France captain Thierry Henry admitted he had handled the ball in the build-up to a controversial
goal that sent France to the World Cup at the expense of Ireland on Wednesday.
Talk about Maradona's Hand of God, for the Boys from Ireland, this tragedy at the Stade de
France will now be known as Henry's Le Hand of God.
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Vuvuzelas - Noisy Plastic Trumpets in All Colours
According to bbc news Motoaki Inukai, the president of the Japan Football Association (JFA),
wants the noisy vuvuzela trumpet to be banned from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Noisy Plastic Trumpet!
And to add insult to this sign of cultural intolerance, when asked for his thoughts on the
subject after Saturday's stalemate, Japan coach Takeshi Okada responded dryly: "Perhaps if they
play good football (the fans) will be quiet and watch.
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My obsession with Moses Mabhida Stadium has taken me and my camera there in all kinds of weather
yesterday the weather was grey and every now and they it was drizzling, but Durban's 2010 World Cup
Stadium still took my breath away, like it does, every time I look at it through my lens.
People's Park
I first jumped out of the car on the bridge that crosses highway to take some pics across the
People's Park with the oval walking track that is being constructed- they have cleared all that
rubbish and railway yard stuff, and the actual track is taking shake in front of the stadium in the
Kings Park Sporting Precinct.
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The Republic of Ireland national football team will have to beat France in order to participate
in the 2010 World Cup South Africa. This was decided in Zurich this afternoon (Monday) in a
controversial seeded draw.
The two sides (Ireland and France) last met in the 2006 World Cup qualifying stages sharing a
0-0 draw in Paris; a Thierry Henry goal was the difference between the two sides in Ireland.
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Somehow it feels like that day that FIFA President Sepp Blatter opened the Envelope and said
South Africa was just the other day. The image of Madiba holding the solid gold World Cup Trophy
above his head was busying into our minds as we realised that the World Cup was truly coming to
Africa, to South Africa in 2010.
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Well Maradona's boys are on their way to South Africa. To the delight of this football crazy
nation, the two time World cup winners (1978 and 1986) managed to pull off a 1 – 0 score. A
solitary goal from Mario Bolatti gave them victory over their worthy opponents at the Estadio
Centenario, Montevideo in Uruguay last night in front of a very disappointed home crowd.
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With less than 250 days left to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, the qualifying rounds are
coming to an end in exciting matches that are determining who will come to South Africa next year
and take their place in the Top 32 soccer teams in the world. This week will see the last of the
2010 qualifying games before the play-offs take place.
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Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba and the Cote d'Ivoire team believe that Africa is on the verge of hosting an
iconic World Cup in South Africa in 2010.
The Chelsea hitman rose from the bench and took just two minutes to score the equalizer in
Malawi that has booked CĂ´te d'Ivoire's place at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.
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Two of the top European 2010 World Cup qualifyers being played this weekend are the Russia vs
Germany match and the Portugal vs Hungary Match.
Russia vs Germany Preview
The clash between Russia and Germany at the Luzhniki Stadium on Saturday is probably the match
of the weekend, with both sides desperate to secure the top spot in their group and avoid having to
go to a play-off for a place in South Africa.
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Europe's top teams are at war on the pitch this weekend in the penultimate round of qualifiers
for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, with three top-of-the-table showdowns as well as with
another three potentially decisive encounters.
All together, thirteen teams will represent Europe in South Africa next year, but so far, only the
Netherlands, Spain, and England have sealed their places for the World Cup finals.
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The world's biggest soccer ball is one that not even a giant could kick around, it is a 50 tonne
football sculpture on the top of Telkom's Lukasrand tower in Tswane.
Telkom has broken a world record by building a 50-tonne, soccer ball on top of the Lukasrand
tower in Pretoria, the company said on Thursday.
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