By Molly

June 24 will be remembered as the day the USA beat world class soccer act Spain in the Fifa Confederations Cup - 2-0.
A real shocker! I did not even know that the USA had a soccer team! 

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke will attend this afternoon’s 2010 Organising Committee board meeting in Johannesburg. The committee will discuss the progress of all the stadiums for the Confederations Cup and 2010 World Cup. Read more

SA Schools will close for the 2010 FIFA World Cup to "avoid pupil and teacher absenteeism, as well a busy transport system during the busy period." http://cli.gs/vUT7Nd

With the eye on 2010, FIFA published a nice short background on Polokwane and Limpopo here

Thousands of South African flags will be handed out to travellers and holidaymakers over the Easter weekend.

This is part of ’Fly the Flag for Football’, a national campaign to build public support and excitement for the Confederations Cup and 2010 World Cup. Read more

Polokwane will host four games in the final of the FIFA World Cup 2010.

The game dates are:
June 13, 2010
June 17, 2010
June 22, 2010
June 24, 2010

One fan park will be established opposite Tom Naudé Technical High School on the corner of Potgieter Ave and Landdros Maré Street - where it enters Polokwane from Louis Trichardt (Makhado).

Links to websites related to 2010:

When the Chinese played 'tsu chu', in which animal-skin balls were dribbled through gaps in a net stretched between two poles as far back as 255BC, the last thing they would have expected is that their ball kicking would one day become part of the history of football or as it is known in South Africa, soccer.

Pic: NicP