World Cup South Africa 2010 July 24, 2008
Posted by Ralph Pina in : Tourism , add a comment
As a fine Euro 2008 tournament, at which technical and attacking football was vindicated, recedes into history, my thoughts turn to the World Cup to be played here on home soil. It will be the first World Cup in Africa. Ever since I watched the 1966 tournament’s official film as a kid, football (or soccer) has consumed me and the World Cup has been established in my mind as the pinnacle of the sport. Forget the English Premiership and other examples of corporate leagues dominated by listed companies and billionaire owners, international tournaments where nationalistic passions inflame the contests and national styles clash, are where it’s at. (more…)
