Things are going smooth for SA World Cup 2010

IMC (Inter-Ministerial Committee) responsibal for preprations of 2010 FIFA worldcup has said that things are gooing smoothly for South Africa Football World Cup 2010.

“The IMC is satisfied with the preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. All the bricks and mortar are in now in place,” said the chair of the IMC, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.

He said the committee was satisfied with all the reports submitted to them. These included reports on the management and training of protocol officials who will be involved in the management of guests and Heads of States attending the tournament.

“Most significantly, the meeting welcomed the report that all stadiums have been completed on time. This means no spectator will sit on wet cement come June 11 kick off,” said Motlanthe.

A book entitled “My Country “has also been published and will be distributed to communities and schools as part of an education drive to educate people about the country’s national symbols.

Spain to play a friendly match against Poland

Spain will play a friendly match against poland for their preprations of football worldcup 2010. Spain how are European champions will host Poland, match's venu will be confirmed later.

Fifa Fooball World Cup's 4th ticket sales phase starts on 9 February

4th tickets sales purchase will start by 9th February 2010 at 12:00 CET. Fourth sales is one of the last changes of buying tickets for fifa world cup 2010 in South Africa, this sale will continue for 58 days till 7th April 2010. Tickets are subject to availability and will be served on first come first serve basis. Fan can apply for tickets via FIFA website or they can purchase by going to http://www.fifafootball-worldcup.com

The 3rd sales phase has been concluded on 5th February 2010. FIFA ticketing sales department has ensured that maximum numbers of tickets are available for fans by a random selection draw. Total of 1,206,865 tickets are available in 192 countries. More than 70% of the tickets has been allocated to residents of South Africa the host nation. Other than South Africa, United States is the country who took highest number of tickets and number is 35,262 tickets followed by United Kingdom, Mexico, Australia, Germany, Brazil.

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From 28 countries 30 referees appointed for 2010 World Cup

The FIFA Referees Committee, meeting in Zurich today (5 February 2010) under the chairmanship of Ángel María Villar Llona (Spain) has appointed 30 referees representing 28 different countries for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.

FIFA has implemented a comprehensive programme to ensure that the referees for its flagship competition are in peak condition come 11 June.

The road to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as it did for the 32 participating teams, began for an initial group of 54 trios of referees from all over the world in 2007 when the FIFA Executive Committee took the important decision of creating a Refereeing Assistance Programme (RAP). One of the key objectives was to prepare this group of prospective referees for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.

As in previous years, the FIFA Refereeing Department - headed by Spanish former international referee José Maria García-Aranda who refereed at both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 UEFA European Championship - was responsible for coordinating and organising all of the activities involving the candidate referees.

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