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Today marks the 200 day countdown until 2010 kicks-off and for the man at the helm of South Africa's preparations, it marks a time to change the story line.

USA finished top dogs in CONCACAF qualifying for the world finals, and will be followed to South Africa by old rivals Mexico and hopeful Honduras.

Brazil's most capped player has seen a lot of World Cup action in his time, but after getting to see Soccer City stadium, Cafu is certain 2010 will be a...

FIFA.com looks back on the thrills and spills in the African Zone, where Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria all made it through.

FIFA has today officially opened disciplinary proceedings related to the  Egypt and Algeria match in Cairo on Saturday 14 November 2009.

Sadness and resignation: just two of the emotions discussed in the Costa Rican media after the national team's play-off defeat against Uruguay.

South American qualifying for South Africa ended with Uruguay and Chile making their returns to the top alongside Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

Joy erupted on the streets of Paris as Algerian fans based in the city went out to celebrate qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Carlos Queiroz has hailed his players' fighting spirit after a battling performance in Bosnia-Herzegovina secured them a spot in South Africa.

With the last of the 32 places for 2010 booked , Dr Jordaan welcomed in a new phase on the road to 2010 as the qualified countries flags were raised...

Russian press and fans were left shocked after the national side's defeat to Slovenia in the return play-off match left them out of the FIFA World Cup.  

Coach Guus Hiddink was giving nothing away regarding his future as his Russia side were denied a place at the World Cup finals by Slovenia

FIFA.com spoke exclusively to some of Bahrain's players after their defeat to New Zealand in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa play-offs. 

Carlos Alberto Parreira speaks to FIFA.com about his return to the South Africa hot-seat and belief that Bafana Bafana will improve in time for 2010.

Oscar Tabarez says his Uruguay side will improve considerably ahead of South Africa 2010 following their narrow play-off victory against Costa Rica.

The list of qualified teams for South Africa 2010 was completed by Uruguay, who edged out play-off opponents Costa Rica 2-1 on aggregate.

Slovenia's qualification for South Africa 2010 was described as a historic national moment by coach Matjaz Kek after their play-off win over Russia.

Uruguay drew 1-1 with Costa Rica on Wednesday to seal qualification for South Africa 2010, becoming the final team to book their ticket.

France, Portugal, Slovenia and Greece were the teams left celebrating at the end of a dramatic evening of play-off action in the European Zone.

France stumbled through to South Africa 2010 with an unconvincing 2-1 aggregate win over an excellent Republic of Ireland side in Paris.

A second-half strike by Raul Meireles was enough to break Bosnian hearts and send 2006 semi-finalists Portugal through to the FIFA World Cup.