Africa's Biggest Sports Event - 2010 Football World Cup

Announcement of South Africa as the host country of 2010 FIFA World-Cup has led to a wave of celebration all across the country! The ecstasy and thrill among the local football lovers was overwhelming. Hosting of this glorious and prestigious football world event is in itself a big challenge for the picturesque country.

The immensely popular football championship will be held from 11th June to 11th July, 2010, South-Africa. The football World-Cup 2010 will be staged all over eight provinces at nine host cities. Approximately half million visitors are expected to join this phenomenal event with 35 to 40 billion television viewers.

With this glorious FIFA Football Championship, South Africa wants to prove its credibility to the world. Some of the long lasting legacies of this phenomenal event in this country are safety, security, health, emergency services, accommodation and tourism. To make transportation easy, there is considerable enhancement in the public transportation system.

Other key highlights are the urban recreational areas with multi-disciplinary sport facilities. Four stadiums have been rebuilt and six new world class stadiums have been built. The official slogan of 2010 Football Championship South-Africa is Ke Nako - celebrate Africa's Humanity, which means 'it is time'.

South Africa has decided to change whole world's perception by hosting this grand football event. If you want to cheer your favorite team at loudest possible then you must pack your bags and head towards this beautiful country. The action, fun and magical mania of soccer is simply inescapable! So, get ready for a remarkable and lifetime experience!

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Manchester United V Liverpool - The World's Biggest Football Rivalry

For many years Liverpool FC have held the title as the most successful club in England thanks to their record breaking 18 First Division/Premier League titles. However in recent years Manchester United have had a long run of constant success and now tie with Liverpool's record of 18 League titles thanks to their Premier League title for the 2008/09 season.

Manchester and Liverpool are both in the North West of England and are situated approximately 34 miles apart, with the M62 motorway the easiest way to get between the two cities.

The rivalry between inhabitants of both cities transcends Football and is part of the culture, and originally stems from the Industrial revolution period of the late 1800's and early 1900's. Liverpool's port was large and brought in huge amounts of ships and cargo providing jobs and wealth to the area. As Manchester floundered they decided to build the Manchester ship canal that linked the city of Manchester with the Irish sea. Whilst this brought prosperity and jobs to Manchester it caused unemployment in Liverpool and much resentment.

On the footballing side Manchester United were the first team to lift the European Cup in 1968 under the stewardship of the legendary Scottish manager Sir Matt Busby. Liverpool did not win the European Cup until the 1970's but have now won the trophy 5 times to United's 3 times.

Whilst the 1970's and 1980's were most definitely Liverpools glory period of success, the 1990's and 2000's were Man Utd's glory period of success. Liverpool have now gone 19 years without winning the League title in England.

During the 2008/09 Premier League season Liverpool did the double over Man Utd, beating them 2-1 at Anfield and 4-1 at Old Trafford, it was Liverpool's best league campaign in years but they still came up short as United won the league by four points.

Games between the sides are fiercely fought occasions and tickets for these games are very hard to get hold of due to the extremely high demand, if you are not a season ticket holder the only way to get one is to use a reputable ticket agent.

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