It was a record night for South Africa and captain Aaron Mokoena on Monday as the 2010 World Cup hosts outclassed Guatemala 5-0 in a warm-up match.
The winning margin was the biggest since Bafana Bafana (The Boys) returned to international football in 1992 after 28 years of apartheid-induced isolation, bettering four-goal margins against Chad and Thailand.

In downtown Johannesburg, on a market strewn with the skins and limbs of pythons, elephants and other wild animals, exists a potion that could power players at the upcoming World Cup to run faster, kick harder and defend stronger.

The Oranje of Holland will be bidding to reach their first final in 32 years in South Africa and shake off their image of group-stage giants, knock-out-phase chokers at the World Cup.

In a football-crazy country like Uruguay, four out of five boys want to become professional players in Europe.
Diego Forlan was no exception to the dream, but unlike the huge majority the balanced, tenacious striker made it come true.

The only major star in Brazil’s current national team, Kaka wants to have “his” World Cup in South Africa.

Dressed only in tight-fitting football shirts or skimpy bikinis, and pouting enthusiastically for lucrative sportswear and magazine photoshoots, the World Cup WAGs are on the march.

Thierry Henry may be France’s all-time top scorer and leader of his country’s attack for over a decade yet he is set to fill an unaccustomed role as ‘super sub’ at the World Cup in South Africa.

Four years after his dream World Cup debut, France’s Franck Ribery travels to South Africa hoping a stellar display will help eclipse a nightmare season filled with injury and scandal.

Jose Mourinho said he hoped to sprinkle some of his magic over Real Madrid when he was unveiled as the Spanish giants’ new coach on Monday.

Several players are going all out against the new World Cup ball, with more than one comparing it to those bought on a supermarket.