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South Africa, host town for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, will have their opening game on June 11 against Mexico in Johannesburg.  The final and complete roster for the host team of South Africa is below include

Goalkeepers include Shuaib Walters from Maritzburg United Itumeleng, Moeneeb Josephs from Orlando Pirates and Khune from Kaizer Chiefs.

Defenders include Lucas Thwala from Orlando Pirates, Tsepo Masilela from Maccabi Haifa, Siyabonga Sangweni from Golden Arrows, Bongani Khumalo from SuperSport United, Matthew Booth from Sundowns, Aaron Mokoena from Portsmouth, Anele Ngcongca from Genk and Siboniso Gaxa from Sundowns.

Midfielders include Siphiwe Tshabalala from Kaizer Chiefs, Steven Pienaar from Everton, Kagiso Dikgacoi from Fulham, Thanduyise Khuboni from Golden Arrows, MacBeth Sibaya from Rubin Kazan, Reneilwe Letsholonyane from Kaizer Chiefs, Lance Davids from Ajax Cape Town and Teko Modise from Orlando Pirates.

Strikers include Siyabonga Nomvethe from Moroka Swallows, Katlego Mphela from Sundowns, Bernard Parker from FC Twente and Surprise Moriri from Sundowns.

The 2010 World Cup is about to be underway – let’s look at the final roster for Group A team Mexico who will open up on June 11 against host town South Africa in Johannesburg.

Goalkeepers include Oscar Pérez from Chiapas, Luis Ernesto Michel from Chivas and Memo Ochoa from America.

Defenders include Efrain Juarez from Pumas UNAM, Paul Aguilar from Pachuca, Carlos Salcido from PSV Eindhoven, Francisco Rodríguez from PSV Eindhoven, Héctor Moreno from AZ Alkmmar, Ricardo Osorio from Stuttgart and Rafael Márquez from Barcelona.

Midfielders include Andrés Guardado from Deportivo La Coruña, Israel Castro from Pumas UNAM, Gerardo Torrado from Cruz Azul, Jorge Torres Nilo from Atlas and Jonny Magallón from Guadalajara.

Forwards include Carlos Vela from Arsenal, Guillermo Franco from West Ham, Giovani dos Santos from Galatasaray, Javier Hernández from Guadalajara, Cuauhtemoc Blanco from Veracruz, Alberto Medina from Guadalajara, Adolfo Bautista from Guadalajara and Pablo Barrera from Pumas UNAM.

The World Cup begins June 11 and South Korea is one of the teams in Group B who will face-off against Greece as their opener on June 12 in Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth.

The final 23-man roster for South Korea is outlined below.

Goalkeepers include Jung Sung-ryong from Seongnam, Lee Woon-jae from Suwon, and Kim Young-kwang from Ulsan.

Defenders include Kang Min-soo from Suwon, Cho Yong-hyung from Jeju, Cha Doo-ri from Freiburg, Germany, Lee Jung-soo from Kashima, Japan, Lee Young-pyo from Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia, Oh Beom-seok from Ulsan, Kim Hyung-il from Pohang, and Kim Dong-jin from Ulsan.

Midfielders include Park Ji-sung from Manchester United, England, Lee Chung-yong from Bolton, England, Kim Jung-woo from Gwangju, Kim Jae-sung from Pohang, Kim Nam-il from Tomsk, Russia, Kim Bo-kyung from Oita, Japan, and Ki Sung-yong from Celtic, Scotland.

Strikers include Lee Dong-gook from Jeonbuk, Yeom Ki-hun from Suwon, Lee Seung-ryul from Seoul, Ahn Jung-hwan from Dalian, China, and Park Chu-young from Monaco, France.

Nigeria has announced their final World Cup roster consisting of 23-man – a 7 man cut from the initial 30 man preliminary roster made last month.  Nigeria will open up against Argentina for the 2010 World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 12.

Below is the final 23-man roster for Nigeria.

Goalkeepers include Vincent Enyeama from Hapoel Tel Aviv, Austin Ejide from Hapoel Petah Tikvah, and Dele Aiyenugba from Bnei Yehuda.

Defenders include Joseph Yobo from Everton, Taye Taiwo from Olympique Marseille, Danny Shittu from Bolton Wanderers, Chidi Odiah from CSKA Moscow, Elderson Echiejile from Stade Rennes, Rabiu Afolabi from Red Bull Salzburg, and Dele Adeleye from Sparta Rotterdam.

Midfielders include John Utaka from Portsmouth, Kalu Uche from Almeria, John Obi Mikel from Chelsea, Haruna Lukman from Monaco, Nwankwo Kanu from Portsmouth, Sani Kaita from Alania Vladikavhaz, Dickson Etuhu from Fulham, and Yusuf Ayila from Dynamo Kiev.

