AllAfrica News: World Cup

Akamba Public Road Services has designed 30 special buses to carry football fans from the East African region to watch the World Cup in South Africa in June.

Former chieftain of the then Nigeria Football Association (NFA) Barrister Chive Kaave has said for the newly appointed Technical Adviser of Super Eagles, Lars Lagerback to succeed he must be given the freedom which Dutchman Clemence Westerhof enjoyed in his days as Super Eagles coach.

THE construction sector still faces a tough year with delivery of projects related to the World Cup bringing about a drop in other construction activity. But infrastructure development in the medium to long term is expected to help the sector.

LEABRIDGE Technologies, an indigenous ICT firm, has been engaged by South African firms to provide advanced technology security services at the 2010 World Cup.

While South African parliamentarians attended a swanky pre-International Women's Day celebration at Cape Town's International Convention Centre, a group of destitute women in decaying Kewtown, just seven miles away, worried about looming homelessness.

AKPO Sodje hasn't given up on a place at this summer's World Cup - and believes a strong end to the season with Charlton could yet earn him a place on the plane to South Africa just like his elder brother, Efetobore Sodje did in Koear/Japan 2002 with the Super Eagles.

As the new foreign manager of the Super Eagles settles down to his duties, I wish to join tens of millions of other Nigerians in welcoming him to one of the toughest jobs on earth. Like 140 million other Nigerians, I'm a football coach of sorts, and that's why I wish to be part of the increasingly long queue of soccer-crazy people of this country, who have, since Friday, February 26, been obsessed with helping the Swedish man, Lars Lagerback, with mapping out strategies and drawing up an agenda that will enable us do well at SA 2010, which is barely three months away.

Super Eagles recuperating striker, Ikechukwu Uche, is one player many fans of Nigeria soccer will love to watch at the forthcoming Mundial in South Africa this June, because of his style of play.

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Sierra Leone's leading mobile phone company, Zain Saturday launched the World Cup promotion, which is geared towards taking four subscribers to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa this year.

Super Eagles Swedish coach Lars Lagerback is already enjoying support from the local constituency with former Super Eagles player Friday Ekpo saying he needs a lot of friendly matches to know the players he intends to work with for the World Cup in South Africa.

World's football governing body, FIFA, INTERPOL and representatives of all the participating teams for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa have expressed confidence in the security plans put in place for the Mundial by the South African government.

Hiring of a new Technical Adviser to handle the Super Eagles, three months to the first ever FIFA World Cup on the African continent, has been described as an unnecessary venture.

As part of its efforts to ensure seamless travel arrangements for football fans traveling to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has appointed a Nigerian tour operator Tour Brokers International, as its accredited Tour Operator for the Mundial.

Moments before Lars Lagerback was unveiled as Super Eagles new Technical Adviser in Abuja on Wednesday, renowned cleric and sports administrator, Rev (Dr.) Moses Iloh told Saturday Vanguard sports that the Swede will not perform any miracle with the team at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

King of World Beat and the first home based Nigerian to be nominated twice at the Grammy awards, will be in South Africa for the World cup.

Nigeria's new Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback declared in Abuja on Thursday that reaching the semi finals in the forthcoming FIFA World Cup is a realistic target for the Super Eagles.

WHEN Fifa announced the base camps for all 36 Fifa World Cup finalists last week, they were all in South Africa. This was a big blow for Zimbabwe as football authorities and politicians in this country have in the past months waxed lyrical about their concerted efforts to lure participating teams to camp in the country ahead of the world's biggest single-sport showpiece.

The Moses Mabhida Stadium is a massive and outstanding landmark in Durban and with the 2010 FIFA World Cup only months away, the jewel of Durban is gearing to host a breathtaking spectacular for millions of people from around the world.

Super Eagles new tactician Lars Lagerback believes the Super Eagles have the talent to reach the World Cup semi-finals in South Africa this summer.