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Waving Flag by K'naan....FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP ANTHEM
It's Africa's chance...
It's Africa's time to prove itself...
And K'naan has just the right words to tell the world about Africa...
Below are some of the lyrics as we head for the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa
WAVING FLAG:
Born to a throne, stronger than Rome/But Violent prone, poor people zone/But it’s my home, all I have known/Where I got grown, streets we would roam/But out of the darkness, I came the farthest/Among the hardest survival/Learn from these streets, it can be bleak/Except no defeat, surrender retreat/When I get older, when I get older/I will be stronger, just like a Waving Flag/Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag/Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag.
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Action from across the continent
We continue our continental journey bringing you the best drama, controversy, goals, saves and more of the greatest moments in African football....
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Soccer City to open and close World Cup.....
Soccer City, the stadium that will host the opening and closing games of the world's biggest football tournament, encapsulates South Africa's World Cup - colorful, traditional and hope for a brighter future.
Situated on the outskirts of Soweto, the huge township in southwest Johannesburg that mirrors South Africa's emergence from the grim past of apartheid, the breathtaking stadium has risen against a background of the gigantic mine dumps created by the gold digs that brought the city its wealth.
With 94,000 seats, the two-tiered bowl has the biggest capacity in Africa, but Soccer City will be restricted to 87,000 for the World Cup because of the need to keep rival fans apart.
The stadium will host five group matches, including the June 11 opening game between South Africa and Mexico, one second round match, one quarterfinal match and the final. Other scheduled games are the Netherlands vs. Denmark on June 14; Argentina vs. South Korea on June 17; Brazil vs. Ivory Coast on June 20 and Ghana vs. Germany on June 23.
Manu Mabaso, a construction worker who helped build the stadium, has a ticket to the opening game.
"Every day when I woke up I had to pinch myself that it was really happening," the Orlando Pirates fan said. "It was almost a dream but, when I got to the stadium, I could see it for real.
"To me Soccer City is like a beautiful lady and, by the time of the World Cup, she will have all her best clothes on." What appears to be a brand new stadium is in fact a reconstruction of an existing one, the cost of rebuilding being R3.3 billion. The only part that remains from the previous structure is a portion of the old west stand, its dark gray color in stark contrast to the sweep of orange seating which goes all around.
The outside is a dappled mixture of fire and earthen colors which represent the calabash, the traditional African cooking pot. Inside, the stands have 10 black vertical lines which are lined up to face each of the other nine venues plus the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, host for the last World Cup final in 2006.
The plush new offices of the South Africa football federation are outside and, after the World Cup, the stadium will not only stage some of the national team's home games but also cup finals and big provincial matches, particularly those involving the nation's two most popular clubs, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
During the run-up to the World Cup and afterward, Soccer City will also be a tourist attraction with organized tours of the stadium for visitors from overseas and all over South Africa. A generation ago, such a project would have been unthinkable with the civil rights of the black majority severely restricted by a regime run by the white minority.
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Draw sends Nigeria out of CHAN
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Nigeria drew 0-0 with Niger in the second leg of their African Nations Championship qualifier in Kano, and will now miss out on CAF's second tier competition for the second consecutive time.
The Nig...
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Kalou, Gervinho on target , Ghezzal misfires
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Salomon Kalou scored his first goal of the season for Chelsea in their 7-1 drubbing of Aston Villa over the weekend, in the absence of Ivory Coast team-mate Didier Drogba.
In Italy, Siena's Algerian...
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Sven-Goran Eriksson to coach Ivory Coast in World Cup
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Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has been appointed to coach Ivory Coast at the World Cup in South Africa.
An announcement was made on Sunday, with Mark Hughes and former Real Madrid coach B...
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Piers Edwards said it, no African coaches at the World Cup
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