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July 2, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's national football and rugby teams will play on the same day to honor Nelson Mandela.
January 18, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Africa deserves more than five places at the World Cup, the Cameroon Football Federation president says...
September 5, 2012
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - When Nelson Mandela's great-granddaughter was killed in a June 2010 car crash, her tragic death cast a…
December 1, 2010
ZURICH (AP) - The U.S. presentation at FIFA headquarters opened with actor Morgan Freeman calling the United States the world's…
October 22, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The rapper suffers from survival guilt, and he finds it hard to reconcile the life he…
August 4, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - An alliance of South African newspapers and broadcasters has praised Nelson Mandela for his role in the…
July 16, 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya beefed up its security along its porous border with Somalia after al-Shabab claimed responsibility for…
July 15, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A member of France's 1998 world championship and 2000 European champion teams, Henry said he will…
July 13, 2010
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The discovery of a suicide vest in a suburb of Kampala on Monday was consistent with…
July 12, 2010
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The blasts came two days after a commander with the Somali group, al-Shabab, called for militants…
July 6, 2010
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Ghana's president said the country's World Cup players will be given national honors and $20,000 each…
July 2, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Ghana was bidding to become the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals...
July 2, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The Black Stars' berth in the quarter-finals of this year's World Cup has restored some of the…
July 2, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - "We join everybody on the continent in wishing you success in the tournament going forward"...
July 2, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A 35-year-old American was shot and robbed while walking to his hotel in Johannesburg's affluent Sandton area...
July 1, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Most players in South Africa's struggling women's league earn nothing, and can be left choosing between buying…
June 28, 2010
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) - The Bay United Football Club general manager says that about 30 players and 10…
June 26, 2010
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) - The poor showing of African nations had cast a pall on South Africa 2010...
June 25, 2010
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) - Ghana is the continent's last remaining hope at the first World Cup to be staged…
June 21, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - By the end of the week, Ghana may be Africa's sole survivor in the competition, with the…