Monday, November 29, 2010

Football Highlights/Discussion : World Football Highlights

FIFA World Cup is the biggest of any sporting event. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. TThe qualification process for the World Cuo 2010 began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. This will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation.

The last World Cup 2006 was won by Italy who beat Germany in the finals. The draw for the finals took place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town.

32 Teams were qualified to participate the World Cup finals at South Africa, which are divided into 8 groups of 4. The hot favorites to win the World Cup 2010 are Brazil and Spain, but in reality World Cup traditionally has been known to be full of surprises. The notable players that are expected to shine in the World Cup are Lionel Messi of Argentina, Christiano Ronaldo of Portugal, Kaka of Brazil, Wayne Rooney of England and many others.

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