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World Service,12 Jun 2010,28 mins

12/06/2010

World Football

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We're in South Africa with the man with the most pressure on his shoulders on the pitch for South Africa. Bafana Bafana captain Aaron Mokoena discusses the importance of the tournament with World Football We're in Soweto to find out why people are being priced out of the World Cup and what the tournament means to them. We'll also hear how football helped keep the political prisoners on Robben Island alive, during Apartheid. World Football presenter Alan Green talks with Professor Chuck Korr who wrote the book More Than Just a Game. Piers Edwards looks at how South African people hope to benefit from the tournament and if FIFA's legacy plans will be fulfilled?

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