Keeping football real. Hundreds of older South African women play football after cleaning houses, cooking meals, or selling food along township's streets. 83-year-old Nora Makhubela, a survivor of eight strokes, told Reuters: "I pray every day to God to keep me alive until 2010. I would really love to watch the games," she said.

La fiebre por el Mundial se ha extendido hasta las abuelas sudafricanas, con cientos de mujeres pobres y ancianas con delantales y faldas luchando por un balón en partidos que se juegan en diversos distritos.

Dos veces a la semana cambian las labores domésticas por el futbol y se ponen zapatillas de plástico para jugar en lugar de sus usuales sandalias.

Move aside Bafana Bafana. The world has a new favourite South African team, and their name is Vakhegula Vakhegula, which means "Grannies" in the local Xitsonga dialect. Why? Because they're a team of grandmothers of course, ranging in age from 40somethinng to 80something and competing in an eight team local league in around the Nkowankowa township, 600 kilometers north of Johannesburg.

Aaaaand Raul Albiol appears to be impressed with Nando's penchant for descriptive storytelling! A proud papá moment, indeed and you know rapaz asked everyone (including Raver Ramos) to be Nora's godfather.

Anyway, la seleccion have lost David Villa to injury and Madrid's youngster Alvaro Negredo has been called up to replace him.