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Hola! Maradona’s side land in SA

Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi arrived here on Saturday with the Argentina squad to prepare for a World Cup they are among the favourites to win.

Brazil goalie blasts balls

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Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar is horrified by the ball which will be used at the World Cup, likening it to a cheap one bought from the supermarket.
“It’s terrible, horrible,” said the Inter Milan player, widely considered to be the world’s top goalkeeper. “It’s like one of those balls you buy in the supermarket.”

MTN shares jump 6% on Ambani truce

The shares of South African telecom giant MTN, whose efforts to merge with the Anil Ambani group firm RCom two years ago failed due to the dispute between the Ambani siblings, soared 6 per cent today, a day after the billionaire brothers called truce.

Prophet drawing stokes World Cup hit fears

A South African weekly on Friday published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed complaining that his followers lack a sense of humour, angering Muslims and raising fear of reprisal attacks during June’s

Battle to survive the ‘Group of Death’

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A high-profile casualty is inevitable in Group G at the World Cup with Brazil, Portugal and Ivory Coast fighting for two places while North Korea concentrate on damage limitation.

SA anti-apartheid activist dies

Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert, who helped South Africa chart a peaceful way out of apartheid by leading fellow whites into talks with exiled black leaders, died on Friday. He was 70.

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