Posts Tagged ‘2010 World Cup’

Fears Over 2010, 2014 Safety Rise, Unfounded?

By Tom Dunmore • Nov 26th, 2007 • Category: News & Notes

Maybe Sepp Blatter couldn’t shut up with his ridiculous blathering this weekend because he hoped to occlude some bad news from both South Africa and Brazil. There have long been concerns about the safety and infrastructure in both places ahead of the World Cups in 2010 and 2014 respectively, and those were seemingly amplified this […]


FIFA, Blatter, Blackmail and the 2010 World Cup Draw

By Tom Dunmore • Nov 24th, 2007 • Category: Politics and Economics

Today, the draw for the qualifying round of the 2010 World Cup will take place. It will be beamed to 173 countries, and FIFA’s General Secretary Jérôme Valcke will be centre stage alongside Sepp Blatter.
Yet less than twelve months ago, Valcke, then FIFA’s marketing director, faced ruin following the finding of an American court that […]