Well you’d have to expect that the French would stick together. After Henry found himself into a bit of trouble by deliberately touching the ball and causing the World Cup Qualifying match against Ireland to be replayed. With the world and the Irish understandably upset over the incident many are calling Henry a deliberate cheater. Henry in turn stated that he wasn’t at fault and that it should have been up to the ref to officiate over the game.
Because there are no video review of plays by the officiators, infractions need to be seen on the spot. Naturally allot gets …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

It seems that ever since FIFA decided that the 2010 World Cup was to be held in South Africa, they have worried about every possible problem. They have had to prepare a back-up plans for everything, from stadium construction to hotel accommodation and now even electrical consumption.
Electricity company Eskom of South Africa has promised that they will be able to provide enough electricity to the host cities. The World Cup attracts allot of people and they will undoubtedly see a surge in power consumption. This wouldn’t be a problem for most developed nations but South Africa’s Eskom has already had …read more

It’s not looking too good for Canada in their attempt at playing in the 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup games. Their ranking has been tallied by the FIFA governing body as being in 66th place. This is not at all surprising considering we are a hockey country and only have two MLS teams.
Soccer critics have blamed the Canadian Soccer Association for not giving their best players more support in the game. But I guess that’s what happens when there is no money from sponsors for the game.
The United States on the other hand has almost been able to …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 national US team has announced their roster for the 2010 FIFA qualifying matches. USA Coach Bob Bradley has revealed to reporters the names of the 24 players he has chosen and have accepted to represent their country in the world’s biggest sporting event.
Team USA are set to face Costa Rica on June 3rd in Estadio Saprissa for their first qualifying match. Then they will face off against Honduras in Chicago on June 6th. The 24 member team are as follows.
GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton)
DEFENDERS: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Danny Califf (Midtjylland), Jay DeMerit (Watford), Frankie …read more

On May 8, 2009 United States President Barack Obama sat down with the Univision Media. Towards the end of the interview he asked Obama if he supported a US host of the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup Games. Obama said that wrote a letter to FIFA in hopes that they would consider their bid to host the world’s largest sporting event in the United States. He also said that he hoped that one day America would embrace the sport to a level comparable to the rest of the world.

The new Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa nears completion. The 70,000 seater stadium will be one of the primary stadiums in hosting the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup games.

The stadium has been constructed near the an existing smaller staium in the Cape Town suburb of Green Point.
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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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