Tag Archives: jerome-valcke

Sepp Blatter, Fifa president, is looking forward that Nelson Mandela would be healthy enough to open June’s World Cup finals in South Africa. Nelson Mandela is the former South African president and he is now 91 years old. He made his last public appearance on February 11 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his release from prison. Blatter is confident that the event would become successful and anticipated that more than 95 percent of tickets will be sold. He rebuffed the negative suggestions that South Africa was a bad choice to host the World Cup because it is just a developing country, however, Blatter said that African continent deserved to host the event for it has given world football. Jerome Valcke, Fifa secretary general, is responsible for overseeing the tournament. He’s also confident that South Africa was so well prepared for it and it could even start at any time. Fifa President Hopes Mandela Opens World Cup is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →