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A worker runs with the South African flag inside the Soccer City stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg June 10, 2010.
Friday, Jun. 11, 2010

Open quoteThis isn't one for the Guinness Book of Records; it's for the Guinness Book of Miracles. Close quote

  • TSHEPO MAKWALA,
  • an unemployed South African laborer without a ticket to any of the upcoming World Cup games, who is nonetheless thrilled that soccer's largest event is for the first time taking place on his continent
Photo: Radu Sigheti / Reuters | Source: NYT