Applications from 128 countries for 216,975 WC2010 tickets were received Saturday via the FIFA website 24 hours after the online tickets went on sale across the globe, FIFA officials said.
The figure excludes hard paper applications handed in by South African residents at the branches of a designated local bank, FIFA said in a statement.
The biggest number of orders came from South Africa, the host, followed by Britain, the United States, Germany, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Switzerland, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain and Argentina.
These are fantastic numbers, underlying yet again the fervour taking hold around the world for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first on the African continent, David Will, chairman of the FIFA ticketing sub-committee, said.
David Luiz emerged as a surprise signing for Arsenal as the Gunners completed a busy transfer window by adding a centre-back.
Not many Premier League teams were as active as Unai Emery s men, with Dani Ceballos, Nicolas Pepe and Kieran Tierney also arriving.
Chelsea s transfer ban hampered new boss Frank Lampard, who will need to lean on the younger players in his squad during the coming season.
Losing a trusty lieutenant like David Luiz to a rival in the battle for a top-four finish is hardly ideal and means there will be some last-minute tinkering needed from Chelsea legend Lampard.
Below we analyse how both teams may line up in 2019-20.
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Julen Lopetegui says he expects to be under pressure after West Ham s recent struggles at home but hopes to put that right against Ipswich Town.
West Ham have won just one of their six Premier League matches so far, away to Crystal Palace, but have lost all three of their home fixtures, conceding eight goals and scoring twice.
Having failed to win any of their last four in the league, along with a heavy 5-1 defeat to Liverpool in the EFL Cup before last week s draw at Brentford, Lopetegui is coming under a little pressure already.
However, the Spaniard is not fazed by that, explaining his team are working hard to change their fortunes at the London Stadium.
Always it s very important to win, and that s why we work hard every day. We want to win for sure,…
In one of the most important fixtures of the season so far, City look to continue the form that is looking like taking them to fourth spot in the league, whilst United need a victory to hold onto any possibility of winning the Premierleague this year.
Mancini s Manchester City have kept up a remarkable run of form of late and fourth position is looking like theirs to give away, but they have some tricky games and facing United at home is probably the most tricky of all. A derby of this masgnitude can always throw up surprising results but both teams will be doing all they can to pick up the three points. Man City look to have a good squad to choose from but they do have Ireland, Richards and Lescott missing from the first team.
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Brazil turned on the style and piled on the goals as they continued their perfect home World Cup qualifying record with a comfortable 4-0 win over Paraguay in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday.
Leeds United forward Raphinha had a goal disallowed by the VAR early before netting the opener in the 28th minute, with new Aston Villa signing Coutinho adding a second on 62 minutes for his first international goal since 2020.
Brazil added two more in the dying minutes as Ajax forward Antony curled in, before Newcastle United addition Bruno Guimaraes laid off for Rodrygo to tap home.
The victory means Selecao, who have already clinched their spot at Qatar 2022, are unbeaten in 15 qualifiers and remain four points clear of rivals Argentina at the top of the CONMEBOL standings.
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Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has vented at the injustice of his failure to win the 2013 Ballon d Or, claiming he did not have the support of his own country.
Ribery finished third with 23.36 per cent of the vote, behind Cristiano Ronaldo (27.99 per cent) and Lionel Messi (24.72 per cent), despite having won the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup with Bayern that year.
The prize was voted for by a journalist from each FIFA member federation, along with the coach and captain of the national men s team.
And former France international Ribery believes a lack of support in his homeland cost him the honour.
The Ballon d Or was difficult, he told Canal Football Club. It was incomprehensible.
I won all the…
The reeling Carolina Panthers will hit the road in Week 8, as they get set to face divisional foes the Atlanta Falcons. Carolina’s 3-0 start is a distant memory at this point and fades further with every week, while Atlanta will try to extend a two-game win streak against a fellow NFC South team.
Here are our free NFL betting picks and predictions for Panthers vs. Falcons, with kickoff on October 31.
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The Buffalo Bills offense may be headlined by an NFL MVP candidate in Josh Allen and a bona fide superstar in Stefon Diggs, but for the season opener of the 2022 NFL season, I’ve got my eye on some Gabriel Davis props.
In case you forgot, the last time we saw Davis in action, he only dropped 201 yards and four touchdowns against the Kansas City Chiefs in a wild Divisional Round defeat.
Considered by many to be one of the league’s biggest breakout candidates this season — and I’m looking at three Gabe-focused NFL picks as he gets right down to business in Week 1 with some favorable matchups against the Los Angeles Rams’ secondary.
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With the boom of analytics in the NFL, there is seemingly a new metric every week that swears to redefine how we interpret and value team and positional performance.
With the continued swarm of these metrics, it can be hard to discern which help handicap a game.
No singular metric is perfect and all-encompassing, so it is vital to use and reference several in your process. Outlined below are some that we’d recommend adding to your arsenal.
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I got back to my winning ways last week with a 2-1 record by hitting a pair of +210 touchdowns to drive the season’s winnings to +17.345 units.
We’re now entering Week 10 odds and there is no slowing this TD wagon down. In my latest NFL picks, I’m double-dipping on a player who is doing it all in the red zone, getting the most efficient RZ runner at a great price, and backing an underrated tight end whose role continues to grow.
Read more as we break down the latest NFL odds in our favorite touchdown prop picks.
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