SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - Tight security on eve of World Cup

Record ID: 455885

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - Tight security on eve of World Cup
  • Date: 11th June 2010
  • Summary: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (JUNE 10, 2010) (REUTERS) WIDE OF ORLANDO STADIUM WITH POLICE ON FOREGROUND SIGN ORLANDO STADIUM VARIOUS OF POLICE OUTSIDE STADIUM SIGN ORLANDO STADIUM - ZOOM OUT TO SHOW PASSING BUS NEXT TO STADIUM BANNER "OFFICIAL FIFA WORLD CUP KICK OFF CONCERT" WIDe OF STADIUM VARIOUS OF METRO POLICE VEHICLES PARKED OUTSIDE SOCCER CITY STADIUM SECURITY FENCE AROUND THE STADIUM STADIUM FENCE AROUND THE STATION SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG ON TOP OF THE STADIUM PEOPLE ARRIVING IN SOCCER CITY PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF STADIUM PEOPLE GROUNG THROUGH SECUTRITY CHECKPOINT SECURITY FENCE/ MEDIA CENTRE/ WIDE OF SOCCER CITY
  • Embargoed: 26th June 2010 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA8ABN0Q0S0E27USNOWG41SIF4W
  • Story Text: Policemen were deployed outside Orlando Stadium in Soweto township on Thursday (June 10) on the eve of the first World Cup on African soil.
    Workers queued up to enter the stadium which later on Thursday will be the venue where footballers, local musicians and international singing stars will introduce the acts at a concert which organisers say will draw an even bigger global television audience than Live Earth in 2007.
    Soweto is South Africa's biggest township and was home to Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
    In nearby Soccer City, where host South Africa will play Mexico on the opening match on Friday (June 11), barricades have been set up with police patrolling the area.
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