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1. South Africa: Festival Expected to Provide Gateway for World Cup 3 Jul 2009
   The 2009 National Arts Festival is expected to provide a gateway to the 2010 Soccer World Cup, to be hosted by South Africa, which has placed international focus on the country.
2. South Africa: Possible 2010 Strike Will Not Affect Stadia Deadlines 3 Jul 2009
   The possible strike by construction workers will not affect the deadline to have 2010 FIFA World Cup stadia completed six months ahead of the tournament.
3. Nigeria: 2010 W'cup - Nieketien Warns Eagles Over Tunisia 3 Jul 2009
   Former Nigeria junior international, Peter Nieketien, has advised the players and coaches of the Super Eagles not to be carried away by the goalless score-line with Tunisia's Carthage Eagles in last month's 2010 World Cup qualifiers in Tunis.
4. Namibia: Three Awards By NPL 3 Jul 2009
   THE Namibia Premier League will only have three categories when it holds its awards for the football season on July 10.
5. Angola: Participation in Five-a-Side Football Tournament Reasonable 3 Jul 2009
   side football team participation in the first stage of the fifth edition of the "Great Prize of Brazil in Futsal" was considered as reasonable by a top official of this sport, Luís Mourão.
6. Cameroon: Cameroon Drops In FIFA Ranking 3 Jul 2009
   They are now second in Africa and 29th on the world stage.
7. Zimbabwe: Women Living With HIV/Aids Tourney Spreads Wings 3 Jul 2009
   THE Sokhaya tournament, a soccer event designed for women living with HIV and Aids, is now going places.
8. Zimbabwe: Chabata Blasts ZNSSA Leadership 3 Jul 2009
   ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest football fans, Promise Chabata, has blasted the leadership of the Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters' Association for chaotic arrangements that resulted in the bungling of the trip to watch the Confederations Cup final.
9. Nigeria: Lessons From Confederation Cup 3 Jul 2009
   Onochie, How I wish you are watching South Africa's Bafana Bafana match and Spain. When will Nigeria's Super Eagles play with this type of zeal and determination? Again, I wish coach Amodu Shuaibu can learn about the current kick and rush football. Thanks, Nwosu Marius.
10. Rwanda/Egypt: Amavubi Off to Egypt 3 Jul 2009
    AMAVUBI Stars fly to Cairo this afternoon ahead of Sunday's 2010 World /Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Egypt. The 30-man contingent leaves aboard Kenya Airways at 1pm.
11. Nigeria: Siasia Leads Eagles to Qatar 3 Jul 2009
    Flying Eagles Chief Coach, Samson Siasia will soon commence final preparations for the 2009 FIFA junior World Cup as he gets set to lead his team out of the country on Wednesday to a training camp in Qatar.
12. Nigeria: Local Referees Will Silence Critics Come 2014 World Cup 3 Jul 2009
    Nigerian football referees who have suffered so much criticism in recent times over their inability to be picked by FIFA, the world's football ruling body to officiate at its major championships have vowed to silence their critics with superlative performance at the 2014 World Cup to be hosted by Brazil.
13. Nigeria: Law of the Game Bans Religious Sloganeering, Says Fifa 3 Jul 2009
    International football body, FIFA has expressed discomfort at the prevailing practice where players display religious slogans printed on their undershirts by reiterating such violates Law Four of the Laws of the Game. In a post-match ritual that lasted a few minutes, Brazilian players removed their shirts, which expressed religious slogans after they came from behind to beat USA 3-2 in the final of the Confederations Cup in South Africa last Sunday.
14. Nigeria: Importing Bigotry Into the World's Beautiful Game 3 Jul 2009
    A little over a century ago, the game of football was still struggling to establish itself. Back then, it could be said to be in its yet to evolve infancy and it was played without much vision or great tactical plan.
15. South Africa: Branded Buses Ease Gauteng Confed Cup Congestion 3 Jul 2009
    The Gauteng Provincial Government recently branded buses and taxis using public transportation hubs for ease of recognition and in order to ease Confederations Cup traffic congestion.