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World Cup Fires Up Fans

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This month, one of the biggest and most popular sporting events in the world begins in South Africa. The FIFA World Cup™ is an international soccer tournament that is held every four years. It lasts for an entire month. In this issue, The Mini Page will look at this unique competition, which takes place in 2010 from June 11 to July 11.

Just making it to the World Cup is a big deal. More than 200 nations tried to qualify to be included in this event. Qualifying games started in 2007, when teams began play in their regional confederation (kon-FEH-der-AY-shun). A confederation is a group of nations located in the same part of the world. There are six confederations that make up FIFA, or the International Federation of Association Football, which is in charge of the World Cup.

The 2010 World Cup will be the first time this event has been held on the continent of Africa.

What Americans call “soccer” is called “football” in other parts of

the world. American football is a much different sport. How many differences can you think of?

There are 208 member nations in FIFA — more than belong to the United Nations. Each confederation gets a certain number of teams that qualify for the World Cup. For example, South America will send five teams, while Central America and North America combined will send three. The South African national team is the only team to automatically qualify, since it is hosting the tournament.

A long journey to South Africa

Millions of people will watch the FIFA World Cup on television or in person. More than 700 million TV viewers tuned in to the final game of the 2006 World Cup.While it will be summer for us, it will be winter in South Africa during the World Cup. South Africa is in the Southern Hemisphere.Look in your newspaper’s weather section to see what the temperature will be in South Africa today.

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The Tournament

Words that remind us of the World Cup are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: AFRICA, APARTHEID, CONFEDERATION, CUP, DIAMONDS, FAN, FIFA, FOOTBALL, GOLD, GROUP, HEMISPHERE, KNOCKOUT, MANDELA, NATION, NELSON, SOCCER, SOUTH, SPORT, TEAM, TOURNAMENT, WORLD, ZAKUMI.

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The Mini Page provides ideas for Web sites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics.

On the Web:• www.fifa.com/worldcup• www.southafrica.info/2010• www.mediaclubsouthafrica.com/images/stories/

april2010/2010_Fan_Guide.pdfAt the library:• “Soccer” by Hugh Hornby• “U.S. Soccer Superstars: The Women Are Winners!” by

Sydelle Kramer


Thirty-two nations have qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and several hundred of the world’s best soccer players will participate. A total of 63 matches will be played to determine the champion. The first part, or stage, of the tournament is made up of group matches. The 32 teams are divided into eight groups of four teams. From June 11 to June 25, each team will play only the other members of its group. In the group stage, a team is awarded three points for a win and one point for a draw, or tie. The top two teams in each group advance to the second part, known as the “knockout stage.” A team that wins in this stage advances to play again, while the losing team is eliminated, or knocked out, from the tournament.

The 69,000-seat Cape Town Stadium is an example of South Africa’s love of soccer and its ability to host this global sporting event.

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Zakumi the leopard is the official mascot of the

2010 FIFA World Cup. His name comes from the combination of ZA (the international abbreviation for South Africa) and “Kumi,” which means “10.”Help Zakumi figureout which continent is home to the most teams. Use a map or atlas for help.

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Rookie Cookie’s RecipeSurprise Rice Casserole

You’ll need:• 1 cup uncooked brown rice (regular or instant)• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine• 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained• 1 tablespoon brown sugar• 1/2 teaspoon salt• 1/2 cup reduced-fat shredded cheddar cheese• 1/4 cup sliced almondsWhat to do:1. Cook rice according to directions.2. Stir in butter until melted. Add pineapple, brown sugar and salt.3. Spray a shallow medium-sized baking pan with cooking spray.4. Spoon rice mixture into pan.5. Sprinkle with cheese; top with sliced almonds.6. Bake for 15 minutes until cheese is melted. Serves 6.You will need an adult’s help with this recipe.


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Meet Our Oceans The oceans are the stars of the Disneynature documentary movie “Oceans.” Even though they cover about three-fourths of our world, the oceans are still a mystery. We have explored so little of them that visiting their depths is almost like exploring outer space. Photographers traveled to all five oceans in the world, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic. The life-forms in these mysterious

places range from the biggest animal ever to live on this planet, the blue whale, to the very small creatures it eats, the krill. About 80 different species, or kinds, of creatures appear in the film. One of the scariest parts of the movie is how much damage people have done to the oceans. But the movie also shows how people are helping our oceans recover.


Simone: What position does a monster play on a soccer team? Samuel: The ghoulie!

Solomon: What do you call a huge container that holds no liquids?

Simon: The World Cup!

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All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category?

Samantha: If you spun the World Cup around 100 times, what would it become?

Susan: The whirled cup!


Mini Spy . . .Mini Spy just scored a goal in a soccer game! See if you can find: • question mark • letter A• tooth • word MINI • pillow • ice cream• doughnut • bell • net cone• golf club • number 7 • hourglass • bird• kite • pencil • ring • ruler


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Welcome to South Africa


The Mini Page StaffBetty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist

A troubled past For centuries, tribes of Africans lived in what would later become the nation of South Africa. But in the 1700s and 1800s, many Europeans settled there. They were attracted by the fertile soil for farming and natural resources, such as gold and diamonds. The black Africans and white settlers often fought each other over territory and rights. South Africa later became a colony of Great Britain. It fought with the Allies in World War I and World War II. South Africa became independent from Britain in 1961, but the white minority wanted to stay separate from the much larger black population. This forced separation and discrimination became known as apartheid (uh-PAR-tight). Under apartheid, blacks were not citizens and could not vote. Black children went to separate schools that weren’t as good as white schools. Many blacks were also forced to live in poor areas called “townships.”

A brighter future South Africa has struggled with other issues since the end of apartheid. Unemployment, crime and AIDS are still difficult problems for the nation. But the people of South Africa — black and white — now work together to solve these problems. The 2010 World Cup is an opportunity for all South Africans to show off their national spirit to the rest of the world.

The end of apartheid People throughout the world hated apartheid. The white South African

government was isolated, or cut off, from much of the world. Travel and trade with South Africa were limited. South Africa was even banned from playing international soccer by FIFA. In the early 1990s, however, the white minority government began working to end apartheid. In 1994,

South Africa held its first nationwide elections. Nelson Mandela, who had spent 27 years in jail for opposing apartheid, became president. He served until 1999. He has received many honors for his work for peace.

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The Mini Page thanks FIFA, the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa, and Mary Alexander of MediaClubSouthAfrica.com for help with this issue.

Host cities for the soccer matches of the FIFA World Cup are:1. Cape Town2. Durban3. Johannesburg4. Mangaung/

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