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South Africa 2010

Blatter blames Dutch tactics for poor World Cup final

By Andrew Warshaw

July 12 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter got at close as he possibly could today to laying the blame for Sunday’s fiery World Cup final directly at the feet of the vanquished Dutch.

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Nationwide drop England sponsorship after World Cup flop

July 6 – England’s disastrous World Cup campaign appears to have cost the Football Association another multi-million pound sponsor after Nationwide revealed that it will not renew its current deal when it expires at the end of this month.

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Extra tickets go on sale for World Cup for final

July 4 – Additional tickets for the remaining four World Cup matches, including the final at Soccer City in Johannesburg next Sunday (July 11), have gone on sale today, FIFA has announced.

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Blatter says sorry to Ireland over Henry handball

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 3 – Sepp Blatter has apologised privately to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) for the way in which he handled the controversy over Thierry Henry’ handball that knocked them out of the World Cup.

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French Government deny they are meddling in running of FFF

June 30 – The French Government have denied accusations by FIFA that they were involved in the resignation of Jean-Pierre Escalettes as the President of the French Football Federation (FFF) following the national team’s disastrous performance at the World Cup in South Africa.

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Forget the football, who is winning battle of the brands?

By David Owen in Johannesburg

June 30 – The 2010 FIFA World Cup pauses for breath for the first time these next two days.

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Blatter apologises to England and does U-turn over technology

June 29 – FIFA President  Sepp Blatter (pictured) has apologised to the Football Association over Frank Lampard’s disallowed goal against Germany, he revealed today.

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French Football Federation President resigns after World Cup fiasco

June 28 – Jean-Pierre Escalettes (pictured) has resigned as President of the French Football Federation (FFF) in the aftermath of the French national team’s disastrous performance at the World Cup that was a national embarrassment.

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England got their “just desserts” claims Welsh boss who voted against goalline technology

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

June 28 – Wales, one of only four countries in the world that can decide whether goalline technology is introduced to avoid controversies like the one that has overshadowed Germany’s victory in the World Cup over England, said again today they were against it.

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FIFA reject Nigerian Government plea to hold onto World Cup cash

June 26 – Nigerian Sports Minister Ibrahim Bio has asked FIFA to hold on to the payment of the $8 million (£5 million) due to the Super Eagles for featuring in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

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Sarkozy warned France will be banned if he interferes

June 26 – French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been warned that the country will be banned from international competition if his Government interfere in the organisation of the national football federation following the team’s disastrous performance in the World Cup in South Africa.

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Jordaan accuses South African rival of organising smear campaign

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

June 26 – Danny Jordaan, the chief executive of the South Africa 2010 World Cup, has accused Irvin Khoza, the chairman of the Organising Committee, of launching a public smear campaign against him.

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Nice setting, shame about the game

By David Owen in Durban

June 25 – If you can’t get a ticket to the match, there are worse ways to watch it than with the sand trickling between your toes on a palm tree-fringed beach lapped by the Indian Ocean.

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Exclusive: South African police fear hooliganism at England v Germany match

By Mihir Bose in Johannesburg

June 24 – South African police and organisers are concerned that England’s match with Germany in the round of 16 match at Bloemfontein on Sunday (June 27) could see German hooligans clash with English ones.

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World Cup exit illustrates decline of Italian football

By David Owen at Ellis Park, Johannesburg

June 24 – Call them the new North Korea.

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