The 2010 World Cup in South Africa looms ever closer as teams from around the world compete for a chance to play in the worlds most prestigious sporting event. The FIFA World Cup Games begin on June 1th this summer and will run until July 11th. Only 32 nations will be honored enough to play in the games. And the tail keeps getting shorter as the qualifiers are disqualifying teams.
France has a second chance with their pair up against Ireland in their November 14th and 18th match up. Other teams playing qualifying games on those days include Russia against Slovenia, …read more

It was decided in today’s game that Germany and Italy will be joining the ranks of other countries who have made it into the World Cup qualifying matches. Denmark as well as Serbia can be proud to also have the chance to play in the World Cup after beating out France. So far, the countries that still remain undecided are Switzerland and Slovakia, whose fate will be decided this Wednesday.

The United States should also celebrate as they too have made it in the 2010 World Cup. So far the list of team who will definitely be playing in the 2010 …read more

There’s more trouble brewing for Serbian Soccer. The FIFA has decided ti fine the Serbian National Soccer Association 25,000 Swiss Francs over the latest incident at a Serbian/France World Cup Qualifying match. Rowdy fans decided to throw fire crackers and lighters onto the soccer pitch at French players. FIFA has said that if the unsportsmanlike behavior doesn’t end Serbia will soon have to pay in more than just money, they will soon be fined in precious points that could cost them a chance to play in the 2010 World Cup.
The decision has not been taken lightly, but something had to …read more

Prized higher than gold, tickets to the FIFA 2010 South Africa World Cup game tickets are the hottest commodities in the world right now. So naturally people will want to counterfeit these and sell their bogus tickets online. So beware of these fake tickets before shelling out a tone of money.
FIFA is having to crack down of counterfeit World Cup tickets after receiving complaints. FIFA is warning people now to help curb the traffic of these illegal tickets. They mentioned that official World Cup tickets can only be purchased legally through their online kiosk at FIFA.com or through their …read more

The United States may care more about American Football than they do soccer, but according to recent finds by FIFA the U.S.A. leads in ticket sales for the worlds biggest sporting event.
It is highly unlikely that team USA will make it past the World Cup qualifying round, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping people from buying tickets anyways. Despite setbacks in the economy 93,300 tickets have been sold to U.S. residents. That is compared to the 450,000 who are expected to flock to South Africa from all over the world. Special rates have been fixed for local residents who …read more

The country of Zimbabwe is being carefully reviewed by FIFA 2010 World Cup executives who are concerned with stadium repairs. Zimbabwe is supposed to aid neighbouring country South Africa, in hosting the international soccer event but they seem to be having trouble getting into gear.
Stadiums are in desperate repair and months behind schedule. Rumours are floating around that contingency plans are already being made if Zimbabwe cannot keep their commitments.
Source: AllAfrica
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