World Cup 2010 - South Africa

Modified: 07/03/2012 - 12:19

The world football authority, Fifa, promises the best World Cup yet in South Africa this June. Paul Myers is there to report for RFI, while our features and other reports look at the football, the social issues and the background.

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Roselyne Bachelot, 21 June 2010, in Bloemfontein.

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Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama during the match his team lost to South Korea

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Members of Nigeria team during the World Cup

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Nigerian president suspends football team for two years

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Gerard Houiller and French Football Federation President Jean-Pierre Escalettes at the Free State stadium in Bloemfontein

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Sports minister on warpath after Bleus crash out

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French coach Raymond Domenech, alone, on the French team's training pitch, at Knysna.

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South Korean players train at Nelson Mandela Bay stadium, in Port Elizabeth

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Men in Mogadishu sit beside their shoe business as they read newspapers to keep up to date on the 2010 World Cup

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Electricity strike put off till Monday

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Franck Ribéry during the match.

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