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SOCCER: Coke sponsoring contest for teens to win trip to World Cup (The Morning Call)
March 12, 2010If you're between the ages of 13 and 16, love soccer and make positive influences on your community, you're eligible to win a trip to the FIFA World Cup tournament this summer in South Africa.
S.Africa protests spread ahead of soccer World Cup (AlertNet)
March 12, 2010Source: Reuters * Protesters barricade roads in Soweto * Demonstration latest in string of often violent protests * Less than 100 days to soccer World Cup By Alison Raymond JOHANNESBURG, March 10 (Reuters) - ...
S.Africa protests spread ahead of soccer World Cup (The Star)
March 12, 2010JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African township residents barricaded roads in Soweto on Wednesday, the latest in a series of protests over living conditions that have hit the country less than 100 days before the soccer World Cup.
A trip to Soweto: The world's soccer city (CBC.ca)
March 12, 2010When first considering a voyage to South Africa, the host country of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, it was not without trepidation.
Soccer: Socceroos make do with NZ as a warm-up (Otago Daily Times)
March 12, 2010Australian coach Pim Verbeek says All Whites were "not our first priority" for a warm-up friendly in World Cup soccer preparation.
U.K. to Bar Soccer Trouble-Makers From World Cup in S. Africa (Bloomberg)
March 12, 2010March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. will stop hooligans from going to the soccer World Cup in South Africa and plans to share intelligence with the host nation, the two countries said.
Soccer-World Cup mascot row is political football - China firm (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
March 12, 2010The Chinese company ordered to stop making soccer World Cup mascots because of poor working conditions in their factory hit back at the accusations on Wednesday, saying they were victims of South African politicking.
Right to Housing: Olympics And World Cup Soccer (Scoop.co.nz)
March 12, 2010New York, Mar 9 2010 6:10PM The Olympic Games and the football World Cup must champion the right to adequate housing, with such ‘mega-events’ often driving people out of their homes, according to a new United Nations report by an independent human rights expert.
Soccer-Chinese factory ordered to stop making World Cup toy (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
March 12, 2010A Chinese factory has been ordered to halt production of a soccer World Cup mascot because of sub-standard working conditions, FIFA's branding company said on Tuesday.
It even has a World Series (Brattleboro Reformer)
March 12, 2010According to Digalist.com , the four most popular sports in the world are soccer, cricket, field hockey and tennis. At least one billion people play or watch all of them.
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