FIFA sees Brazil as backup host for 2010 World Cup

Soccer By Ives found this 7/17/2008 on afp.google.com [flag]

8 hours ago MADRID (AFP) Football's world governing body FIFA is in talks with authorities in Brazil about staging the 2010 World Cup there should South Africa be unable to host the event, a Spanish sports newspaper claimed on Thursday. "The South American country, which was chosen to organise the World Cup in 2014, has become the first option if South Africa is not able to organise" the 2010 ... [link]

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Morning Ticker: As the World Cup turns, A great Kljestan story
Published 7/17/2008 by Ives Galarcep at Soccer By Ives
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