Africa: World Cup 2006: Pele Fears for Africa

25 June 2002

Soccer legend Pele is raising alarm that Africa may not be able to host World Cup if the sophistication the World Cup is attaining is anything to go by. He is afraid.

Having seen the huge facilities here and imagined the billions of money it was costing Korea and Japan to host the World Cup Pele warned that an African country might not be able to host the World Cup. He is stunned by the commercialism.

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