Danny Jordaan, CEO, South African World Cup Organizing Committee

Danny Jordaan, CEO, South African World Cup Organizing Committee

“We should not be condemned by what happens in a country far away from us. It can’t be right, it makes no sense. It’s illogical,” Danny Jordaan, the leader of the committee, told reporters in Johannesburg today.

“If there is a security breach in Finland, you are not going to ask England to explain,” he said, adding that the distance between South Africa and Angola is equivalent to the distance between Finland and the U.K.

The head of the organizing committee for the soccer World Cup in South Africa dismissed concerns over the safety of the event after the Togolese national team was attacked by rebels in Angola en route to the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

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