Fans, fun and football

Soccer Worlds

Without the luxury of grassy football fields, children who live in and around Accra, Ghana have to make do with street corners, taxi ranks and disused buildings.

By Andrew Esiebo - 5 October 2010 - Fans, fun and football, Photo

Sea of Orange

The Dutch fans honour their reputation as some of the world’s most enthusiastic supporters when they dress up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches.

By Samantha Reinders - 11 July 2010 - Fans, fun and football, Photo

The Grand Parade

Fans unite during the 2.4km walk to Green Point Stadium.

By Samantha Reinders - 9 July 2010 - Fans, fun and football, Photo

Wrapped in orange

Trees wrapped in orange cloth along the road from the airport to Broadway in Kensington to celebrate South Africa playing host to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

By Arnaud Thierry Gouegnon - 7 July 2010 - Fans, fun and football, Photo

Vuvuzela orchestra

A South African soccer game would be incomplete without the vuvuzela, a brightly coloured plastic trumpet which sounds like an elephant’s call. Many fans hate the instrument’s noise, but the vuvuzela orchestra proves that the instrument can also make great music.

By Anna-Marie Jansen van Vuuren - 30 June 2010 - Audio, Fans, fun and football

News from Behind the Scenes: Joe Opio Joins a Dutch Fan Walk

A sea of Orange stopped traffic in Cape Town as Dutch fans marched through this coastal city to the Green Point stadium to cheer on their team against Cameroon last Thursday. Twenty Ten journalist Joseph Opio from Uganda was both amused and thrilled to partake in this most Dutch of Dutch traditions.

By Joseph Opio - 30 June 2010 - Fans, fun and football, Latest news

From Kampala to Rustenburg

The dream of two soccer mad Ugandan fans comes true.

By Mark Namanya - 28 June 2010 - Fans, fun and football, Text

Taxi Ferry

In Polokwane, Limpopo’s Department of Roads and Transport provided more than R25-million for taxi operators to ferry football fans to five different public viewing areas during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

By Nikki Rixon - 26 June 2010 - Fans, fun and football, Photo