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U.K. to Bar Soccer Trouble-Makers From World Cup in S. Africa (Bloomberg)
March 10, 2010March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. will stop hooligans from going to the soccer World Cup in South Africa and plans to share intelligence with the host nation, the two countries said.
Soccer-World Cup mascot row is political football - China firm (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
March 10, 2010The Chinese company ordered to stop making soccer World Cup mascots because of poor working conditions in their factory hit back at the accusations on Wednesday, saying they were victims of South African politicking.
Soccer-Chinese factory ordered to stop making World Cup toy (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
March 10, 2010A Chinese factory has been ordered to halt production of a soccer World Cup mascot because of sub-standard working conditions, FIFA's branding company said on Tuesday.
Americans buying majority of Soccer World Cup tickets (Mail and Guardian)
March 10, 2010Americans appear set to be by far the most numerous group of foreign fans coming to South Africa for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Parliament's sports and recreation portfolio committee heard on Tuesday.
The most valuable World Cup soccer players (Covers.com)
March 10, 2010For most American sports fans, soccer is a sport for toddlers too young to join Pop Warner football. But once every four years, we live and die with every corner, cross and nutmeg. The 2010 World Cup is only weeks away, so we thought we’d take a...
World Cup mascot row is political football (The Malaysian Insider)
March 10, 2010BEIJING, Mar 10 — The Chinese company ordered to stop making soccer World Cup mascots because of poor working conditions in their factory hit back at the accusations today, saying they were victims of South African politicking. FIFA’s branding company Global Brands Group (GBG) said yesterday that Shanghai Fashion Plastic Products Co. Ltd (SFPPC) must halt production of the Zakumi, the tournament ...
Looking For The Worlds Biggest Soccer Fan (Scoop.co.nz)
March 10, 2010The World’s Biggest Game Is Looking For The Worlds Biggest Fan. Budweiser, official sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is looking for soccer fans from around the world to send to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa to be part of Bud House.
'World Cup mascot row a political football' (Independent Online)
March 10, 2010The Chinese company ordered to stop making soccer World Cup mascots because of poor working conditions in its factory says it's a victim of South African politicking.
BRIEF-Soccer-Injury threatens Brown's World Cup chances (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
March 10, 2010Manchester United and England defender Wes Brown will know later on Monday whether a foot injury he sustained on Saturday at Wolverhampton Wanderers will dent his chances of playing in the World Cup finals.
Britain to send 42 million condoms to South Africa to fight HIV spread during World Cup (New York Daily News)
March 10, 2010Britain is shipping 42 million condoms to South Africa to help prevent the spread of HIV during the World Cup. Up to a half a million people are expected to flood the country for the month-long soccer tournament in June.
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