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Sports | July 11, 2010, Sunday

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has rejected criticism of the 2010 World Cup. Photo by EPA/BGNES

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has defended the achievements of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, calling the tournament “special”.
"Every World Cup has its own history and its own culture. It was a World Cup in a new continent with new culture and therefore it must be analysed on different levels. If you look at the enthusiasm in South Africa and the TV audiences around the world then it was a special World Cup,“ Blatter told 5 live's Sportsweek in a interview ahead of Sunday night's final between the Netherlands and Spain.