Six declare interest in hosting World Cup

Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia have formally declared an interest in hosting the World Cup in 2010, FIFA announced today.

World football’s governing body will hold the tournament on the continent for the first time in 2010 and the six African countries have told FIFA they want to stage the event.

The deadline for national associations to express their intention to host the event was December 31, with both Nigeria and Tunisia confirming their interest the day before.