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Adam Wakefield
I was on Long Street last night in Cape Town, and the scenes that greeted me were utterly fantastic. Germans, Australians, Greeks, Chileans, English, Americans, Uruguayans, South Africans and Frenchman were all over the show doing their best to injec... |
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Views: 177 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, June 11th, 2010 | Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa
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Tony McKeever
In the last two weeks all of South Africa bore witness to two remarkable rugby events -- that far from being incidental, as a consequence of the Soccer World Cup change in venue requirements -- had a Super 14 rugby semifinal and final being played at... |
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Views: 439 | 2 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 | Tags: none
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Tony McKeever
On average a game of 80 minutes of Super 14 rugby, has just 34 minutes of playing time. The rest of the 47 minutes is directly attributable to the referee and how he blows the game.
The standard of refereeing this 2010 Super 14 competition has go... |
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Views: 491 | 6 Comments » | posted on Monday, April 26th, 2010 | Tags: referees, rugby, Super 14
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Craig Urquhart
Last week's 50-day countdown to the Soccer World Cup was slightly more subdued than the big '100' back in February, but that's probably because so many hurdles have been cleared since then.
The consensus -- according to the government, the 2010 L... |
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Views: 518 | 1 Comment » | posted on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | Tags: 2010 World Cup, FIFA, LOC
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Craig Urquhart
It's no secret that South Africa is once again at a crossroads. Racial tensions between black and white South Africans have reached their highest levels since the 1993 assassination of South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani which threatened ... |
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Views: 444 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 | Tags: 2010 World Cup, Africa, Rugby World Cup, soccer, South Africa
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Adam Wakefield
The definition of confidence is as follows (with thanks to Wikipedia): Generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective.
How is confi... |
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Views: 412 | 2 Comments » | posted on Thursday, April 1st, 2010 | Tags: confidence, sport
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By Odiriel Mekwa
When I was eight my late father took myself and a cousin of mine out for our first live professional soccer match. I got to see the legendary Ernest 'Wire' Chirwali (later Mtawali) in action against my then hero Doctor Khumalo. Th... |
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Views: 189 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 | Tags: none
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Craig Urquhart
First, the bad news: With an estimated carbon footprint of 2,7 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, the 2010 World Cup will have the largest carbon footprint of any major international sporting event (nine times higher than the World Cup in Germany in ... |
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Views: 333 | No Comments » | posted on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 | Tags: none
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Craig Urquhart
Any lingering doubts about South Africa's ability to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup have surely been laid to rest with this week's 100-day countdown festivities.
And the most pleasing aspect of this important milestone was not the magnificent new... |
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Views: 295 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 | Tags: 2010 World Cup, Africa, Blatter, Danny Jordaan, FIFA, football, Mandela, South Africa, stadium, Valcke
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Reader Blog
By Duncan Newton Keal
I have to consider myself one of the most committed sports fans. I have been supporting the Sharks and Proteas with blind passion for numerous years, only to consistently have my heart broken as they conspire to snatch defea... |
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Views: 302 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 | Tags: Cricket, JP Duminy, Ruan Pienaar, Rugby, Super 14
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