Strikers include Peter Odemwingie from Lokomotiv Moscow, Chinedu Obasi from Hoffenheim, Obinna Nsofor from Malaga, Obafemi Martins from VFL Wolfsburg, and Yakubu Aiyegbeni from Everton.

This weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be headed to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600.  This is ultimately the longest NASCAR race throughout the year.

Currently, Jimmie Johnson is the favorite to win the Coca-Cola 600 Sunday.  A few short odds for the race include both Kyle and Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, as well as Jeff Gordon.

Johnson won this particular event three years in a row, 2003-2005.  The following year he finished second but has finished outside of the Top 10 since then.  His driver rating is the top of the series and he has a 8.6 average finish.  He is currently sitting fourth in the Sprint Cup season standings and hasn’t seen inside the Top 10 in the past five races.  He does have three victories for this year though.

Onto the Busch brothers…Kyle Busch finished third in this race in 2008 and sixth last year.  He holds three Top 5 career finishes at Charlotte with a 19 average finish and 104.4 driving rating, which makes him second within the series. Busch is currently second in the Cup standings, right behind point leader Kevin Harvick.

Kyle’s older brother Kurt Busch isn’t that great at Charlotte, as he hasn’t finished inside the Top 10 in the past four years for this event.  He has almost a 21 average finish and a 81.6 driver rating for his three Top 5’s at Charlotte.  He currently sits in ninth position for the season’s standings, but did win the All-Star race this past weekend.  He currently has one victory as well as four Top 5’s for this year.

Now, Denny Hamlin has never been able to finish inside the Top 5 for this race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but has finished inside the Top 10 three times.  He also has a driving rating of 82.6 (13th position) and he has an 18.6 average finish.  He is currently fifth in the season’s point standings, 150 behind Harvick.  In the last six races, Hamlin has finished within the Top 4 of five of those races.  He has three victories this year as well as five Top 5’s.  Although this track may not be his best nor his favorite, he has been doing exceptionally well this year – winning races just weeks after having a complete knee surgery.

Jeff Gordon has only won this particular event once in 1994 and found himself finishing fourth in 2008.  He has 5 victories as well as 16 Top 5’s in his career at Charlotte Motor Speedway.  His average finish is 15.7 with a driving rating of 99.5, which is sixth in ranking.  He is currently also in sixth position for point standings this year.  Although he hasn’t had any wins this year, he is coming around and has had five Top 5’s.

Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Coca-Cola 600 will begin a little after 6pm ET on Sunday, May 30.  The drivers will take the green flag for 400 laps on this oval track.

Brian Schneider, backup catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, was first put on the 15-day disabled list on the 9th of this month (May) due to an injury to his left Achilles tendon that he incurred during the game against Atlanta, which the Phillies lost 4-1.  He was to appear at a series of rehab sessions with AAA Lehigh Valley before being able to return to the Phillies lineup.

33-year-old Schneider has now finished his series of rehab sessions with AAA Lehigh Valley and has been activated by the Phillies on Monday.  He was 0 for 8 among one walk during his time at AAA.  Prior to being put on the 15-day DL, he had a .167 batting average with a total of three scored runs and two walks with Philadelphia this season.

In order for the Phillies to devise room on their 25-man active roster, the Phillies decided to designate Paul Hoover for assignment.  Hoover has a batting average of .278 with six scored runs, two RBI’s and two doubles in the six games for Philadelphia.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is out of the picture for the 30-man roster for Holland.  Apparently, the coach didn’t choose him due to his long-term playing absence from the field.  The last time that he played on the field was in 2008 with the Netherlands for the European Championship.

Veteran midfielder, Clarence Seedorf, also didn’t see his name on the roster this week for Holland.  Initially, many sports books and fans considered him to be a long shot for making the team, but he is able to provide extensive leadership and skill when on the field as a veteran player.  Talking to Seedorf, he actually expected the coach to call and offer him a position on the 30-man roster, but obviously, his number was never dialed.

Italy’s Luca Toni was another that didn’t see his name on Italy’s roster. He was the main striker in 2006 as well as in 2008 at the European Championship but had problems earlier this season at Bayern Munich. He returned on loan to Italy and his playing abilities had improved, which made many believe that he would make it to the World Cup with Italy; however, it must not have been enough to catch the coach’s eye.

Preliminary rosters were due this week for all 32 World Cup teams.  23 men from the required preliminary rosters will be packing their bags and headed to South Africa to participate in the 2010 World Cup.  Ivory Coast and Portugal will have their opening game against each other on June 15 and their preliminary rosters are below.

Ivory Coast goalkeepers include Aristide Zogbo from Maccabi Netanya, Daniel Yeboah from ASEC Mimosas, Vincent Angban from ASEC Mimosas and Boubacar Barry from KSC Lokeren.

