South Africa to Stage Soccer World Cup in 2010
 

South Africa will stage the 2010 soccer World Cup, the first time the event will take place in Africa, governing body FIFA announced.

The country was selected ahead of Morocco and Egypt, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said in Zurich after a meeting of the executive committee. Tunisia withdrew yesterday as FIFA ruled it would not consider a joint bid with Libya, which was eliminated.

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will be hard to get tickets... see you 2006 in germany:glugglug

Nice, good for them!

that's going to be an interesting one

Soccer is lame. :)

Aren't white people hated in South Africa?

??? best sport on earth! i love soccer... and billions of ppl do too :)

Brazil will win it.

good news for South African soccer too! :thumbsup

I can't wait for 2006, congrats to South Africa for 2010, it should boost their economy! :thumbsup

wish soccer was big here..never hear shit about it

you'll be in germany in 2006?

good choice..especially when you think of how important the sport has been to the black communities in South Africa. I worry a bit about safety but then I would have worried about that in Lybia too.

agree that its a very good choice!

Good for them. They'll make a lot of money on the world cup

They have to wait till 2010 cuz Franz Beckenbabuer and the Germans snatched the 2006 from them...

I was in Japan 2002 and will be in Germany 2006 and every
other World Cup in the future, once you see it live you'll never
want to miss one!

:glugglug

Not the safest place on earth, but it's good to have a worldcup in africa. hopefully africa benefits from it

You'd be much safer in Lybia. South Africa is a cesspool, you'd be a fool to go there.

long way to go till 2010, see how it is there then !

lool

Just because you're Canadian hockey's not the greatest sport in the world.

Open your eyes kid.

I'll be in Germany next year... :)

hmm not sure.. they've to invest a few hundred million to (re)build the stadiums.. or upgrade them to international standarts..

Typical dumbass american.

Good for them:thumbsup

Congrats to them.. Can't wait for the Euro2004 to start

He's not American.

:thumbsup

Good for them. i love soccer :thumbsup