Capetown, South Africa (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland was the last ball taken out at the draw for the finals of the World Cup to be held in South Africa in 2010. They will meet Spain, Honduras and Chile in the first stage, with two teams going through to the next round. France are in the group headed by South Africa, along with Mexico and Uruguay. The host nation will be hard-pressed to make it to the second round. England will meet the USA, Algeria and Slovenia. The toughest group is G, which has Brazil, Portugal, Côte d’Ivoire and North Korea.

In the Premier League Manchester United powered their way past West Ham, winning 0-4.

The West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green withdrew from the game after the fourth goal (and vomiting in his goal area.) Carlos Tevez, the first player since 1979 to move from Manchester United to Man City did his old team a favour by scoring the winning goal as his new team beat Chelsea 2-1. The other goals were scored by Emmanuel Adebayor, but the first was an own-goal. Chelsea still head the Premier League but their lead is now only two points.

Links to other sites: FIFA, Premier League, Guardian

Posted by Nicholas Bates on 5 December 2009 at 23:06, last updated on 6 December 2009 at 9:55 | permalink
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