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Barack Obama will attend World Cup 2010 Open Ceremony
posted Jun-07 | 239 hits
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United States President Barack Obama has
accepted an invitation to attend the opening ceremony of the 2010 World
Cup finals in Johannesburg on June 11.
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"The president of the United States has been
invited to the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Cup. He has accepted
our invitation," Fifa president Sepp Blatter said during media
discussion in Johannesburg.
"But you know that heads of state are extremely busy and hopefully his schedule will allow him to attend," he added.
Blatter was replying to questions relating to security and how
confident Fifa was of a successful World Cup being hosted by South
Africa.
The opening ceremony would be performed at the new ultra-modern
100 000-seater Soccer City. The opening match would feature either
hosts Bafana Bafana or defending world champions Italy.
Obama, whose father was born in Kenya, has never visited Africa as the leader of the United States.
Blatter again stressed he had full confidence in South Africa's ability to host a successful World Cup.
"In past years the reason that the World Cup has never been staged in
Africa is because people in the rest of the world did not trust Africa.
"I trust Africa and South Africa. It is time the rest of the world did
the same. The world will see a fantastic spectacle in Africa in 2010.
South Africa is going to make everyone proud of Africa."
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