Blatter hopeful of Mandela at WCup
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April 24, 2010, Saturday
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter is hopeful that Nelson Mandela will be healthy enough to open the World Cup in South Africa.
"We cross fingers that Nelson Mandela ... can realize this dream. And his dream would be to be at the opening of the World Cup. For the time being, he is doing well and we hope that he can do it," Blatter said yesterday at his last regular news conference before the tournament starts June 11 in Johannesburg. "It will be his world cup." The former South African president, anti-Apartheid campaigner and Nobel Prize winner, now 91, made his last public appearance on February 11 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his release from prison.
"We cross fingers that Nelson Mandela ... can realize this dream. And his dream would be to be at the opening of the World Cup. For the time being, he is doing well and we hope that he can do it," Blatter said yesterday at his last regular news conference before the tournament starts June 11 in Johannesburg. "It will be his world cup." The former South African president, anti-Apartheid campaigner and Nobel Prize winner, now 91, made his last public appearance on February 11 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his release from prison.
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