South Africa bowed out of their World Cup by beating an embarrassing French side 2-1, meaning Uruguay and Mexico qualified from Group A. Two goals in the first half by Bongani Khumalo and Katlego Mphela were enough to give the hosts all three points, but they still needed three more goals to topple Mexico and [...]
Both France and South Africa have failed to qualify from FIFA World Cup 2010 Group A, despite the hosts winning the final group game 2-1. South Africa came close to getting to the round of 16 however, as this win put them level on four points with Mexico, albeit with insufficient goal difference to progress. [...]
A Diego Forlan brace helped ensure Uruguay beat a disappointing South Africa 3-0, as they moved to the summit of Group A. The Atletico Madrid forward’s first goal had a slice of luck attached to it, as it deflected of Aaron Mokoena. But his penalty late on was impressive, especially as he had to wait [...]
Here are the dates and times for the matches of the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa. All times are in Central European Summer Time – which is the same as local time in South Africa. Matches in France will be shown on a variety of channels including Eurosport2, ESPN Classic, TF1 & Canal [...]
British diplomacy in Zimbabwe has been an unenviable task in recent years. The fall-out from the disputed presidential elections in 2008 meant a full-blown humanitarian crisis, with widespread violence, economic meltdown, a media blackout and a collapse of the healthcare system. Robert Mugabe placed the blame for the country’s problems squarely on the shoulders of [...]
South Africa have opened their 2010 FIFA World Cup with a Group A point against Mexico as the sides drew 1-1 after Tshabalala raised the roof in Football City by taking the lead for the host nation. The match kicked off four or five minutes late after some emotional speeches – particularly regarding Nelson Mandela [...]
South Africa, the hosts of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, will take on Mexico in the appropriately named “Soccer City” stadium for the opening match of the tournament. The sides line up for their Group A match as follows: South Africa Starting 11 Khune, Gaxa, Mokoena, Thwala, Khumalo, Tshabalala, Pienaar, Modise, Letsholonyane, Dikgacoi, Mphela. South [...]
Serbia is the tallest squad selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with an average height of 1.86 metres, which is just a little over 6ft 1in tall, on average, per player. There is 10 cms difference between Serbia’s average player height and that of the team with the lowest average height per player, Chile, [...]
To continue the statistical review of the players and nations taking part in FIFA World Cup 2010, The Global Herald reveals the Top Ten Tallest players taking part in the tournament: World Cup 2010 – Top Ten Tallest Nikola Zigic, at 202cm (6′ 7.5″) will be the tallest player taking part in World Cup 2010 [...]
Much has been made of the horns which will blare out in the stadia through the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but another sensation which will ripple through the crowds this year is the Waka Waka dance. Featuring as part of the official 2010 “This is Africa” World Cup song, the Waka Waka [...]
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