Archive for January, 2010

January 18, 2010 / World Cup 2010

List of qualified teams

List of qualified teams

The following 32 teams qualified for the final tournament. AFC (4) Australia Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic CAF (5+1) Algeria Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Nigeria South Africa (hosts) CONCACAF (3) Honduras Mexico United States CONMEBOL (5) Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay OFC (1) New Zealand

January 18, 2010 / South Africa

The Garden Route

The Garden Route

The Garden Route is a mix of modern golf courses, ancient forests, secluded artist communities, retirement estates, modern malls, craft centres, mountain hideaways and beach holidays. A large number of interesting and creative people have come to live down here, drawn to this magnificent stretch of coastline. The main arterial highway ...

January 18, 2010 / South Africa

Robben Island

Robben Island

Year inscribed: 1999 Location: Western Cape, 33º 48' S 18º 22' E Type: Cultural heritage Robben Island is most famous as the place where Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected president of South Africa, was imprisoned for 18 of his 27 years in jail. The island has since become a symbol of ...

January 18, 2010 / South Africa

South African Airways

South African Airways

In 1934, Union Airways was bought by South Africa's government, and renamed South African Airways on 1 February. The first cities served were Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg. The following year, also on 1 February, South African Airways took over South-West African Airways which had since 1932 been providing a ...

January 18, 2010 / News

USA, El Salvador confirm February meeting

USA, El Salvador confirm February meeting

USA will face El Salvador in a friendly international on 24 February in a match featuring 2010 FIFA World Cup™ participants, the US Soccer Federation announced on Thursday. The United States will meet the Salvadorans, their North American regional rivals, at Tampa, Florida, which is among 18 cities included this week in the ...

January 18, 2010 / News

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FIFA has taken new measures to facilitate fans’ access to match tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. These measures are directed, in particular, at fans of the participating member associations (PMAs) and add to previously taken measures directed at South African residents. The move comes as the ...

January 17, 2010 / News

South Africa's fine 2009

South Africa's fine 2009

Probably the best place to gauge South Africa’s readiness for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ are the towering world-class stadiums that stand at the sites of what has been fondly referred to as 'the Rainbow Nation’s second miracle' next year. Colourful scenes of more than 50,000 football fans at Cape Town's ...

January 17, 2010 / News

Pele backs rookie coach Maradona

Pele backs rookie coach Maradona

egend Pele threw his support behind Diego Maradona, insisting that the Argentina coach was not to blame for his team's lacklustre form. Pele said that responsibility for Argentina's mediocrity, which almost cost them a place in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ finals, should be laid at the feet of ...