FIFA World Cup 2010

Special Report

Last modification: 13/07/10

FIFA World Cup 2010

From June 11 until July 11, South Africa welcomes the first football World Cup ever organised on the African continent.

SPAIN

World Cup champions return home to a hero's welcome

Spain's World Cup-winning squad arrived back in Madrid to a hero’s welcome on Monday after their triumph in South Africa. The team met with Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero before embarking on a celebratory open-top bus trip through the capital.

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Spanish flair rescues beautiful game from brutal final

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Iniesta fires Spain to historic World Cup win

Spain take football’s ultimate prize home after defeating the Netherlands 1–0 in a tense final littered with yellow cards.

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From Toronto to Twitter, Spanish fans around the world celebrate victory

Thousands of fans around the world filled the streets and tapped their keyboards to celebrate Spain's dramatic World Cup victory over the Netherlands.

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Uruguay striker Forlan named Best Player of World Cup

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Mandela appears at World Cup closing ceremony

South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela attended the World Cup closing ceremony on Sunday evening before going home to watch the Spain - Netherlands final.

SOUTH AFRICA

In Johannesburg, immigrants fear new wave of violence

In Yeoville, a neighbourhood of Johannesburg where many immigrants live, residents fear that a new wave of xenophobic violence will break out after the World Cup. NGOs are sounding the alarm.

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Germany claim third place after defeating Uruguay, 3-2

Germany officially came third in the 2010 World Cup after a late goal from Sami Khedira gave them a 3-2 victory over Uruguay in a rain-soaked match on Saturday evening in Port Elizabeth.

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UEFA chief released from hospital after remaining overnight

Michel Platini, the head of the Union of European Football Associations, was released from a Johannesburg hospital on Saturday after remaining overnight. Platini took ill while dining at a local restaurant on Friday.

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Spain vs. Netherlands: a 'total football' face-off?

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Eight-legged oracle picks Spain to win tournament

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New France coach Blanc won't discipline players' bad behaviour

France's new national football coach Laurent Blanc (pictured) said it was not up to him to discipline players who went on strike during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, just days before the country's early dismissal from the tournament.

FRANCE

'Ashamed' Escalettes quits French Football Federation

Outgoing French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes says he is "ashamed" of France's World Cup fiasco and takes a share of responsibility for what happened.

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