Soccer world focuses on 2010 draw in Cape Town
AP - 2 hours 24 minutes agoThe eyes of the soccer world focused on Cape Town on Friday, with fans of 32 competing nations hoping for a kind draw at next year's World Cup.
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The eyes of the soccer world focused on Cape Town on Friday, with fans of 32 competing nations hoping for a kind draw at next year's World Cup.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell 153.95, or 0.6 percent, to 27,160.14 by 12:33 p.m. in Johannesburg, a second day of losses. The move pared the measure’s gain this past week to 1.3 percent.
The battle-lines for the first World Cup on African soil will be laid down here Friday when the draw is made for the tournament separating the 32 qualified countries into eight groups of four.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell 110.53, or 0.4 percent, to 27,203.56 in at 10:15 a.m. in Johannesburg, a second day of losses. The index has gained 1.6 percent this week.
Today, the soccer world's attention shifts from soccer balls under the control of the world's best players to smaller balls bouncing in pots under the control of former players, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and actress Charlize Theron.
The football world is focusing on Cape Town, with fans of 32 nations hoping for a kind draw at the World Cup.
CAPE TOWN , South Africa (AP) — South African police say a man was arrested after he made two hoax phone calls saying a bomb had been planted at the airport amid tight security for Friday's World Cup draw.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index rose for a fourth day, gaining 21.05, or 0.08 percent, to 27,450.81 at 12:13 p.m. in Johannesburg.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s Public Investment Corp., which manages government pensions, may consider buying a stake in Eskom Holdings Ltd.’s planned Kusile plant, Brian Molefe, the PIC’s chief executive officer, said in an interview in Pretoria today.
A team official says Argentina will set up its World Cup training base in Pretoria ahead of next year's tournament in South Africa. Huberto Grondona, son of Argentine football federation president Julio Grondona, said Thursday that two-time champion Argentina has reached a deal to train at the University of Pretoria.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- South African police said they arrested a journalist at the Cape Town International Convention Center for making a hoax bomb threat before the World Cup draw.
Millions of football fans around the globe will be glued to their television screens on Friday when the draw for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is made in Cape Town.
South African police arrested two people on Friday for separate hoax threats against the draw for next year's soccer World Cup.
A foreign journalist has been arrested after he made a hoax bomb threat outside the venue where the 2010 World Cup draw is to be held, a police spokesman said Friday. This is the second arrest for hoax threats after police nabbed a South African man who made two calls saying a bomb had been planted at the airport, where security is tight.
Weeds are about the only thing remaining amid the sandy bumps of the soccer field that served the prisoners on the infamous island where Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists were held. No matter, memories of the inmates' skills over the years survive. "We would do all the tricks," Thulani Mabaso remembered.
Argentina beat England, Italy and Germany to a plush World Cup headquarters at Pretoria University on Wednesday, Argentine Football Association (AFA) envoy Humberto Grondona said.
Cape Town - Part of Cape Town International Convention Centre, venue for the World Cup final draw, was sealed off Friday following a bomb scare. The alert, hours before the draw takes place, followed an earlier bomb scare at Cape Town airport, police...
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said the government is still debating an exchange rate policy with labor unions and businesses.
Six top South African karters will compete in Egypt this weekend in the 2009 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. The event has attracted 216 competitors from 55 countries, and South Africa is once again one of the favourites to emerge as one of the top competing nations.
The start of the fifth and final one-day international between South Africa and England on Friday has been delayed due to rain, as well as an outfield which has become waterlogged after downpours during the days leading up to the match. The first match in the series, which England leads 2-1, was washed out in Johannesburg.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa . Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names and prices are from the last close.