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World Cup 2010
Listen to Team Talk throughout the 2010 World Cup, just after 8 a.m. on The National and 6 p.m. on The Wrap.
Catherine Allen will be hosting the show from Geneva with updates from reporter Helen Murray, who was in South Africa during the groups stage, and our sports correspondent Matthew Leighton, who will be keeping us up-to-date on all the action on the pitch.
Monday, 12 July, 2010
The World Cup has come to a close in South Africa, after four weeks of football fever. Thousands of fans from across the globe poured into the country to support their national teams, but as the dust settles on the huge international party, and the foreign fans head home, what benefits will remain for ordinary South Africans?
Having lived in South Africa before settling near Geneva, design innovator Jan von Mol went beyond first impressions, and struck up a connection with unsung creative talents from the Soweto township. WRS’s Catherine Allen spoke to him about one artist who makes radios from rubbish, and whose creations are now the subject of an exhibition in Switzerland. But first, she asked him for his thoughts on the World Cup in South Africa:
Monday, 12 July, 2010Catherine Allen, Helen Murray and Matthew Leighton assess how the final game finished up weeks of World Cup suspense. They go live to the Netherlands and Madrid to get the reaction there and they sing the praises of one Brit who did do a good job on the pitch—referee Howard Webb.
Friday, 9 July, 2010A look ahead at this weekend’s final face-off between Holland and Spain—plus a lesson on proper vuvuzela etiquette from experts in South Africa:
Thursday, 8 July, 2010Spain go through, Germany go down. Matthew Leighton and Catherine Allen assess last night’s game. They’re also taking a look back at how the Nati got on in the tournament and what the Swiss football association think of their performance.
Wednesday, 7 July, 2010Catherine Allen is joined by Matthew Leighton who talks about what fans want to see changed in the referee’s rulebook given the mishaps during the last 61 matches. Also, Helen Murray speaks to fans in Durban, where Germany and Spain will go head to head in the last semi-final.
Wednesday, 7 July, 2010One semi-final down, one to go. The Netherlands will now face the winner of tonight’s game. Catherine Allen and Matthew Leighton pick apart last night’s match and its nail biting finish. Helen Murray talks to a man who’s watched every penalty shootout in a major competition from 1976-2008.
Tuesday, 6 July, 2010Catherine Allen and Helen Murray get ready for tonight’s semifinal and they look at how Swiss fans will be watching their first World Cup 3D football games. Matthew Leighton tells us what happens when politics and football come together—it’s not always a good mix.
Friday, 2 July, 2010What a shocker! Holland knock out Brazil in the latest dramatic episode the World Cup has to offer. Matthew Leighton, Catherine Allen and Helen Murray pick apart the game, plus they dive deep to an aquarium in Germany to hear a bubbly prediction for the rest of the tournament’s games.
Friday, 2 July, 2010By tomorrow night we’ll know who the four finalists are. Catherine Allen and Matthew Leighton look at the matches unfolding over the next two days. Then Helen Murray tells us what the Swiss team is up to and catches up with Holland’s Orange Tide and Brazil in South Africa as they prepare for today’s game:
