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What's better than free footie gear right before the holidays? Almost nothing, that's right. So we've teamed up once again with our favorite online soccer shop Soccer Pro to run a brand new Butt Buddies World Cup Play-Off Prediction Contest this week. Click to continue reading...

There is a news circulating that South Africa plans on kicking off the 2010 World Cup games by 'sacrificing' a cow (check out the article at Yahoo.com). This of course is upsetting some people as they seem to care if a cow get's killed. South Africa is defending their decision by stating that the ceremony needs to be blessed 'African Style' for the games to run smoothly.

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Prized higher than gold, tickets to the FIFA 2010 South Africa World Cup game tickets are the hottest commodities in the world right now. So naturally people will want to counterfeit these and sell their bogus tickets online. So beware of these fake tickets before shelling out a tone of money.

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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...

Ze pre-Vorld Cup appraisal FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been telling South Africans where their World Cup preparations are up to, and as usual it is pure comedy gold. Football's beloved leader begins by telling the gathered subordinates that the main problem is the surprising popularity in the world's biggest sporting event, which has left an [. Click to continue reading...

The kids may be cute, but can we shut them up please?
Maybe our World Cup experience won't leave us with torn ear drums after all? FIFA is to discuss the future of the vuvuzela.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he was aware of complaints of the instrument drowning out the commentary of broadcasters and the calls to have the loud fog horn banned. Click to continue reading...

No big news today on the opening day of the Confederations Cup - other than Torres scoring a hat trick - and those really really loud South African horns...
I have embedded my fantasy Confederations Cup team (Round 1) above. Not pictured, but on my bench, is a very loud Afrcan horn blower. Click to continue reading...

I'm watching the South Africa - Iraq Confederations Cup match this morning and I can't help but notice the trumpeting elephant horns shrieking incessantly throughout the crowd. I'll be in Cape Town for the World Cup next year, so I'm paying close attention to every detail...
The horns are called vuvuzelas and they sound like foghorns - and are modern spin-offs of traditional instruments made from spiraling kudu horns. Click to continue reading...

The United States may care more about American Football than they do soccer, but according to recent finds by FIFA the U.S.A. leads in ticket sales for the worlds biggest sporting event.

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It is highly unlikely that team USA will make it past the World Cup qualifying round, but that doesn't seem to be stopping people from buying tickets anyways.

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In more South Africa World Cup news, the newly renovated Green Point Stadium is almost complete. The stadium was built on a previous stadium that needed a makeover for the World Cup games. The Cape Town suburb at Green Point is a popular shopping district and Metropolitan Golf Club. The golf course will be moved [. Click to continue reading...

24-year-old Kagiso Dikgacoi is set to join Fulham next week pending the approval of a British work permit. The strong South African central midfielder impressed Roy Hodgson on trial at Craven Cottage over the summer and his arrival further fuels the Jimmy Bullard January Transfer speculation.
Dikgacoi is a classic "Makelele" midfielder, strong in the tackle and superb in distribution, so though he will probably not become an offensive fantasy factor (priced perhaps at 5. Click to continue reading...