Now that the U.S.have qualified for South Africa the question arises: should you attend in person?

I will not pretty much for the reasons spelled out by excellent Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl, who just spent seven months in the country while writing the book "The Beckham Experiment," in this article: crime, bad weather (it's winter down there), a lack of transportation options and expensive, hard to come by accommodation.

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13th Young Eagles Soccer Camp
Calling all boys & girls (aged 7 – 13 yrs old) Join us this Dec ‘09 for an exciting camp experience. Click to continue reading...

Is South Africa ready to host futbol's biggest tournament next year? According to reports in Brazilian newspapers, they have good stadiums, excited fans and roads in "reasonable conditions." As such, South Africa is closing on a "friendlier note" to host the games, a sentiment that wasn't the case last year.

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The wacky Sepp Blatter, FIFA's President, the same guy who last summer called Cristiano Ronaldo a slave - singlehandedly re-igniting my sportswriting career, is back at it again.
This time, Blatter says that a major concern ahead of next year's World Cup in South Africa is an accommodation shortage - and he is proposing the berthing of passenger cruise ships off Durban, Cape Town, and Port Elizabeth to deal with the issue - setting up floating mini-hotels. Click to continue reading...

Imagine if you were a Company and you had this many people from one city who used your product every week guaranteed:
30,000 people made up of:
12,000 aged 3-18 primary users
5,000 aged 19-90 primary users
13,000 18-90 secondary users..over 50% female.)
Imagine you could guarantee that these customers would stay with you for 20 years. Click to continue reading...

This DJ picked the wrong guy on the wrong day Elen Rives' remarks about her split from Frank Lampard and her current accommodation situation caused a bit of stir earlier this week. So much show that LBC radio presenter James O'Brien decided to host a phone-in on the subject in which he "said that men who [. Click to continue reading...

With Australia playing Qatar on June 6 in Doha I have had some e-mails asking about tickets for the match.

Tickets to matches are the responsibility of the host nation. When we played in Qatar last year the tickets were not on sale until a few days before the match, and only available in Qatar.

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KNVB Basic Level Coaching Course
FFA has organised a 7 day residential coaching course through Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) which is open to all Youth Coaches.
Applications close Friday 25 July.
Venue: Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra
Dates: 21 – 27 August 2008
Arrival: 20 August
Departure: 28 August
Cost: $2,090 (This includes instructor costs, course materials, accommodation and meals)
Travel: You will be responsible for your own travel to and from the AIS
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Northern Ireland's Glentoran FC recently announced three pre-season friendlies for the month of July.
Beginning Monday July 14th, Hearts, the Scottish Premier side, journeys to The Oval. Glentoran last played the Edinburgh club in 1899 which was 109 years ago. Hearts won by a score of a 3-0. Click to continue reading...

Women are playing a key role in the financial success of Euro 2008, contributing at least €140million to the tournament and related businesses, according to a study by MasterCard.
The study measured female spending on football related items, such as merchandise, food and beverages, accommodation, transport and television sets.

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Here is a listing of available hotel rooms for the 2008 European Championships in Austria and Switzerland. Please see our Euro 2008 accommodation page for booking details.
Novotel Vienna West Vienna 28/06/2008
Mercure Salzburg Salzburg 17/06/2008
Novotel Vienna West Vienna 21/06/2008
Ibis Geneva Geneva 06/06/2008
Ibis Zurich Airport Zurich 08/06/2008
Novotel Vienna West Vienna 25/06/2008
Ibis Berne Expo Berne 12/06/2008
Mercure Vienna Vienna 25/06/2008
Ibis St Louis Basel 06/06/2008
Mercure Josefshof Wien Vienna 28/06/2008
Mercure Josefshof Wien Vienna 28/06/2008
Hotel BAD SCHAUENBURG Basel 24/06/2008
Hotel DuCommerze Basel 24/06/2008
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