The opening ceremony would be performed at the new ultra-modern 100 000-seater Soccer City. The opening match would feature either hosts Bafana Bafana or defending world champions Italy. Obama, whose father was born in Kenya, has never visited Africa as the leader of the United States.
Blatter again stressed he had full confidence in South Africa's ability to host a successful World Cup.
The world soccer chief added that it was not about Fifa making millions of dollars from the Confederations Cup and World Cup in South Africa. He explained:
He reiterated that under no circumstances would vuvuzelas be banned at the World Cup. Foreign media and teams competing in the Confederations Cup had complained about the
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