Como venimos viendo en la recorrida por los estadios mundialistas, entre idiomas, colonialismos, movimientos políticos, campañas publicitarias y eventos deportivos, las denominaciones sudafricanas (nombres propios), tanto de los estadios como de las ciudades, continúan en plena vorágine cambiante. Click to continue reading...

Last week FIFA announced the list of base camps for the 32 finalists at the World Cup in South Africa. You can find the list here. Honduras and Mexico will stay in Johannesburg -- Honduras at the Indaba Hotel, and Mexico at the Thaba Ya Batswana hotel south of the city. The USA will stay close by in Pretoria (Irene Country Lodge). Click to continue reading...

Si cuesta entender el rol de Carlos Bilardo como Director General de Selecciones Nacionales traemos aquí un pequeño gran atenuante a la situación.
En septiembre de 2009, cuando la clasificación argentina estaba en plena y compleja construcción, el cuerpo técnico de la selección se había decidido por ocupar el campus de la Universidad de Pretoria durante la estadía mundialista. Click to continue reading...

Four months out from kick off in Pretoria, the hopes of coach Radomir Antic, "my ambitions are much bigger than qualification" look to be shaky. After an impressive qualification campaign for the White Eagles, the world cup draw and problems facing the squad have since deflated ambitions.� After being drawn once . Click to continue reading...

Serbia will use Johannesburg as their base for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ finals, the country's football federation has said.
Serbia are in Group D with Germany, Australia and Ghana.
Their base for the 11 June - 11 July finals, close to the University of Johannesburg, is around 40 kilometres from Loftus stadium in Pretoria, where Serbia open their campaign against Ghana on 13 June. Click to continue reading...

Speaking at a press conference held before tonight's Costa Rica friendly Maradona said the following:

"There are some that ran out of gas or whose time with the national team has ended."

"If I have to go to Europe, I'll go and explain to them why they'll be in the World cup squad or why they will not be.

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While in South Africa the national team manager visited several schools in the city of Pretoria which is where Argentina's training camp will be based out of during the World Cup.

It looks like a great time was had by all.

As seen in the photos, the children were thrilled to spend time with Maradona who regardless of his image as a coach, will always be Maradona the great football player to the entire world.

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CHICAGO (Dec. 28, 2009) – U.S. Soccer announced that it has arranged to have its 2010 FIFA World Cup allocation of tickets for U.S. Men's National Team fans available to the general U.S. public.

The U.S. Men's National Team has been drawn into Group C with England, Slovenia and Algeria. The U.

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CHICAGO (Dec. 28, 2009) – U.S. Soccer announced that it has arranged to have its 2010 FIFA World Cup allocation of tickets for U.S. Men's National Team fans available to the general U.S. public.

The U.S. Men's National Team has been drawn into Group C with England, Slovenia and Algeria. The U.

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Looking for a property to rent for the World Cup in South Africa?
Choose from these properties
Zaganaga Lodge in Marloth Park near Komatipoort. Close to Kruger National Park's Crocodile Bridge gate.
Bush Loerie a beautiful lodge to rent with swimming pool on the veld north of Pretoria. Click to continue reading...

A seleção portuguesa, de Cristiano Ronaldo e cia., instalará seu quartel-general durante a Copa do Mundo da África do Sul na província de Gauteng - norte do país -, anunciou neste sábado a Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF). A capital administrativa, Pretoria, e a econômica, Johannesburgo, estão localizadas nesta província. Click to continue reading...

A new study done by Adidas shows that altitude at the World Cup will have an impact of up to five percent on a ball's speed.

That means, according to the study, that a free kick from 20 metres during the final at the Soccer City stadium in high altitude Johannesburg (5700 feet) will reach the goal line five percent faster than it would at the Moses Mabhida stadium in sea level Durban.

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Final FIFA world cup 2010 draw and final world cup schedule is finally there!
We were waiting for this long time, so much talks about world cup fixtures, and other more and less important stuffs from analyzing team power, predicting results of world cup to some betting and where find world cup tickets to other topics. Click to continue reading...

