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Former FIFA official Chuck Blazer admits to taking bribes in relation to bids for the 2010 and 1998 FIFA World Cups.
2015-06-3

Police in Nigeria seize the passports of four top football officials who were sacked after the national football team's poor performance at the 2010 FIFA World Cup leads to fraud allegations.
2010-07-16

Spain's victorious 2010 FIFA World Cup "campeones" return to Madrid where they are met by millions of people in the streets, the royal family and politicians.
2010-07-12

American hotel heiress Paris Hilton is arrested in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, for allegedly smoking marijuana during the 2010 FIFA World Cup match between Brazil and the Netherlands.
2010-07-2

Goodluck Jonathan suspends the Nigeria national football team from international competition for two years due to poor performances in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
2010-06-30

South African police shoot a lachrymatory agent at hundreds of 2010 FIFA World Cup stewards at pay cut protests in Durban.
2010-06-13

Technical issues disrupt Al Jazeera Sports's broadcast in the United Arab Emirates and much of the Arab World.
2010-06-11

16 people are injured during a crush outside Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa, Johannesburg ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup warm-up match between Nigeria and North Korea, to which entry was free.
2010-06-6

Brazil and Zimbabwe play a football game in front of a sell-out crowd in Harare ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the first time since independence that a non-African team has performed in the country. President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai both attend and civil servants are given time off work.
2010-06-2

David Beckham flies to Finland to have surgery for a torn Achilles tendon, after the injury thwarts his attempt to become the first English footballer to play at four editions of the FIFA World Cup. [http:--sport.scotsman.com-sport-David-Beckham39s-bid-to-become.6151139.jp "(The Scotsman)"]
2010-03-15