Danny Jordaan

CAPE TOWN: South African Football Association President Kirsten Nematendani said on Wednesday the arrival of the FIFA World Cup 2010 trophy in South Africa was another step towards the country hosting the first tournament on African soil. The solid gold trophy has toured almost all the countries in Africa since September and arrived from Lesotho on Tuesday amid tight security at Cape Town International Airport. 2010 Organising Committee CEO Danny Jordaan said the trophy represented the hope of all the teams competing for glory and spells the end of doubt in South Africa’s ability to host the tournament. FIFA World Cup trophy reaches in ... Read Full Story

Interesting article in today's New York Times about Danny Jordaan, South Africa's World Cup chief organizer. Jordaan flew into New York for meetings this week and happened to land here right as the United States was electing their first African-American President, Barack Obama. Considering South Africa's delicate history with race and apartheid, it was an interesting time for Jordaan to be in New York. According to the article, Obama's election reminded him of the time South African Nelson Mandela was let out of prison in 1990. It was a strange evening to be landing in New York. Jordaan, the chairman of the South African ... Read Full Story

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MONACO : The world economic crisis will only have a “limited impact” on preparations for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, the president of the organising committee Danny Jordaan said here. Jordaan told French news agency that stadium construction costs had gone up by 10 percent compared with the initial budget, due to the rising cost of steel, concrete and exchange rate variations. He added however: “These increases were calculated some while ago and all costs are now frozen. There will therefore not be an impact on our stadium budget.” He told: “No one in the world can say they are not ... Read Full Story

Met w/ World Cup CEO Danny Jordaan today. They’ve already sold nearly 100K tickets in US market. Amazing in this economy. (via @ TomJolly ) # @ Ron_Wechsler Emilio Estevez IS Alex Barnaby, forensic accountant. “Numbers can tell a story too.” This fall on TNT. in reply to Ron_Wechsler # @ darrenchu that is an excellent analogy. I guess A-Rod is McDonalds. Massive production, usually enjoyable, but makes you feel kinda sick. in reply to darrenchu # Cashman: Joba’s STILL not going to the bullpen http://tinyurl.com/nl9ugh (via @ newsday_yankees ) # Gary Cohen just mentioned Ramon Castro possibly taking reps at 1B. I just ... Read Full Story