The 2010 World Cup Final Draw took place earlier today, giving the 32 qualified teams the chance to learn who they will be up against in the Group Stage of next summer's tournament. Here's how each group turned out:
Group A - South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B - Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic, Greece
Group C - England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D - Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana,
Group E - Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Group F - Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
Group G - Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal
Group H - Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile
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Ecco di seguito il Calendario dell'Italia di Marcello Lippi:
14 giugno, ore 20.30, Citt� del Capo
ITALIA-PARAGUAY
20 giugno, ore 16, Nelspruit
ITALIA-NUOVA ZELANDA
24 giugno, ore 16, Johannesburg
ITALIA-SLOVACCHIA
E quello completo dei mondiali sudafricani:
GRUPPO A
11/6 a Johannesburg (16:00) Sudafrica - Messico (partita inaugurale)
11/6 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) Uruguay - Francia
16/6 a Pretoria (20:30) Sudafrica - Uruguay
17/6 a Polokwane (13:30) Francia - Messico
22/6 a Rustenburg (16:00) Messico - Uruguay
22/6 a Bloemfontein (16:00) Francia - Sudafrica
GRUPPO B
12/6 a Johannesburg (13:30) Argentina - Nigeria
12/6 a Port Elizabeth(16:00) Corea del Sud - Grecia
17/6 a Bloemfontein (16:00) Grecia - Nigeria
17/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) Argentina - Corea del Sud
22/6 a Durban (20:30) Nigeria - Corea del Sud
22/6 a Polokwane (20:30) Grecia - Argentina
GRUPPO C
12/6 a Rustenburg (20:30) Inghilterra - Stati Uniti
13/6 a Polokwane (16:30) Algeria - Slovenia
18/6 a Johannesburg (16:00) Slovenia - Stati Uniti
18/6 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) Inghilterra - Algeria
23/6 a Port Elizabeth (16:00) Slovenia - Inghilterra
23/6 a Pretoria (16:00) Stati Uniti - Algeria
GRUPPO D
13/6 a Durban (16:00) Germania - Australia
13/6 a Pretoria (20:30) Serbia - Ghana
18/6 a Port Elizabeth (13:30) Germania - Serbia
19/6 a Rustenburg (13:30) Ghana - Australia
23/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) Ghana - Germania
23/6 a Nelspruit (20:30) Australia - Serbia
GRUPPO E
14/6 a Johannesburg (13:30) Olanda - Danimarca
14/6 a Bloemfontein (16:00) Giappone - Camerun
19/6 a Durban (16:00) Olanda - Giappone
19/6 a Pretoria (20:30) Camerun - Danimarca
24/6 a Rustenburg (20:30) Danimarca - Giappone
24/6 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) Camerun - Olanda
GRUPPO F
14/6 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) Italia - Paraguay
15/6 a Rustenburg (13:30) Nuova Zelanda - Slovacchia
20/6 a Bloemfontein (13:30) Slovacchia - Paraguay
20/6 a Nelspruit (16:00) Italia - Nuova Zelanda
24/6 a Johannesburg (16:00) Slovacchia - Italia
24/6 a Polokwane (16:00) Paraguay - Nuova Zelanda
GRUPPO G
15/6 a Port Elizabeth (16:00) Costa d'Avorio - Portogallo
15/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) Brasile - Corea del Nord
20/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) Brasile - Costa d'Avorio
21/6 a Citta' del Capo (13:30) Portogallo - Corea del Nord
25/6 a Durban (16:00) Portogallo - Brasile
25/6 a Nelspruit (16:00) Corea del Nord - Costa d'Avorio
GRUPPO H
16/6 a Nelspruit (13:30) Honduras - Cile
16/6 a Durban (16:00) Spagna - Svizzera
21/6 a Port Elizabeth (16:00) Cile - Svizzera
21/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) Spagna - Honduras
25/6 a Pretoria (20:30) Cile - Spagna
25/6 a Bloemfontein (20:30) Svizzera - Honduras
OTTAVI DI FINALE
26/6 a Port Elizabeth (16:00) 1A - 2B (= 1 nel calendario dei quarti di finale)
26/6 a Rustenburg (20:30) 1C - 2D (= 3)
27/6 a Bloemfontein (16:00) 1D - 2C (= 4)
27/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) 1B - 2A (= 2)
28/6 a Durban (16:00) 1E - 2F (= 5)
28/6 a Johannesburg (20:30) 1G - 2H (= 7)
29/6 a Pretoria (16:00) 1F - 2E (= 6)
29/6 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) 1H - 2G (= 8)
QUARTI DI FINALE
2/7 a Port Elizabeth (16:00) 5 - 7 (= C nel calendario delle semifinali)
2/7 a Johannesburg (20:30) 1 - 3 (= A)
3/7 a Citta' del Capo (16:00) 2 - 4 (= B)
3/7 a Johannesburg (20:30) 6 - 8 (= D)
SEMIFINALI
6/7 a Citta' del Capo (20:30) A - C (= W1)
7/7 a Durban (20:30) B - D (= W2)
FINALE TERZO POSTO
10/7 a Port Elizabeth (20:30) L1 - L2
FINALE
11/7 a Johannesburg (20:30) W1 - W2
(fonte Sportmediaset)
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Group A France , Mexico , South Africa , Uruguay Group B Argentina , Nigeria , Greece , South Korea Group C England , USA , Algeria , Slovenia Group D Germany , Serbia , Ghana , Australia Group E Holland , Cameroon , Denmark , Japan Group F Italy , Paraguay , Slovakia [...] Click to continue reading...

