Wait is over for Africa as World Cup opens in Johannesburg

By David Owen at Soccer City, Johannesburg

June 11 - We have lift-off. Finally, at 3.55pm local time, the moment an entire continent had been waiting for: Jacob Zuma, South African President, declared the “African World Cup” open.

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