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FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour Widget

by mark on October 28, 2009

World Cup year and a World Cup Widget

World Cup year and a World Cup Widget

There is no doubt that 2010 will be Football World Cup year with South Africa playing host to the tournament, an event which has already caught the attention of the worldwide media as well as the online arena. As the event gets closer and closer we have seen the launch of a new FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour widget which details the worldwide journey of the World Cup and the chance for millions of adoring fans to have their photograph taken with the ultimate in the football world.

The tour began back on 24 September 2009 in Zürich, Switzerland and has now taken in locations such as Cairo, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Casablanca, Nouakchott, Praia, Bamako, Banjul, Bissau, Dakar to name but a few and will finally end in Houston, Miami on 1 May 2010 ahead of the tournament. [click to continue…]

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