JOHANNESBURG - The heartbreak lingered, yet Ghana's football team exitedfrom the World Cup in heroic fashion after coming within an inches-too-high kickof advancing further than any African team in history.A day after their devastating shootout loss to Uruguay in the quarterfinals,the Ghanaian players received a South African version of red-carpet treatment - visits Saturday to the homes of form
By NANCY ARMOUR AP National WriterSANDHU.S , South Africa - Former President Bill Clinton liked what he saw from the U.S World Cup team so much, he's staying for the next game.Clinton said Thursday that he changed his schedule so he can attend the Americans' game against Ghana on Saturday in Rustenburg.The honorary chairman of the U.S bid to host the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022, Clinton wa
South Africa is preparing for the start of the biggest football tournament on earth, the World Cup, which gets under way on Friday in Johannesburg.It is the 19th staging of the showpiece event and will be the first time it has taken place in the continent of Africa.Johannesburg's 94,000-capacity Soccer City hosts the opening ceremony, with the first game getting under way at 1500 BST when South A
Jacob Zuma, president, on Sunday declared South Africa ready to stage soccer’s World Cup and claimed that enthusiasm surrounding the most watched event in international sport is bringing greater cohesion to a socially divided nation.“The enthusiasm, joy and excitement that has engulfed the entire nation in recent weeks has not been witnessed since [former] President [Nelson] Mandela was released
PRETORIA, South Africa – President Jacob Zuma on Sunday declared South Africa ready for the start of the World Cup and praised the tournament for bringing cohesion to his once divided nation.Five days from the kickoff, Zuma said the nation has not witnessed such enthusiasm and excitement since former president Nelson Mandela was released from an apartheid-era prison in 1990.Zuma spoke to re