JOHANNESBURG (BNO NEWS) — FIFA on Wednesday said it has filed charges against the organizers of a marketing stunt during Monday’s World Cup match between the Netherlands and Denmark. Around 30 women, most of them South African, entered Soccer City dressed as Danish supporters on Monday. During the first half of the game, the women [...]

JOHANNESBURG (BNO NEWS) — South African police took control of several World Cup venues after security guards went on strike over low wages, reports say. On Monday, private security guards walked off the job in Cape Town three hours before Italy’s opener against Paraguay. A similar escene was reported on Tuesday at Johannesburg’s Ellis Park [...]

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — The 2010 FIFA World Cup is less than 24 hours away, as the biggest sporting event in the world kicks off Friday for the first time in the continent of Africa. The first World Cup took place in 1930 in Uruguay, and ever since (with the exception 1942 and [...]