2010 is the year of sports and events. The biggest event in this year is Olympics. In this how can we forget the most loving and amazing sport of the country that is 2010 FIFA World Cup? This FIFA world cup of 2010 is the 19th world cup which is going to be held in South Africa from 11 June till 11 July. There are 32 teams in which 6 from confederation are going to be the participants of this world cup. The FIFA is the international football tournament which is the most favorite amongst American countries. The mascot of FIFA world cup is ZAKUMI which is born on 16th June 1994 and is now of age 15 years. This mascot is basically an anthropomorphized leopard with green hairs. His name has great importance as it is very meaningful. The name ZAKUMI is describes as â€ZA†is the abbreviation from South Africa and â€KUMI†stands for ten. The ball of FIFA world cup is named as "Jabulani", made by Adidas, which means "bringing joy to everyone" in isiZulu. The teams are divided into A-H group. The groups are mentioned below:- Group A- South Africa,Mexico,Uruguay,France Group B- Argentina,Nigeria,Korea Republic,Greece Group C- England,United States,Algeria,Slovenia Group D- Germany,Australia,Serbia,Ghana Group E- Netherlands,Denmark,Japan,Cameroon Group F- Italy,Paraguay,New Zealand,Slovakia Group G- Brazil,Korea,Portugal Group H- Spain,Switzerland,Honduras,Chile The 2010 winter Olympics are also in news now days. These Olympics are going too held in Vancouver, Canada. The motto of this Olympics is the glowing heart. There are 80 nations under this Olympics and 5500 athletes who are taking part in it. There will be 86 events in 7 sports. It is opening on 12th February and closing ceremony will be on 28t of February. The stadium name where this Olympics is going to be held is BC place stadium in Canada. The mascot of the Olympics are Mega which is a mythical sea bear, a Quatchi which is a Sasquatch from the mystery forest and the Sumi which is an animal guardian spirit with wings and legs of black bear. The mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympics Games were introduced on November 27, 2007. The 2010 Entertainment Events are listed below:- 1. A play in Winters Mill High School 2. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 3. Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010 4. Royal Rumble (2010) 5. Electronic Entertainment Expo 6. Tokyo Game Show These are few entertainments which are going to place in the year of 2010.
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