The U.S. men's national team avoided being drawn into a Group of Death, and will now face a very favorable path in the 2010 World Cup.

The Americans were drawn against a strong England side, but the rest of Group C is filled out with beatable opponents Algeria and Slovenia to give the U.

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The U.S. men's national team avoided being drawn into a Group of Death, and will now face a very favorable path in the 2010 World Cup.

The Americans were drawn against a strong England side, but the rest of Group C is filled out with beatable opponents Algeria and Slovenia to give the U.

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A dove of hope flies today in the U.S. Soccer supporters' camp. In fact, that little bird is soaring.

History had taught U.S. fans to brace themselves for the draw. If it played out as before, the U.

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Well, the World Cup Draw has come and gone. The United States is in Group C with England, Algeria and Slovenia.
What do you think of the draw? Most experts are viewing this as a relatively easy draw for the United States.
The U.S. opens against England in Rustenburg on June 12, their first World Cup matchup since the Americans' 1-0 upset victory at the 1950 tournament in Brazil. Click to continue reading...

The U.S. Men's National Team was placed in Group C with England, Algeria and Slovenia in today's World Cup draw in Capetown, South Africa. The allocation is a fortunate one for the Yanks, who face quite possibly the easiest of the eight groups. Pressure will be on Bob Bradley's side to advance to the elimination round perhaps even as group winners.

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Maradona has reportedly asked Carlos Bilardo to represent Argentina at the World Cup draw tomorrow and the national team coordinator has accepted.

Telam

Bilardo irá al sorteo del mundial de Sudáfrica

El director general de selecciones nacionales, Carlos Bilardo, quien en principio se había negado a ir al sorteo del mundial de Sudáfrica porque Maradona no iba a concurrir, fue convencido por el propio entrenador y estará presente en el evento.

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Em primeiro lugar perdao pelos acentos que por aqui nao existem. Depois de uma longa viagem iniciada 3. feira pelas 18.00 horas de Lisboa, chegada a Joanesburgo, no dia seguinte, pelas 06.40 horas locais. Duas horas depois, iniciado o trabalho com reuniao com dirigentes do COL. Logo de seguida partida para visita dos primeiros locais que nos apresentaram. Click to continue reading...

National team coordinator Carlos Bilardo said in an interview with Radio Del Plata, that if FIFA does not allow Maradona to attend the World Cup draw next month, he will not attend either.

So, who will represent Argentina at the World Cup draw?

The assistant coaches?

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With anticipation growing ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, the official Match Schedule has been released. To find out where the games will be played in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Mangaung/Bloemfontein, Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg, Tshwane/Pretoria between 11 June and 11 July 2010.

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Está ubicado a 5 kilómetros del centro de Pretoria, en el emplazamiento Eastern Sports Ground, utilizado para el rugby desde 1906, hoy sede de los Blue Bulls (rugby) y Mamelodi Sundowns (fútbol).
Habida cuenta de la creciente necesidad de campos, para la década de 1920 la Subcomisión de Pretoria, en cooperación con la Municipalidad (Ayuntamiento), acondicionó los existentes en Kikuyu. Click to continue reading...

