2010 FIFA World Cup

World Cup stories that go beyond sports reporting

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:30:00 +0200

Thousands of journalists have descended on South Africa for the World Cup, but the question is how many will dig deeper to provide stories that go beyond mere sports or superficial events coverage? The 126 African journalists of the Twenty Ten project, and particularly the 18 brought to South Africa for the event, are tasked with telling Africa's stories more fully and with unique perspective.
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Zimbabwe pays for 'brand opportunity' from Brazilian team visit

Mon, 31 May 2010 13:56:00 +0200

Zimbabwe has splurged an undisclosed amount of cash to lure the Brazilian national football team into the country ahead of the FIFA World Cup which kicks off in South Africa on 11 June 2010.
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NetOne sets up World Cup fan parks

Wed, 19 May 2010 08:50:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's mobile phone network operator NetOne has begun rolling out fan parks across the country ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be hosted by South Africa in June.
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2010 FIFA World Cup: two million tickets sold

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:19:00 +0200

The number of tickets sold so far for the 2010 FIFA World Cup has reached the two million mark, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke told a media briefing yesterday, Wednesday, 27 January 2010, at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg.
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Harare's Chinese-built stadium ready for 2010

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:26:00 +0200

Just in case it should happen to be wanted, a 60,000-seater soccer stadium has been completely refurbished in time for the 2010 soccer World Cup in Zimbabwe.
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FIFA to assess Zim's capacity to host 2010 teams

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:59:00 +0200

A delegation of FIFA officials is to travel to Zimbabwe to assess the country's capacity to host visitors and teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.
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