They have had to counter doubts over their ability to host the event since the announcement was made that South Africa had been selected to host the first ever football World Cup on African soil.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

And I still believe that in Africa we have been going through this kind of pressure for a pretty long time, so I believe that when it comes we can handle it and lift the cup on Friday,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The United States national soccer team accomplished what few believed they could Wednesday night in Bloemfontein, dominating the world's number one ranked team and leaving the stadium with a merited 2-0 victory and a ticket to the final of the Confederations Cup on Sunday night in Johannesburg.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

The victims,including an American, were watching the World Cup final on television Sunday at two social places in the capital.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

D.C.United won the M.L.S.Cup, the league championship, on the strength of a Most Valuable Player performance by Olsen.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

He played on three World Cup teams, including the two thousand two team that reached the quarterfinals.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

This June the eyes of the football world will be on South Africa when it becomes the first African country to host the World Cup.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

The World Cup final will be held there on July eleventh.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

But on the nordic skiing World Cup circuit, the two men have brought the United States to a new prominence.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Many of the World Cup items are currently on display in the lobby of the library on the campus of Northwestern.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

The U.S.Men's team now heads to South Africa for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009, where they take on Italy,Brazil,and Egypt.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

He says the excitement generated by the World Cup in other countries is just now catching on here.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

It is scheduled to be performed at the World Cup kickoff concert in Soweto on June 10.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

The Confederations Cup kicks off on Sunday and the World Cup opens in June of next year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.12

The 90,000 seat Soccer City is to host the opening and final matches of the month-long World Cup which kicks off on June 11.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

Spaniards watched the Octopus make his final prediction of this World Cup live on television.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

The 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup begins Saturday, when Argentina takes on Honduras in the opening match in Abuja, immediately followed by Nigeria's opener against Germany.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

This followed an attack on Togo's national team two weeks ago as it traveled to its opening game in the African Cup of Nations in Angola.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

But Cele says preparations will continue until the World Cup kick-off on June 11.

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

It's the first time the World Cup is being played on African soil.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

Jordaan and other officials met during the 1994 World Cup in the United States and decided to bid on hosting the next available World Cup, in 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

about the World Cup and everything." Marcus,9,is a striker on his team.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"It's the first cup of coffee on the dresser when you are in the shower and it's warming up the car before you get into it on a wintry morning."

VOA: standard.2010.02.13

And he went on to score a goal against the United States in a January practice match, a performance which helped him earn a spot on the country's World Cup squad.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

"For example,the woman's sector have put through a recommendation to cabinet around the idea of putting a moratorium on arrests of commercial sex workers during the course of the World Cup."

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

The second major FIFA youth football tournament of the year will kick off Saturday in Nigeria when the host Golden Eaglets play Germany on the opening day of the Under-17 World Cup.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

On the eve of the football Confederations Cup, the head of the South African Organizing Committee, Danny Jordaan, once again patiently responded to nagging inquiries over the level of security for the tournament.

VOA: standard.2009.06.12

This year, the team's experience shows, with Johnny Spillane earning his first World Cup win in early January while Lodwick finished on the podium in two events and Demong won a World Cup event in October.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31