Director of Communications of the Confederation of Africa Football, Suleiman Habuba, has sent congratulatory messages to a man of the people, Alhaji Abdulrahman Shuaibu, who has been turbaned the Talban Mubi in Adamawa State.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter yesterday officially declared the Confederations Cup a resounding success and gave the two- week event a rating of 7,5 points out of 10.

SO IMPRESSED was Fifa president Sepp Blatter by the national team's performance during the Confederations Cup that he declared yesterday he could finally look forward to next year's Soccer World Cup without fearing the worst for Bafana Bafana.

IT MAY seem a little premature to be thinking beyond the Fifa 2010 Soccer World Cup when there's still a year to go before the first ball of the tournament is kicked.

The success of the just-ended FIFA Confederations Cup is conclusive proof that in spite of critics' scepticism, South Africa is capable of hosting the 2010 World Cup.