Fifa World Cup 2010 News

NEWS DESK:
 
1."The official song for the 2010 World Cup is announced. It is called Waka Waka: This time for Africa and I quite like it. You can watch the video below and if you give it a few listens, I'm sure you will like it too. It is very African and I guess that is what they wanted."

2."Germany are going to be without keeper Rene Adler and midfielder Simon Rolfes for the World Cup because both are going under the knife."

3."Algeria have named a preliminary squad for the 2010 World Cup, most of whom took part in the recent Africa Cup of Nations and head coach Rabbah Saadane has confirmed that he wanted to keep the backbone of the team that got through to the semi-final in Angola."

4."One of the reasons that England fans are putting forward for the case that their team will win the World Cup is that Fabio Capello is the man to get the best out of the England World Cup squad and that he has a proven record of winning things, we heard the same thing about Sven Goran Eriksson didn’t we? Well that’s for another day."

5."FIFA have today confirmed all the information we need to know in relation to squad announcements from each country. The list is, as you'd expect, very detailed and specific, but that is just how we like it; detailed and specific. We were not let down."

6."The South African Police Service unveiled plans to MPs today detailing how they aim to keep South Africa safe before and during the 2010 World Cup. The plans include the use of fighter jets, border patrols and security guards for each team."

World Cup 2010 Groups and Schedule

Group A

11 June Johannesburg South Africa vs Mexico
11 June Cape Town Uruguay vs France
16 June Pretoria South Africa vs Uruguay
17 June Polokwane France vs Mexico
22 June Rustenburg Mexico vs Uruguay
22 June Bloemfontein France vs South Africa


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