held in Africa. No African country has ever hosted the Olympics.
"If a country can organise Fifa's World Cup, it can also organise the Olympic Games because the Olympic Games are mostly confined in one city," Blatter said.
He added he would "fully support" a South African bid and praised its hosting of the World Cup.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said last month he would welcome a South African bid and that he would discuss the issue with Zuma at the World Cup Final this weekend.
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