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Is South Africa Ready For 2010 Soccer World Cup?

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Despite recent FIFA reports that a plan B might be necessary should South Africa be unable to host the biggest sporting event in the world, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has stressed that South Africa is on track to host the games, and there will be no plan B unless South Africa is hit by a natural disaster.

"The president (Blatter) made it clear that only a catastrophe would prevent South Africa hosting the 2010 spectacle. We had a problem in 2003 in China when an earthquake forced Fifa to move the Women's World cup to the United States.

"Only that type of disaster will force Fifa's hand on South Africa. (The Star)
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