South Africa: Shilowa Affirms World Cup Readiness (AllAfrica.com)
GAUTENG premier Mbhazima Shilowa told delegates from the world’s largest soccer exhibition, Soccerex, in Dubai yesterday that SA would be ready to host the Fifa World Cup in 2010.

Loud Cheers Banned at Soccer’s Blind World Cup (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
It’s no ordinary World Cup: the soccer ball sounds like the clatter of a rattlesnake’s tail, fans are barred from cheering too loudly and the sidelines are clear plastic walls meant to keep the players in-bounds.