ATTERIDGEVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA- JUNE 05: South African supporters before the International Friendly Match between South Africa and Denmark from Super Stadium on June 05, 2010 in Atteridgeville, South Africa. 
South African former President Nelson Mandela holds the Jules Rimet World cup, 15 May 2004 at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich. South Africa won the right to host the 2010 World Cup finals, the first to be played in Africa, football's world governing body FIFA announced here 14 May, 'The 2010 World Cup will be organised by South Africa,' said FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
Bystanders look at South African supporters and football entusiastics singing and dancing during the official unveiling of a giant poster picturing former South African president and Nobel peace prize laureate Nelson Mandela holding the FIFA World Cup trophy setup on the Mandela bridge on June 4, 2010 in Johannesburg. The event marks a 5 days count down to the FIFA WC2010 kick off in the South African capital.
South African supporters and football entusiastics sing and dance during the official unveiling of a giant poster picturing former South African president and Nobel peace prize laureate Nelson Mandela holding the FIFA World Cup trophy setup on the Mandela bridge on June 4, 2010 in Johannesburg. The event marks a 5 days count down to the FIFA WC2010 kick off in the South African capital.
ATTERIDGEVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA- JUNE 05: South African supporters before the International Friendly Match between South Africa and Denmark from Super Stadium on June 05, 2010 in Atteridgeville, South Africa.
South African supporters cheer their team before the international friendly soccer match against Denmark at the Super Stadium in Pretoria June 5, 2010. The 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup kicks off on June 11.photo: Gettyimages
