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Jun 28 2009, Sunit

With almost a year left to the showpiece football event in South Africa, the Dutch national side has achieved a unique distinction of being the first side from the UEFA zone to qualify for South Africa 2010 in what is expected to be a celebration of...

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Left to right: Dick Wiles, Co-Chairman of Match Company, Fulvio Danilas, General Coordinator of FIFA 2014 World Cup, Thierry Wei, FIFA´s Director of Marketing, and Fabio Simao, president of Brasilia’s Soccer Federation, inspect the Mane Garrincha...