He said that the meeting discussed strategies to combat doping during the competitions. These will include the education of players and collaboration with local officials and anti-drug agencies. A doping laboratory for testing has been set up in the central city of Bloemfontein where results could be produced within 48 hours. The 48 000-capacity Mangaung Stadium in Bloemfontein is one of ten venues for the World Cup.
Meanwhile, the 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets got underwa on Friday as soon as the online ticket portal on FIFA.com.
Twenty-four hours after the online tickets went on sale, applications from 128 countries for 216,975 tickets had been received via the website, excluding the hard paper applications handed in by South African residents at FNB branches in the host country.
The biggest number of orders came from South Africans, followed by applicants from Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Switzerland, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain and Argentina.
Fans have until midnight on 31 March 2009 to make ticket applications on the FIFA.com website. In addition, South African residents have the opportunity to file a hard paper application in one of the 700 FNB branches across the country. This ticketing purchase solution has been developed with FIFA Partner Visa.