I already wrote about official world cup 2010 fixtures, but here are some more fixtures:
Bloemfontein (Mangaung)This is the match schedule at Bloemfontein's Free State Stadium.
14 Jun
17 Jun
20 Jun
22 Jun
25 Jun
27 Jun
E3 v E4
B4 v B2
F4 v F2
A4 v A1
H2 v H3
1D v 2C(4)
Cape TownThis is the fixture list at Cape Town Greenpoint stadium:
11 Jun
14 Jun
18 Jun
21 Jun
24 Jun
29 Jun
3 Jul
6 Jul
A3 v A4
F4 v F2
C1 v C3
G4 v G2
E4 v E1
1H v 2G(8)
2 v 4(B)
A v C(1)
DurbanThis is the fixture list at Durban Moses Mabhida Stadium:
13 Jun
16 Jun
19 Jun
22 Jun
25 Jun
28 Jun
7 Jul
D1 v D2
H1 v H2
E1 v E3
B2 v B3
G4 v G1
E1 v 2F(5)
B v D(1)
JohannesburgThis is the match schedule at Soccer City in Johannesburg:
11 Jun
14 Jun
17 Jun
20 Jun
23 Jun
27 Jun
2 Jul
11 Jul
A1 v A2
E1 v E2
B1 v B3
G1 v G3
D4 v D1
1B v 2A(2)
1 v 3(A)
WORLD CUP FINAL
This is the fixture list for World Cup matches at Ellis Park:
12 Jun
15 Jun
18 Jun
21 Jun
23 Jun
24 Jun
28 Jun
3 Jul
B1 v B2
G1 v G2
C4 v C2
H1 v H3
D4 v D1
F4 v F1
1G v 2H(7)
6 v 8(D)
NelspruitThis is the match schedule at Nelspruit's Mbombela Stadium. Click to continue reading...

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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A World Cup 2010 draw that places England's team on the pitch at Loftus Versfeld stadium will get top marks from Pretoria restaurant and bar manager Andre Malan. "That's would be our first prize — I think everyone says they would definitely want them at their stadium. They've got the largest ... Click to continue reading...

As I already wrote week ago about world cup 2010 schedule., I wanted to give you some more informations about matches schedule (WC games schedule) and about places where matches will be played.
Here is a complete table of2010 World Cup schedule
2010 World Cup schedule
Day Venue & Time Stage Team 1 Result Team 2 Friday, 11 June Johannesburg, 16:00 Group A South Africa – A2 Cape Town, 20:30 A3 – A4 Saturday, 12 June Johannesburg, 13:30 Group B B1 – B2 Port Elizabeth, 16:00 B3 – B4 Rustenburg, 20:30 Group C C1 – C2 Sunday, 13 June Polokwane, 13:30 C3 – C4 Durban, 16:00 Group D D1 – D2 Pretoria, 20:30 D3 – D4 Monday, 14 June Johannesburg, 13:30 Group E E1 – E2 Bloemfontein, 16:00 E3 – E4 Cape Town, 20:30 Group F F1 – F2 Tuesday, 15 June Rustenburg, 13:30 F3 – F4 Port Elizabeth, 16:00 Group G G3 – G4 Johannesburg, 20:30 G1 – G2 Wednesday, 16 June Nelspruit, 13:30 Group H H3 – H4 Durban, 16:00 H1 – H2 Pretoria, 20:30 Group A South Africa – A3 Thursday, 17 June Polokwane, 13:30 A4 – A2 Bloemfontein, 16:00 Group B B4 – B2 Johannesburg, 20:30 B1 – B3 Friday, 18 June Port Elizabeth, 13:30 Group D D1 – D3 Johannesburg, 16:00 Group C C4 – C2 Cape Town, 20:30 C1 – C3 Saturday, 19 June Rustenburg, 13:30 Group D D4 – D2 Durban, 16:00 Group E E1 – E3 Pretoria, 20:30 E4 – E2 Sunday, 20 June Bloemfontein, 13:30 Group F F4 – F2 Nelspruit, 16:00 F1 – F3 Johannesburg, 20:30 Group G G1 – G3 Monday, 21 June Cape Town, 13:30 G4 – G2 Bloemfontein, 16:00 Group H H4 – H2 Johannesburg, 20:30 H1 – H3 Tuesday, 22 June Bloemfontein, 16:00 Group A A4 – South Africa Rustenburg, 16:00 A2 – A3 Polokwane, 20:30 Group B B2 – B3 Durban, 20:30 B4 – B1 Wednesday, 23 June Pretoria, 16:00 Group C C2 – C3 Port Elizabeth, 16:00 C4 – C1 Johannesburg, 20:30 Group D D4 – D1 Nelspruit, 20:30 D2 – D3 Thursday, 24 June Johannesburg, 16:00 Group F F4 – F1 Polokwane, 16:00 F2 – F3 Rustenburg, 20:30 Group E E2 – E3 Cape Town, 20:30 E4 – E1 Friday, 25 June Durban, 16:00 Group G G4 – G1 Nelspruit, 16:00 G2 – G3 Pretoria, 20:30 Group H H4 – H1 Bloemfontein, 20:30 H2 – H3 Saturday, 26 June Port Elizabeth, 16:00 Round of 16 - Match 1 1A – 2B Rustenburg, 20:30 Round of 16 - Match 3 1C – 2D Sunday, 27 June Bloemfontein, 16:00 Round of 16 - Match 4 1D – 2C Johannesburg, 20:30 Round of 16 - Match 2 1B – 2A Monday, 28 June Durban, 16:00 Round of 16 - Match 5 1E – 2F Johannesburg, 20:30 Round of 16 - Match 7 1G – 2H Tuesday, 29 June Pretoria, 16:00 Round of 16 - Match 6 1F – 2E Cape Town, 20:30 Round of 16 - Match 8 1H – 2G Wednesday, 30 June Rest days Thursday, 1 July Friday, 2 July Port Elizabeth, 16:00 Quarter-final C 5 – 7 Johannesburg, 20:30 Quarter-final A 1 – 3 Saturday, 3 July Cape Town, 16:00 Quarter-final B 2 – 4 Johannesburg, 20:30 Quarter-final D 6 – 8 Sunday, 4 July Rest days Monday, 5 July Tuesday, 6 July Cape Town, 20:30 Semi-final I A – C Wednesday, 7 July Durban, 20:30 Semi-final II B – D Thursday, 8 July Rest days Friday, 9 July Saturday, 10 July Port Elizabeth, 20:30 Third place play-off Loser I – Loser II Sunday, 11 July Johannesburg, 20:30 FINAL Winner I – Winner II
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U.S. Men's National Team defender Heath Pearce has been with the team since the beginning of the summer when the team met up May 26 in Miami. Since then he's been to Costa Rica, Chicago, Pretoria, Rustenberg, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago (again), and finally New York. Click to continue reading...

