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Pretoria - A Chinese renewable energy company, Yingli Green Energy, has joined the list of prestigious 2010 FIFA World Cup sponsors.

Cape Town - English football prodigy David Beckham says while he is confident England would be able to make it at least to the semi-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa next year, he will take every game seriously.

Friday 11 June
Match 1 South African versus Mexico at Soccer City at 4pm
Match 2 Uruguay versus France at Cape Town at 8:30pm

Pretoria - The fourth round of ticket sales for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will kick off on Tuesday, with over 400 000 tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Pretoria - The FIFA Referees Committee on Friday appointed 30 referees representing 28 different countries for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pretoria - South Africa and Switzerland are to strengthen relations at the Second South Africa/Switzerland Annual consultations on Monday.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is to undertake a state visit to Zambia on Monday to further strengthen and cement the cordial historical bilateral relations between the two countries and peoples.

Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim will on Monday co-chair the 2nd South Africa-Switzerland Annual Consultations with the State Secretary of the Confederation of Switzerland, Michael Amb~hl.

Namibia - The recent Namibian elections were characterised by a peaceful, tolerant yet enthusiastic political atmosphere, a Southern African Development Community (SADC) observer mission has said.

Pretoria - Thousands of delegates are this morning gathering in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, for the opening ceremony of the crucial United Nations (UN) Climate Change Summit.