Johannesburg – Brazil, the world’s most iconic soccer team, are set to begin their World Cup 2010 campaign against North Korea at Ellis Park here on Tuesday night … but conditions will barely be conducive to the ever-vibrant Samba.
An icy blast has arrived in Gauteng, with rolling clouds accompanied by a numbing wind, and a 20:30 kick-off ought to only further enhance the rank underdogs’ chances of a surprise result.
With a two-week waiting period beginning July 15th, the fourth event on the 2010 ASP Men’s World Tour boasts an increased total prize pool of US$400,000 and 10,000 ratings points for the winner. American surfing super-star Kelly Slater leads the world ratings heading into Jeffreys Bay, perfectly positioned for a run at a possible and historic 10th World Title. Looking to eclipse Slater’s lead is an all-star cast including defending and two-time event champion Joel Parkinson, fellow Aussies and former Billabong Pro winners Mick Fanning and Taj Burrow, along with curre
Johannesburg - Makers of the vuvuzelas that have become the talking point of the World Cup have come up with a toned-down version after a growing backlash against the din at matches.
"We have modified the mouthpiece, there is now a new vuvuzela which will blow noise that is 20 decibels less than the old one," Neil van Schalkwyk, a partner at Masincedane Sport, told The Star newspaper.
"We hope to sell these at park and ride areas and public viewing areas," added Van Schalkwyk, whose company owns the vuvuzela trademark.
London - The BBC is examining whether it could transmit a "vuvuzela free" version of its World Cup coverage after a flood of complaints from viewers about the controversial instruments.
The British broadcaster has received 220 complaints about the noisy monotone trumpets and is believed to be looking at how it could provide a "clean" feed with most of the crowd noise stripped out, the Guardian reported on Tuesday.
Johannesburg - Heavy snow wreaked havoc on Eastern Cape roads on Tuesday morning, with at least three accidents and several road closures reported.
"It is still snowing heavily and it is also quite rainy," said provincial traffic spokesperson Tshepo Machaea.
Several people were injured on the R58 between Barkly East and Lady Grey when a minibus taxi overturned.
"There are people injured there. Emergency services are on their way there."
Johannesburg - Cristiano Ronaldo says Portugal must emerge from their group as winners in order to avoid Spain, however he isn't scared to face the European Champions.
Carlos Queiroz's side were far from impressive in their qualifying campaign and had to beat Bosnia-Hercegovina in a two-legged play-off to make sure of their place in the finals.
