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...criminals, they also show the government's difficulties in fighting poverty. Although South Africa's economy has been growing constantly, people in the townships - especially migrant workers from Zimbabwe - do not really benefit. I wonder whether the attacks will impact on South Africa's staging of the 2010 World Cup. Adrian Lobe, STUTTGART, GERMANY...
...they showed. But whatever happens at the tournament, Russian football has already strung together a run of small successes, rekindling memories of some terrific teams - at both club and national level - from the 20 years after World War II. On May 14, Zenit St. Petersburg won Europe's UEFA Cup tournament - only the second time a Russian side had won a top prize. The next week, Moscow hosted the Champions' League final between Chelsea and Manchester United. The sparkling event came off with no hitches, defying predictions that Russia's capital wouldn't be up to staging the sport...
...corporations and businessmen flush with cash, there's a chance to build something again. And even if the Russians don't make much of a splash at Euro 2008, there is another prize in their sights: officials are already talking about a bid to host the 2018 World Cup...
...Diggers packed their kitbags, their countrymen were battling Iraq on the soccer field: on June 1 the Socceroos eked out a 1-0 win in qualifying skirmishes for the 2010 World Cup. In Geelong, ships were loading the first grain shipments for Iraq since 2006, and Australian farmers were hopeful that the country would be restored as one of their biggest wheat markets...
Germany will be a favorite; it always is. "The Germans just find a way," says Kasey Keller, who played with Borussia Mönchengladbach. Keller remembers the mediocre German team that reached the World Cup final in 2002 and controversially beat the U.S. 1-0 in the quarters. "I could put you on the phone with some of those guys: how they got to [the final], they have no idea; they don't know how they did it, but they did it." This summer, the German team is more talented up front, and rock solid as ever at the back...