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How to follow the World Cup 2010 on Twitter and Google

With barely hours left to go before the first match kicks off. Social Media has provided you a way to follow all the excitement even if you are not seated in front of the TV. You can be undated with schedule venues and news with widgets provided by Social Media. 


Google has released a gadget that can be added to your iGoogle home page which brings you all the news, match trimming and all other updates in real-time.  


To add the iGoogle widget please click the link below.




2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™


 - Add to iGoogle



Kickoff Today! First matches:
































South Africavs.Mexico-11 Jun 4:00pm
Uruguayvs.France-11 Jun 8:30pm

* All times are South Africa Time



To follow the world cup on Twitter we had grouped together these links found below to make you job easier.



The most popular hashtags on Twitter right now to follow the world cup are #worldcup, #Fifa World Cup.




Here is a list provided by Mashable to follow the Fifa World Cup 2010 on Twitter. 





2010 FIFA World Cup – “The Twitter page of the 2010 Organizing Committee.” Newsnews and updates.


SA2010 World Cup – “Official 2010 FIFA World Cup South African Government website with all the information you need!” News, personal updates and commentary.


FIFAWorldCupTM – “The FIFA soccer world cup tweets. All the latest FIFA news and information on the 2010 soccer world cup.” Updates, human interest, emphasis on players and coaches.


TheFA.com – “The official website for the England Football Team and The FA Cup.” Updates on England players and live Tweets from England matches.


US Soccer – “U.S. Soccer: the governing body of soccer in all its forms in the United States.” Inside look at the US team, players and matches.


CNN World Cup – “All the latest news on the 2010 World Cup in South Africa from CNN International.” News and match scores culled from CNN reporters.


Telegraph World Cup – “World Cup 2010 news, analysis, pictures and video from Telegraph.co.uk” Links back to stories posted by The Telegraph.


NY Times Goal – “The New York Times Soccer Blog reports on the international game and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.” Live updates and links back to New York Times stories.


AP World Cup – “Join the conversation as @AP covers the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.” News, match scores and brief commentary.


BBC World Cup – “A feed dedicated to World Cup headlines from the BBC website.” Links back to BBC.


Sports Illustrated Soccer – “Soccer, World Cup coverage from Sports Illustrated and SI.com writers and photographers.” Player news and general features.


The Sun World Cup – “Follow all the latest news on the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with The Sun.” Mostly England updates and news, general match coverage.


Four Four Two – “Humorous but wholehearted, polished but readable, substantial but accessible, it’s football’s most insightful brand – with added F.U.N.” Quirky and off-beat updates, general news.


Fox Soccer News – “FOXSoccer.com headlines.” Links back to Fox Soccer.


World Cup Scores – “Live 2010 world cup soccer scores.” Match scores and live updates.


World Cup 2010 – With upcoming matches, top tweets, staff picks, media and individual feeds for eatch match, this account is a great one-stop shop.


UnivisionFutbol – “Univision Soccer World Cup: The last news, interviews, goal videos and exclusive photos from the South Africa 2010 World Cup.” Live tweets and general updates in Spanish.





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