Kaka was highly unfortunate to receive a 2nd yellow card this evening when Brazil beat the Ivory Coast 3-1. Kaka was given the 2nd yellow after the referee thought he had elbowed the Ivory Coast player Keita, where in actual fact the Brazilian did nothing wrong. Keita went down holding his face for an eternity, and the referee, who wasn’t even looking at the incident, sent off Kaka. The video of the Kaka red card is below.
Noisy stadiums are standard issue in professional sports, but at the World Cup in South Africa, fans in the stadium and on TV are growing increasingly agitated by the noise created by vuvuzelas. At the 2010 World Cup, the vuvuzela is so prevalent — and loud! — that officials considered banning them from stadiums. But as this chart shows, perhaps there’s a good reason for all this controversy.
Submit your photos to FIFA.com via your mobile phone or via FIFA.com in FIFA Fan of the Tournament contestand be in with the chance of winning a Hyundai! Yeah,.. it’s not a hoax! Submit your photo, and the the photo which receives the most votes will be the winner of the Fan of the Tournament contest. Grand prize winner will receive a Hyundai i10 (i10 or equivalent if the model is not available on the market).
The winners with the 2nd – 6th highest numbers of votes will receive FIFA.com Fan Kits that contain:
1 official adidas Jabulani signed by a star player
1 national team jersey of the winner’s choice with a customized player name and number
Park Ji Sung, Korean young football star who now playing for Manchester United, bring Korea to win it’s first match contra Greece. Lee Jung-Soo pounced on some slack marking to knock the Asians ahead early in the first half, before a strike from Park Ji-Sung, who was the benefactor of a dire mistake from Loukas Vyntra early in the second half, made the game safe.
“Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” in English, and “Waka Waka (Esto es África)” in Spanish, is a song by Shakira featuring Freshlyground. The song will be performed by Shakira and South African group Freshlyground, at the Closing Ceremony before the World Cup Final on July 11 in Johannesburg Soccer City Stadium. The song is officially available for download through digital retailers the week of May 11. It also will be included on Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album to be released the week of May 31 by Sony Music Entertainment. The Spanish version is as well available in selected markets.
Well,.. just want to warm up before the opening ceremony held. Below is the time schedule of the World Cup 2010 which will be broadcasted by RCTI. Bookmark this page so that you do not need to miss even one game .. RCTI is Indonesian broadcaster who hold the worldcup broadcasting license.
Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album is a collaboration by various artists, both local African and international. The album was released on May 31, 2010. The album consists of collaborations between Colombian singer Shakira and Freshlyground, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”, Nomvula, Claudia Leitte, R. Kelly, Pitbull and many more. Japanese singer-songwriter Misia is the first Asian artist to participate in the worldwide edition of an official FIFA album. South African teacher/ activist/singer Jpre contributes a revamp of his historical song, “Ke Nako” to the album. Originally recorded and adopted by Mr. Nelson Mandela as his election campaign “theme” song, the 2010 edition features International Superstar Wyclef Jean, 5 Time Grammy Nominee Jazmine Sullivan, and introduces new sensation B. Howard.
Zakumi (born 16 June 1994 (1994-06-16) (age 15)) is the Official Mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He is an anthropomorphised leopard with green hair, presented on 22 September 2008. His name comes from “ZA”, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Africa, and “kumi”, a word that means ten in various African languages. Zakumi’s birthdate coincides with a day known and celebrated as Youth Day in South Africa and their second group match. The year 1994 marks the first non-racial nationwide elections in South Africa. He will turn 16 in 2010.
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“Wavin’ Flag” is the third official single (eighth overall) by Somali-Canadian musician K’naan from his album Troubadour. The song was once performed acoustically live on Q TV by K’naan and his band to give viewers a preview of Troubadour before it was released. The song appears on the soundtrack for the video game NBA 2K10 and has been remixed & chosen as the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup titled “Wavin’ Flag (The Celebration Mix)”
Singer : K’naan
MP3 Download: Download MP3 version on previous post.
This 2010 world cup anthem should be owned by all football lover. This song title is ‘Wavin Flag’ which sang by K’naan. Please download this OST 2010 FIFA World Cup MP3 South Africa here or if you want, you can watch the video on Youtube ..
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