Nice stadiums, poor football: World Cup hosts South Africa have built some nice stadiums for the tournament, but the national team, Bafana Bafana, are not doing well, and that does not portend well for their World Cup chances, writes Piers Edwards.

New African › Nbr. 2009, January 2009

Author: Edwards, Piers

Position:: Dispatches from South Africa

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Nice stadiums, poor football: World Cup hosts South Africa have built some nice stadiums for the tournament, but the national team, Bafana Bafana, are not doing well, and that does not portend well for their World Cup chances, writes Piers Edwards.

MANY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE other way round--questionable organisation compensated for by a decent Bafana Bafana. Instead though, with a little over six months to Africa's first World Cup, off-field preparations are progressin...

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