World Cup ‘will boost whole of Africa’ (News Interactive)
SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki pledged overnight to ensure the first ever soccer World Cup to be staged on African soil would benefit the whole of the world’s poorest continent.

Correction: Homeless-World-Cup story (AP via Yahoo! News)
In a Sept. 24 story about a Homeless World Cup soccer tournament, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Adam Banda, who played on the British team, was recovering from substance abuse. Banda says he was never a substance abuser.

New Zealand qualifies for under-20 World Cup (Slam! Sports)
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - Fulham midfielder Chris James missed two penalties before scoring a second half goal Wednesday to give New Zealand a 1-0 win over New Caledonia and a place in the finals of the under-20 soccer World Cup.

World Cup in Africa, moral obligation-FIFA (The Ghanaian Chronicle)
FIFA PRESIDENT, Sepp Blatter has said taking the World Cup to Africa was a moral obligation, and looking ahead to the 2010 finals in South Africa.