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 ...

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...

Six years have now past since that magnificent moment in Zurich when Fifa President Sepp Blatter declared that SA had earned the rights to host the biggest party on the planet. And with just over 100 days remaining before the kick-off to the 2010...

With less than four months remaining before the 2010 World Cup gets underway, South Africa's neighbours are finalising their preparations to ensure they are part and parcel of the biggest event of any kind to occur on the continent. Sadly, Zimbab...

2009 will be remembered as the year that South Africa staked its claim to hosting a successful 2010 World Cup. Certainly, the past 12 months have marked an extraordinary turnaround in the preparations for this mega sporting event. Just a year ago...

Anyone doubting the enormity of the World Cup should have been swayed by the events of the past few days. The deciding 2010 World Cup qualifier between Algeria and Egypt resulted in riots outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo with President Hosni...

This week marked the 20th anniversary of the unification of Germany, an event that symbolises some extraordinary parallels between the hosts of the 2006 and 2010 editions of the World Cup. When Germany and South Africa slugged it out for the righ...

Describing the East Rand as the heart and soul of South Africa, "crammed with spectacular natural beauty and cultural sophistication", the Sunday Times notes that the first sign that greets foreign visitors at OR Tambo International Airport is a warm...

Despite the recent hysteria, there was much to admire about Joel Santana who took the plunge by taking the reins of a national team (for the first time) which had the added responsibility of hosting the 2010 World Cup. Despite a shaky start to hi...

For several years now, the relationship between Irvin Khoza and Danny Jordaan has been fraught with tension. They are, after all, the most formidable soccer administrators in the country and they have played a crucial role in securing South Africa th...




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Craig Urquhart is a former Fifa World Cup media officer. He runs Project2010, a 24/7 news portal of South Africa's preparations for the 2010 World Cup. 
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