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Steve Nash Heads to South Africa

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

When we pegged Steve Nash to be CBSSports.com’s World Cup correspondent, we didn’t realize he was planning on paddling to South Africa from Hawaii.

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Will the 2010 World Cup unite South Africa?

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Football is historically popular with black South Africans, with whites preferring cricket and rugby. Back in 1995 when South Africa won the Rugby Union World Cup on home soil, the nation was briefly united in victory. Fifteen years on, can the football World Cup achieve something more lasting? Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports on the start of the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa as the country still battles to fulfil Nelson Mandela’s dream of racial equality. Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports.