Blatter Gives World Cup Play 8/10, Says Maradona May Help FIFA (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — FIFA President Sepp Blatter gave this year’s World Cup in Germany eight out of 10 for the standard of soccer and nine out of 10 for organization.

Kiwis harbour World Cup hopes (TeamTalk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
New Zealand Soccer chief executive officer Graham Seatter says the country would jump at the chance to co-host the World Cup with Australia.However, Seatter has admitted he does not expect FIFA to move football’s 2010 showpiece away from South Africa.