South Africa's Greenpoint stadium, which has been chosen to host a 2010 World Cup semifinal, was on Monday declared complete.

 

The 68 000 seater stadium boosts the views of the iconic Table Mountain and the historic Robin Island, where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated.

 

Greenpoint cost R4.5-billion and is one of ten venues to host the 2010 football spectacle. Other stadiums already completed include, Moses Mabhida in Durban and Soccer City in Johannesburg.

 

For the full article on iafrica.com, click here.

 

Two million tickets sold for 2010 World Cup

After three of five ticketing sales phases for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa, two-thirds of the available tickets have been sold.

The third ticketing sales phase, which will conclude with a random draw for oversubscribed matches on 1 February, saw a total of 1,206,865 applications received from 192 countries. Six matches are currently oversubscribed (in all categories), among them the semi-finals and the final. In total, 55 matches are oversubscribed in at least one category.

The next ticketing sales phase will start on 9 February 2010 and end on 7 April 2010. During these 58 days, more than 400,000 tickets will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis via www.fifa.com/2010 or in FNB branches (in South Africa only).

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