African Countries On Elimination In World Cup 2010

The host team South Africa and Nigeria are already in queue of elimination from World Cup 2010. South Africa must beat 1998 World Cup winners France on Tuesday in Bloemfontein and pray that Uruguay defeats Mexico.

The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou advocates for Africa’s first-ever World Cup. He has said he hopes an African team will reach the final. But it is seems difficult to see if any African team can make it to final.

Nigeria will be looking for a huge favour from Argentina after slumping to their second defeat, against Greece Thursday.

75 percent of ticket holders for matches at this World Cup are South Africans. “The African teams are not playing to their strength, which is to attack. They are trying to be European, playing a cagey defensive style. You just have to go for goal, that’s what African teams are known for” said fans.

Foreign journalists robbed at gunpoint in South Africa hotel

journalists robbed

World Cup journalists from Spain and Portugal were robbed at gunpoint at the same World Cup hotel. The incident take placed at the Nutbush Boma Lodge, situated in the north west of Johannesburg. The incident happened about 4 o’clock when the journalists were asleep.

He said passports, clothes, laptops and cameras were stolen from the journalists, who were staying at the Nutbush Boma Lodge in Magaliesburg, on Johannesburg’s West Rand. “One of the suspects pointed a gun at the journalist and told him to lie down.” said Police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi.

England coach Capello angry with photographers

Fabio Capello

England coach Fabio Capello lost his rag at the media. Coach Fabio Capello shouts at photographers and cameramen for capturing images of the players in a building used as a medical base during a team training session in Rustenburg, South Africa.

“Why do you take photos of the rooms?” Capello shouted. “No excuses.” Capello has also been disappointed with his players over their performances in warmup matches.

World cup fans warned of mobile phone bills

World cup fans warned

Football fans warned that they could face huge mobile phone bills if they call, text, tweet or surf the web on a match day while in South Africa. Research shows that roaming charges for calls, texts and data could add up to more than £100 on a match day, more than double the face value of a World Cup ticket.

The organization said the cost of using mobile internet of £1.25 to £8 per megabyte could leave customers paying up to £80 to upload 10 photos to Facebook while texts can be charged at anywhere between 25p and 50p. Vodafone offers the best rates for South Africa, according to Consumer Focus.

United States Issues Travel Alerts for South Africa

US government has cautioned US citizens of terrorism threats in South Africa. “Large scale public events like the World Cup may present a wide range of attractive targets for terrorists,” official said.

World Cup will take place in nine South African between June 11th to July 11th.

Department has issued a travel alert to US citizens living in South Africa or travelling for the World Cup due to the risk of terrorism.

United States government said the concern is that a large-scale public event like the World Cup is an attractive target for terrorists.

Nelson Mandela will attend World Cup Opening Ceremony

Nelson Mandela has not kept himself far away from World Cup 2010.  Former president Nelson Mandela will be at the World Cup opening and closing matches. According to the report Mandela will attend Opening and Closing Ceremony in Johannesburg.

Nelson Mandela had requested for four tickets from the board of the 2010 World Cup and has been granted.

Mandela will celebrate his 92^nd birthday next month. Nelson Mandela campaigned for the World Cup to come to South Africa.