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SA AHEAD OF 2010 SCHEDULE – FIFA
South Africa’s preparations for the 2010 World Cup finals were ahead of schedule and well on track, FIFA general-secretary Urs Linsi said in Johannesburg on Monday.
Linsi, on a one-day visit to the country to attend meetings of the local organising committee, said he was well pleased with the pace of the early stages of organising the 2010 event, which will be the first to be hosted on the African continent.
Linsi said he expected several legal contracts and budget agreements to be signed between FIFA and the South African local organising committee in the coming weeks which would add to the impetus of the preparations.
Linsi’s trip coincided with the start of a second five day inspection of the proposed venues for the 2010 World Cup by a team of FIFA experts.
The same team visited eight proposed venues in July.