Africa: World Cup; It is Africa’s Turn (AllAfrica.com)
Sepp Blatter once again dismissed fears that the next World Cup could be moved from South Africa and said the 2010 hosts were further along at this point than Germany was four years ago. “They’ll get it done,” Blatter was quoted as telling German magazine Sport Bild on Tuesday.

Juninho: Brazil was unprepared at World Cup (Sports Illustrated)
Brazil’s team at the World Cup earlier this year was poorly prepared and not selected on form, according to Lyon midfielder Juninho.