Goal.com launch dedicated 2010 FIFA World Cup section
(London, UK – 24th May 2010) - Football fans can now truly get involved in 2010 FIFA World Cup fever with the launch of a section dedicated to the finals in South Africa on Goal.com.
With the likes of Lionel Messi, Robinho, Wayne Rooney and Fernando Torres readying themselves for one of the most anticipated World Cups in history, Goal.com will provide up-to-date match coverage, news, editorials, exclusive interviews and daily blogs supplied by ten reporters - live from South Africa. Goal.com is the largest football community in the world with 20 million unique monthly users. Through its 550 editors coming from more then 100 different cultures, it generates more then 70,000 football stories each month in 15 languages and 22 editions. Goal.com’s Road to Africa World Cup section will have the most extensive coverage of the event including: - News, editorials, exclusive interviews and specialist content such as match ratings - Profiles and ratings of all 736 players from the 32 teams, put together by the Goal.com chief editors and local experts - A section for the local perspective on the World Cup experience in South Africa - Guides to all nine cities and ten stadiums to be used during the World Cup for those fans lucky enough to attend - A section looking back at the previous 18 tournaments - Live blogs from visiting and local fans and journalists, sharing their experience Goal.com Founder and President Gianluigi Longinotti-Buitoni said: “The Road to Africa World Cup section represents our commitment to Africa, our love for football, and our appreciation for our fans. We are launching the most extensive coverage of the event presented through the multicultural interpretation of our world-wide editors and through the local expertise of our African reporters.” To visit Goal.com’s Road to Africa World Cup section, please click here. - Ends - About Goal.com - Goal.com was founded in 2004 by Gianluigi Longinotti-Buitoni, and has grown into the largest football new media community on the planet with 22 editions delivering content in 15 languages. Goal.com uniquely presents football through the eyes of its local editors who live in the locations on which they report to ensure they express the cultural, ethnical, political, economic, religious, and social distinctiveness in each region. For more information, please contact Goal.com PR Director Will Wood on will.wood@goal.com / +44 (0) 161 408 8221.
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