South Africa given extra  cash for World Cup

Pretoria, 11 May-(ANA)-The man running the 2010 World Cup for Fifa has admitted an extra £67m ($100m) had to be injected into the project to ensure hosts South Africa were ready.

Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke said the game's governing body signed off the 25% increase at an executive committee meeting in March.

He said the extra money was required to help the South Africans ensure team training camps were ready.

South Africa's organisational budget has now swelled from £282m to £349m.

But Valcke insisted Fifa's £2.1bn income from the tournament would more than cover the overall increase in its budget, which includes the South African allocation, from £733m to £800m. (ANA)

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