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Welcome to 2010 FIFA World Cup Today, your essential page of newsbriefs from the biggest show on earth. If it happened in South Africa on day eight, we had it covered.

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Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea and Greece have been grouped together to face each other in the World Cup. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com

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Follow the 2010 FIFA World Cup with our group of soccer experts – opinion, analysis and revelry from the opening kickoff on June 11 to the final whistle on July 11. Can Spain continue its international dominance? Will Brazil win its sixth World Cup trophy? Who are the dark horses and players to watch? Does the US have any chance? We answer these questions and plenty more, and you’re invited to …

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FIFA and South Africa’s World Cup organizers went on the defensive Wednesday about security issues at five World Cup stadiums caused by a stewards’ strike over low pay.

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FIFA is investigating whether transport and ticket distribution systems failed after at least 8,000 seat-holders did not attend the World Cup match between South Korea

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The 2010 FIFA World Cup continued with Germany taking on Australia. With so many draws, one goal wins, and only one 2+ goal difference so far, the games seemed blunt. The Germans where without influential midfielder Michael Ballack, but he wasn’t missed as Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski turned on the style and handed the Aussies the largest defeat so far at 4-0. This game marked the third time …

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The 2010 World Cup is the first to be hosted by an African country, but this feat doesn’t impress Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, who has hit out at FIFA for being a corrupt organisation.

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FIFA is investigating why a section of seats in the Soccer City stadium was unoccupied during the World Cup opening match between South Africa and

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FIFA.com has undergone a facelift ahead of South Africa 2010, so get set for a host of new features in the run-up to 11 Junes big kick-off.

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FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the South African stadium stampede that left a policeman seriously injured is like a wakeup call to warn World Cup organizers.

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FIFA CLAIM its ticketing policy is the right one, insisting that sales or distribution of tickets should never be done at a stadium on a matchday to avoid scenes like the one at the Makhulong Stadium on Sunday.

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England thrash Andorra 6-0 to record a seventh successive win in their World Cup qualifying group.
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BOWLING’S AMF World Cup champion Jasmine Yeong-Nathan was named the Sportswoman of the Year on Tuesday after pipping two past multiple-winners – national paddler Li Jiawei and swimmer Tao Li.
The achievements of Singapore’s women athletes in 2008 made the choice a difficult one for the Singapore Sports Award Selection Committee.
Li was part of the women’s table tennis team that delivered a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics, while Tao Li finished fifth in the women’s 100m butterfly final on her Games debut.
But the panel had an even bigger debate when it came to the Coach of the Year award.
Much of the three-hour meeting at the Singapore Sports Council was spent deliberating if former national table tennis head coach Liu Guodong should be considered. This despite not being nominated by the Singapore Table Tennis Association.
Ultimately, he was not in the reckoning, and the committee decided not to give out an award for this category.

Jasmine Yeong-Nathan PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG

There was also no winner for the Sportsman of the Year award – the first time since the awards were introduced by the Singapore National Olympic Council in 1967.
The national table tennis women’s team of Li, Wang Yuegu, Feng Tianwei and Sun Beibei were crowned Team of the Year (Event).
Wushu’s Yong Yi Xiang and kegler Jazreel Tan picked up the Sportsboy and Sportsgirl of the Year respectively.

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Pakistan is stripped of hosting any matches in the 2011 World Cup because of the uncertain security situation in the country.
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Pakistan is stripped of hosting any matches in the 2011 World Cup because of the uncertain security situation in the country.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson is sacked as Mexico boss following Wednesday’s World Cup qualifying defeat against Honduras.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson is sacked as Mexico boss following Wednesday’s World Cup qualifying defeat against Honduras.
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Argentina suffer their worst defeat in more than 60 years as they are thrashed 6-1 by Bolivia at high altitude in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
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