There is a news circulating that South Africa plans on kicking off the 2010 World Cup games by ’sacrificing’ a cow (check out the article at Yahoo.com). This of course is upsetting some people as they seem to care if a cow get’s killed. South Africa is defending their decision by stating that the ceremony needs to be blessed ‘African Style’ for the games to run smoothly.
I personally don’t see what the big deal is about sacrificing a cow for the South African World Cup. No one seems to care about the cow that died to end up in …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

In more South Africa World Cup news, the newly renovated Green Point Stadium is almost complete.

The stadium was built on a previous stadium that needed a makeover for the World Cup games. The Cape Town suburb at Green Point is a popular shopping district and Metropolitan Golf Club. The golf course will be moved before the games begin, to make way for other World Cup venues.
When the World Cup Games begin later this year the $4.5 billion stadium will be host to five round matches (one second round, one quarter-final and one semi-final).
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