Polokwane’s stadium for the 2010 World Cup is the Peter Mokaba stadium. The ground is one of five new stadiums that will be built for the World Cup after plans to expand the existing Peter Mokaba stadium were rejected in favour for a brand new design which will cost around $154,000,000. Therefore, the new arena [...]

Rustenburg’s stadium for the 2010 World Cup is the Royal Bafokeng Stadium. The ground has been updated from 38,000 in capacity to 42,000 for the World Cup which will allow it to hold four group games and two second round matches. Alongside this, the main west stand was substantially upgraded and enlarged being given a [...]

For the first time ever, Adidas has created and manufactured a specialist football for the 2009 Confederations Cup.
The new ball, with its unusual design, was unveiled to a large South African crowd as their national side competed against Cameroon in the annual Nelson Mandela challenge match becoming the first teams to ever use the Kopanya.
The word [...]

More than ten mobile television networks will open in Africa for the start of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Mobile television broadcasting has only found demand in several countries so far but the industry is hoping that the World Cup can provide the boost to attract new users.
The most successful European mobile TV broadcast [...]

The FIFA Confederations Cup takes place in South Africa between 14th June – 27th June. The competition takes place a year before the World Cup and is used mainly as a dress rehearsal for the main event a year later.
GROUP A
South Africa
Since winning the African Nations in 1996, the hosts have been on a slow downward [...]

The Fifa Confederations Cup is an association football tournament for national teams. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships along with the FIFA World Cup winners and the host country. When the World Cup Champion is also the winner of their confederation championship, the World Cup runner up [...]

With the Confederations Cup looming this summer and the World Cup being the main event in summer 2010, the annual pre season Vodacom challenge in South Africa has taken somewhat of a back seat. Nevertheless, tournament organisers have confirmed that Manchester City, the richest club in football, will be travelling over the South Africa in [...]

Bloemfontein’s stadium for the 2010 World Cup is the Free State stadium which is also known as Vodacom Park. The ground has had to undergo significant and costly upgrades to make it eligible for hosting during the tournament. A second tier has had to be added to the main grandstand to bring the capacity from [...]

Pretoria’s stadium for the 2010 World Cup is the Loftus Versfeld Stadium which holds just over 50,000 spectators. The stadium was named after Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld who was the founder of organised sport in Pretoria. Minimal renovations were made to the stadium to allow Loftus Versfeld to qualify as a host for their five [...]

One of Johannesburg’s stadiums for the 2010 World Cup is the Soccer City stadium which will be the largest ground used during the World Cup. Overall, the ground has the third largest capacity in Africa and the majority of the biggest football events in South Africa are played there. Therefore it is no surprise that [...]