Editors Picks
South Africa will benefit from the infrastructure developed for the soccer World Cup and should use the sport as a unifying force for years after the tournament, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
Picking a soccer team now seems a lot more fun than picking a stock on the A-share market as the FIFA World Cup gets ready for its kickoff in South Africa on Friday.
ESPN has released their brilliant advertising posters for this summer's World Cup in the form of creatively designed artistic murals. Each of the 32 teams were represented in a poster, and some probably got more than they bargained for.
Zakumi, the mascot for the 2010 World Cup, is striking a chord with shoppers in the capital but buyers are being warned to defend against imitators as substitutes come into play online.
The first online reality show in China, which will feature the lives of 16 football fans during the World Cup, has attracted interest from almost 800 people who would like to take part.
Millions of gays and lesbians have jammed several of Sao Paulo's main avenues for the 14th annual gay pride parade in South America's largest city.
Scampering around barefoot on a sandy lot, a dozen boys in matching red jerseys try to concentrate on their coach's instructions over the constant din of trucks in nearby traffic.
Nelson Mandela met with South Africa's national soccer team as the country's ruling party said its most famous citizen will attend the World Cup's opening game and the final.
South Africa's World Cup in 10 days time will fulfil a dream that began with the release of Nelson Mandela from an apartheid jail in 1990, chief local organiser Danny Jordaan said on Tuesday.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter called Nelson Mandela "the most charismatic humanist alive" when Soccer City, venue for the World Cup's opening match, was officially handed over to soccer's ruling body on Wednesday.
Semifinals Fixtures
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Top Scorers
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Player |
Team |
Goals |
David Villa | ESP | 5 |
| Sneijder | NED | 5 | |||
| Diego Forlan |
URU |
5 | |||
| Mueller |
GER |
5 | |||
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Vittek |
SVK | 4 | |||
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Klose |
GER |
4 |
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Higuain |
ARG |
4 |
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Asamoah Gyan |
GHA |
3 | |||
| Donovan | USA | 3 | |||
| Luis Suarez | URU | 3 | Fabiano | BRA | 3 |
URU 2 - 3 NED 
GER 0 - 1 ESP 