Africa 'deserves' more places at World Cup
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Africa deserves more than five places at the World Cup, the Cameroon Football Federation president says...
Mandela's daughter Zindzi promotes road safety
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - When Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter was killed in a June 2010 car crash, her tragic death cast a shadow over the start of the FIFA World Cup, and kept the former president and Nobel Prize winner away from the opening events...
US stresses diversity in bid to host 2022 World Cup
ZURICH (AP) - The U.S. presentation at FIFA headquarters opened with actor Morgan Freeman calling the United States the world's most diverse country...
Somalian-born K'naan still tied to his homeland
NEW YORK (AP) - The rapper suffers from survival guilt, and he finds it hard to reconcile the life he is living now compared with friends and family still suffering in Somalia...
Mandela and South Africa win praise for World Cup
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - An alliance of South African newspapers and broadcasters has praised Nelson Mandela for his role in the success of the first World Cup held in Africa...
Kenyan police arrest suspect in Uganda bombings
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya beefed up its security along its porous border with Somalia after al-Shabab claimed responsibility for Sunday's twin blasts in Uganda...
French soccer star Thierry Henry is coming to America
NEW YORK (AP) - A member of France's 1998 world championship and 2000 European champion teams, Henry said he will not try to emulate England's David Beckham...
Unexploded bomb vest found in Uganda; 4 arrested
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The discovery of a suicide vest in a suburb of Kampala on Monday was consistent with what was seen at the two blast sites in Kampala, said the inspector general of police...
Ugandan toll in World Cup bombings rises to 74
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The blasts came two days after a commander with the Somali group, al-Shabab, called for militants to attack sites in Uganda and Burundi...
Ghana soccer team to be honored by government
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Ghana's president said the country's World Cup players will be given national honors and $20,000 each after making Africa proud with their performance in South Africa...