Forwards include Lacina Traore from Cluj, Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso from Monaco, Gervinho from Lille, Bakari Kone from Marseille, Abdul Keita from Galatasaray, Salomon Kalou from Chelsea, Didier Drogba from Chelsea, Seydou Doumbia from CSKA Moscow and Aruna Dindane from Portsmouth.

Defenders for Ivory Coast are Benjamin Angoua from Valenciennes, Steve Gohouri from Wigan, Guy Demel from Hamburger SV, Kolo Toure from Manchester City, Siaka Tiene from Valenciennes, Abdoulaye Meite from West Bromwich Albion, Emmanuel Eboue from Arsenal, Arthur Boka from Stuttgart and Souleman Bamba from Hibernian.

Ivory Coast midfielders include Emmanuel Kone from Cluj, Kanga Akale from Lens, Didier Zokora from Sevilla, Gilles Yapi Yapo from Young Boys, Yaya Toure from Barcelona, Cheick Tiote from FC Twente, Koffi Romaric N’Dri from Sevilla and Emerse Fae from Nice.

Portugal goalkeepers include Daniel Fernandes from Iraklis, Beto from FC Porto and Eduardo from FC Braga.

Forwards are Liedson from Sporting Lisbon, Danny from Zenit St. Petersburg, Hugo Almeida from Werder Bremen, Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid, Simao Sabrosa from Atletico Madrid and Nani from Manchester United.

Defenders for Portugal are Ricardo Costa from Lille, Ze Castro from Deportivo La Coruna, Pepe from Real Madrid, Fabio Coentrao from Benfica, Rolando from FC Porto, Ricardo Carvalho from Chelsea, Miguel Brito from Valencia, Paulo Ferreira from Chelsea, Bruno Alves from FC Porto and Duda from Malaga.

Midfielders for Portugal include Miguel Veloso from Sporting Lisbon, Pedro Mendes from Sporting Lisbon, Raul Meireles from FC Porto, Tiago from Atletico Madrid and Deco from Chelsea.

We have compiled a list of the preliminary rosters for both teams – Netherlands and Denmark.  Both teams have a current 30-man roster that will be taken down to a 23-man roster come June 1.  This roster will be the final team that will go to the World Cup in South Africa.  June 14 is the opening game for the Netherlands where they will compete against Denmark.

Below you will find the preliminary 30-man rosters for both teams beginning with Team Netherlands.

For goalkeepers we have Michel Vorm from FC Utrecht, Sander Boschker from FC Twente and Maarten Stekelenburg from Ajax.

Netherlands forwards include Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from AC Milan, Robin van Persie from Arsenal, Jeremain Lens from AZ Alkmaar, Dirk Kuyt from Liverpool, Eljero Elia from Hamburger SV, Ryan Babel from Liverpool and Arjen Robben from Bayern Munich.

Defenders for the Netherlands team are Gregory van der Wiel from Ajax, Ron Vlaar from Feyenoord, Joris Mathijsen from Hamburger SV, John Heitinga from Everton, Giovanni van Bronckhorst from Feyenoord, Edson Braafheid from Celtic, Khalid Boulahrouz from Stuttgart, Vurnon Anita from Ajax and Andre Ooijer from PSV Eindhoven.

Midfielders for the Netherlands team include Demy de Zeeuw from Ajax, Rafael van der Vaart from Real Madrid, David Mendes da Silva from AZ Alkmaar, Stijn Schaars from AZ Alkmaar, Nigel de Jong from Manchester City, Ibrahim Afellay from PSV Eindhoven, Orlando Engelaar from PSV Eindhoven, Wout Brama from FC Twente, Mark van Bommel from Bayern Munich, Otman Bakkal from PSV Eindhoven and Wesley Sneijder from Inter Milan.

Goalkeepers for Team Denmark include Stephan Andersen from Brondby, Jesper Christiansen from FC Copenhagen, Kim Christensen from IFK Goteborg and Thomas Sorensen from Stoke.

Forwards are Soren Larsen from Duisburg, Nicklas Bendtner from Arsenal and Jon Dahl Tomasson from Feyenoord.

Denmark defenders are William Kvist Jorgensen from FC Copenhagen, Simon Busk Poulsen from AZ Alkmaar, Per Kroldrup from Fiorentina, Simon Kjaer from Palermo, Patrick Mtiliga from Malaga, Lars Jacobsen from Blackburn and Daniel Agger from Liverpool.

Midfielders for Denmark include Michael Krohn-Dehli from Brondby, Martin Jorgensen from Aarhus, Jesper Gronkjaer from FC Copenhagen, Dennis Rommedahl from Ajax, Thomas Kahlenberg from Wolfsburg, Thomas Enevoldsen from FC Groningen, Jakob Poulsen from Aarhus, Mikkel Beckmann from Randers, Michael Silberbauer from FC Utrecht, Daniel Jensen from Werder Bremen, Christian D. Eriksen from Ajax and Christian Poulsen from Juventus.

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