In the last few days, there has been unanimous opinion by domestic and international observers, amongst them international football fans, visiting Heads of State and other dignitaries, and most especially FIFA, that the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, the first to the hosted in Africa, was a success.
According to FIFA, a total of 3.1 million spectators attended the 64 matches of the 2010 tournament, which is the third highest aggregate attendance behind the United States in 1994 and Germany in 2006.
President Jacob Zuma has called on soccer fans to help make the legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup last beyond the soccer spectacular by supporting the 1Goal initiative.
The World Cup has helped to market the country as a key world player, President Jacob Zuma told about 80 portfolio fund managers from across the world on Tuesday.
Johannesburg - The Local Organising Committee (LOC) on Thursday urged South Africans to rally behind Ghana as the West African country takes on the United States in one of the crucial last sixteen matches on Saturday.
Pretoria - Ghana will carry the hopes of Africa in the continent's first World Cup after the Black Stars managed to qualify to reach the next round of the tournament.
Pretoria - A four-minute stoppage time goal by Landon Donovan paved the way for the United States to progress to the knock-out stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
After 11 matches, spectator attendance to Africa’s first FIFA World Cup is slightly higher than that of Germany in 2006, figures released by FIFA on Tuesday showed.
It might have been an ocean of yellow and green next to the warm Durban water but it was definitely one of our most rich and colourful moments in South African history.
Pretoria - The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa (OC) would like to welcome the national team of the United States of America, who arrived in the country for the tournament this afternoon (31 May) at OR Tambo International Airport.
