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Crash boom bang! But the World Cup looks OK

If there are two things the Icelandic volcano has taught us, it must be these: disasters in the modern world need not involve loss of life or even serious drama in the immediate vicinity. And sporting events really can come under proper threat from leftfield...

Published 20 Apr 2010 10:53 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, Tickets, South Africa, 2010 World Cup, Volcano, Glitches
World Cup up in the air

So, last week there was the news that the 'Unofficial carrier of the 'You Know What', got a bit of a smackdown from FIFA for encroaching on its property. Yes, we're talking about Kulula , the low cost airline which made getting from Cape...

Published 23 Mar 2010 11:03 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, marketing, World Cup, Kulula, Advert, Restrictions, Ambush
Pitted against the best? Good..!

Should South Africa be concerned that we've gotten a 'nightmare draw' to kick off the FIFA World Cup? Naaaah, I don't think so. Let's face it, the World Cup is supposed to be a showcase of all the very best football talent on the planet...

Published 8 Dec 2009 11:10 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, South Africa, World Cup, 2010, Draw, Nightmare
FIFA Draw coincides with Silly Season

Around rolls 1 December and it seems all of South Africa is ready for at least two things: the holidays and the FIFA World Cup draw taking place in Cape Town this coming Friday. It's really happening, the rich and the famous from the soccer playing...

Published 1 Dec 2009 9:16 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, 2010 World Cup, Cape Town, Draw
2010 FIFA World Cup: A business model to envy

By Donovan Jackson With nearly 70 000 volunteers the pull to be part of the 2010 World Cup is indeed strong. You have got to admire the business model of FIFA , though. They get the government to build the venues, provide the infrastructure and security...

Published 3 Sep 2009 11:19 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, Bafana Bafana, SABC, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 World Cup, survivor china, 2010 volunteers, 2010 World cup volunteers, 2010 sponsors, business model
2010 the T-Shirt, 2010 the Colouring Book, 2010 the Lunch Box

By Donovan Jackson ‘Moichandising! It’s all about Moichandising!’ That’s what immediately popped into my mind when I saw a piece on Fin24 in which FIFA is exhorted to avoid sweatshop products in the mass of clothing, gear and other...

Published 1 Sep 2009 9:08 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, 2010 World Cup, 2010, 2010 clothing, 2010 World Cup trophy
USA pwns Spain…!

Holy Smokes! You MUST have seen the match between ‘minnows’ USA and Euro-powerhouse Spain last night. Upsets are always expected in the major tournaments, but I don’t think even the most cunning of bookies would have taken odds on the...

Published 27 Jun 2009 12:32 by DonovanJackson

Filed under: vuvuzelas, USA, FIFA, Spaniards, football, Confederations Cup 2009, Americans, United States, Matt Damon, Danny Jordaan, Spain
Shenanigans on the field and off

Remember how a while ago, this blog recorded how certain precautions kinda need to be taken to avoid being a victim of crime in South Africa? For most of us, it’s second nature. We know we live in a country where crime is a reality. I mean, I even...

Published 23 Jun 2009 12:40 by DonovanJackson

Filed under: FIFA, Spain, confed cup, Brazil, Rustenburg, Tickets, Bafana Bafana, vuvuzela, South Africa
The big weekend

What was big about this last weekend gone? Easily the biggest thing was the stunning victory of Bafana Bafana over Poland. Don’t write the lads off just yet, South Africans are known to be able to pull off miraculous turnarounds in form at just...

Published 9 Jun 2009 13:15 by DonovanJackson

Filed under: FIFA, football, confed cup, Bafana Bafana, South Africa, World Cup, World Cup stadiums, Eastern Cape, Poland, SARS, Port Elizabeth
Jobs! Created! Advertised!

But do you want to reply? Down here at Shine 2010 HQ we reckon there must be some sort of mistake. Like everyone else in South Africa, we are eagerly looking to Confeds Cup and then the World Cup to help ease us through the first recession we’re...

Published 4 Jun 2009 13:21 by DonovanJackson

Filed under: FIFA, South Africa, Confederations cup, Sepp Blatter, McDonalds, SuperSport, Pnet, Advertised, PSL, jobs, 2010World Cup, Zwelinzima Vavi, SABC
Remember to have fun, now

Check this awesome pic which came across our desks. It might not be a rocking and raging Brazilian set of superstars, but this team maybe tells us better than anything else something that we tend to forget in the seriousness of it all. Sport is FUN man...

Published 7 Apr 2009 11:23 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, Brazil, Tickets, Confederations cup, SuperSport, SABC, Confeds Cup, adults watching sports, Let’s play, Match Schedule
Sing for your soccer!

Football and anthems go together like pap and wors. Or maybe that’s not quite true. Sure, they go together like fish and chips, because in England, the anthem is a rallying cry for the football fan. In fact we could go through a number examples...

Published 2 Apr 2009 10:49 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, football, South Africa, World Cup, Cape Town, soccer, Bafana, Toni Braxton, football anthems, Goldfish, Soccer anthems, 2010 anthem, Soundtracks and Comebacks
Now you get to play in the FIFA World Cup

Amazing, the technology we have these days. Not only can you unleash a magnetron in your kitchen to make your dinner warm, but you can also trot out on to the pitch and take part in the World Cup 2009. 2009?? No, your blogger hasn’t suddenly suffered...

Published 18 Mar 2009 16:58 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, 2010, FIFA World Cup, FIFA 09, Nick Heidfeld, Gauteng Motorsport, 2009 FIFA Interactive World Cup, PS3, Robert Kubica, Gauteng Motorsport Company, BMW Sauber, EA sports
The chips are down

It’s a funny old world out there. Seems the advent of the RFID chip has some people agog with fear and loathing, as it is apparently evidence of a Biblical prophecy coming true. The Number of the Beast , or something bizarre like that; of course...

Published 17 Mar 2009 16:54 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, Tickets, World Cup, 2010, Germany, Hindu, RFID chips, Buddhist, RFID chip, religion, CRM, Muslim, RFID technology, Galileo
Confeds Cup: Leftfield thinking required to fill seats?

Remember Leftfield , quite a groovy electronica outfit from the late Eighties to just after the Millennium? Well, leftfield has nothing to do with this blog post. Do listen to their seminal work, Leftism , though, on YouTube . Some groovy music which...

Published 12 Mar 2009 16:50 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, United States, Tickets, New Zealand, LOC, confederations cup tickets, Egypt, YouTube, Match, Iraq, Game, Confeds Cup, Conderations Cup

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I'm Donovan Jackson. A writer by trade and only an occasional soccer fan. I am nonetheless firmly behind South Africa and its preparations for the World cup in 2010.

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