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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

2010 World Cup


FIFA World Cup

FIFA stands for Federation International Football Association. The 2010 FIFA World cup will be the 19th FIFA world cup. It is scheduled to take place between 11th June and 11th July. Italy is the defending champion.

Preparations are at the top. Five new stadiums have been built for the tournament and the existing venues are upgraded. Construction cost is almost 8.4 bn local currency. Not only that the infrastructure is being developed. Public Transport is being improved by various projects.

Security system is to be made according to the FIFA standards, to ensure the security of tourists and fans watching the matches. It also includes flight operations in the air space surrounding the stadiums.

This week is the most important week for the football players. Competing at FIFA is invariably the highlight of any footballer’s career. Each coach from each team has provided a list of their 30 players to FIFA. Now FIFA will announce the final 23- man squad. And this will be unknown till first June.