Luis Fabiano fue la figura toda la Copa Confederaciones y hoy ayudo a remontar el 2-0 en contra recibido por Estados Unidos al medio tiempo quienes ya saboreaban las mieles de la victoria, pero no pudieron soportar tanto tiempo defendiendo, el futbol se ocupa también atacar, que alguien le avise a Bob Bradley. Click to continue reading...

One of the interesting and not well known facts about South Africa is that many parts of the country are at higher elevations. So far, these are the altitudes of the USA's three venues:
Tshwane/Pretoria - 4,173 feet
Rustenburg - 3, 786 feet
Bloemfontein - 4,477
That's a grand total of 12,436 feet combined. Click to continue reading...

3+3+3
That was the equation U.S. head coach Bob Bradley kept in mind heading into the team's final group match against Egypt.
Three points.
Three U.S. goals.
Three goals from Brazil.
If those events occurred, the United States could earn a place in the semifinals of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Click to continue reading...

With South Korea safely qualified for the 2010 World Cup, it was time to head to South Africa and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. This competition is a rehearsal for the massive festival of football that comes next summer. It features the champion of each of the six continental confederations as well as the World Cup host, South Africa obviously, and the world champions, Italy. Click to continue reading...

PRETORIA, SUDÁFRICA
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Dos partidos con marcadores iguales este domingo y una sorpresa mayúscula: el campeón del mundo Italia fuera . Estados Unidos se reivindica y pasa a la siguiente ronda.
Brasil 3 -0 Italia ( Copa Confederaciones Junio 21, 2009)
Luis Fabiano con dos goles fue la figura, a pesar de que Robinho jugo de manera deslucida acerco para que el defensa italiano anotara un auto gol para el tercero. Click to continue reading...

For the last two days, the team stayed on a lodge outside Rustenburg that is situated in the middle of a game reserve. Within 50 feet of the restaurant patio you can see warthogs, exotic birds, and the occasional elephant grazing and drinking from a waterhole. Exotic birds wander comfortably in search of scraps. Click to continue reading...

Brazil dumped Italy out of the Confederations Cup after a ruthless display in Pretoria.

The game was dominated by Brazil who hit the woodwork a couple of times before a brace from Luís Fabiano and a Dossena own goal ended the Italian's faint hopes before half-time.

Brazil now have a semi-final date with Joel Santana's South Africa in Johannesburg on Thursday.

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A Pretoria, questa sera, si decide il futuro, nella Confederation Cup, degli azzurri di Marcello Lippi. La clamorosa sconfitta, rimediata contro i Faraoni d'Egitto, costringe ora l'Italia a rincorrere una qualificazione diventata incertissima e che passa (per non dipendere dal risultato degli altri) da unadifficile vittoria contro il Brasile di Dunga. Click to continue reading...

Are you in South Africa and in need of tickets to the FIFA Confederations Cup?
Well, you might be in luck!�
FIFA's giving away free tickets!�
FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot said a number of complimentary (i.e. FREE) tickets will be handed out to institutions "which have been very supportive of the event. Click to continue reading...