ZURICH: South Africa was awarded the right to host the 2010 football World Cup Finals on yesterday to finally erase the agony of four years ago when they lost out on the 2006 Finals to Germany by a single vote.
FIFA's executive committee chose South Africa, always the slight favourites during the 18-month bidding process, by 14 votes to 10 over Morocco in the first round of voting.
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