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adidas presentS the adidas JAbulANIadidas presents JABULANI, the Official Match Ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. The JABULANI, which means to celebrate in isiZulu, features a South African inspired design and radically new technology. The name JABULANI originates from the Bantu language isiZulu and literally translated, JABULANI means to celebrate. Football is a passion that unites the world and the name of the new match ball appropriately pays tribute to that passion and football celebration that international fans will enjoy in South Africa this summer.

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adidas presentS the adidas JobulANIadidas proudly presents the Official Match Ball for the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The adidas JOBULANI is a unique gold-coloured version of the JABULANI, the Official Match Ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and its name is a tribute to Johannesburg or Joburg, the City of Gold. While the ball still features the iconic South African inspired design, the main colour of the JOBULANI is gold. This is the second time that adidas has designed a special ball for a FIFA World Cup final, the first final ball was the golden TEAMGEIST BERLIN, which was used on July 9th, 2006. The JOBULANI will be available in retail from April 20th onwards.

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GROuP A - SOuTH AFRICA

SOuTH AFRICA

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

STEVEN PIENAAR

17 MARCH 1982 170CM JOHANNESbuRG, SOuTH AFRICA MIDFIElDER

ATTR ACTING INTE REST FROM SOME OF THE bIGGEST ClubS IN EuROPE AFTE R A STRONG SEASON WITH EVERTON, MuCH WIll DEPEND ON PIENAAR IF SOuTH AFRICA ARE TO MAkE IT THROuGH THE GROuP STAGES.IMAGE AVAIlAblE ON REQuEST >>

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GROuP A - MEXICO

MEXICO

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

28 SEPTEMbER 1986 169CM GuADAlAJARA, MEXICO lEFT WIN GER

ANDRS GuARDADO

HIS SPEE D AND SkIllS ON THE lEFT WING HAVE MADE GuARDADO ONE OF THE MOST EXCI TING ATTACkIN G PlAYERS IN lA lIGA, WHERE HE IS A FIRM FANS FAVOuRITE AT DEPORTIVO lA CORu NA.RElATED PlAYE R ASSETS >>

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GROuP A - FRANCE

FRANCE

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

YOANN GOuRCu FF11 JulY 1986 186CM PlOEMEuR, FRANCE MIDFIElDER

A NATuRAl SuCCESSOR TO ZINE DINE ZIDANE, GOuRCuFFS DAZZlING PERFORMANCES FOR bORDEAuX lED HIM TO bE NAME D FRENCH PlAYER OF THE YEAR IN 2009 AND HE WIll bE HOPING TO REPlICATE THOS E DISPlAYS FOR lES blEuS.RElATED PlAYE R ASSETS >>

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GROuP A - uRuGuAY

uRuGuAY

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

DIEGO FORlN

19 MAY 1979 179CM MONTEVI DEO, uRuGuAY STRIkER

ONE OF THE MOST PROlIFIC STRIkERS IN lA lIGA, FORlAN WIll lEAD uRuGuAYS ATTEMPT TO lAND A THIRD WORlD CuP TITlE.

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GROuP b - ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

lIONEl MESSI

14 JuNE 1987 169CM ROSARIO, ARGENTINA STRIkER

THE FIFA WORlD PlAYER OF THE YEAR HAS bEEN IN ASTONISHING FORM IN 2010 AND HAS INHE RITE D THE NO. 10 SHIRT MADE FAMOuS bY CuRRENT ARGENTINA COACH DIEGO MARADONA.IMAGE AVAIlAblE ON REQuEST >>

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GROuP b - GREECE

GREECE

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

23 MAY 1980 179CM lARISSA, GREECE STRIkER

THEOFANIS GEkAS

TOP SCORER IN THE EuROPEAN QuAlIFYIN G SECTION FOR THE WORlD CuP WITH 10 GOAlS, GEkAS IS A NO-NONSENSE STRIkER WHO HAS bEEN ON-lOAN AT HERTHA bERlIN RECENTlY, SCORING ON HIS DEbuT FOR THE GERMAN SIDE.RElATED PlAYE R ASSETS >>

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GROuP b - SOuTH kOREA

SOuTH kOREA

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

CHu-YOuNG PARk

10 JulY 1985 182CM DAEGu, REPublIC OF kOREA STRIkER, WIN GER

PARk WEAR S THE NO 10 SHIRT AT lIGu E 1 SIDE MONACO AND HAS A blIS TERI NG TuRN OF SPEE D, COVE RING 100M IN JuST 11 SECO NDS. HE IS AlSO A FREE-kIC k SPECIAlI ST.IMAGE AVAIlAblE ON REQuEST >>

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GROuP C - ENGlAND

ENGlAND

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

30 MAY 1980 183CM WHISTON, ENGlAND MIDFIElDER

STEVEN GERRARD

ONE OF THE lEADING MIDF IElD ERS IN THE GAME TODAY, GERR ARD WIll bE HOPI NG TO ADD A WORlD CuP WINN ERS MEDAl TO THE uEFA CHAM PION S lEAG uE CROW N HE WON AlMO ST SING lE-H ANDE DlY FOR lIVE RPOO l IN 2005.RElATED PlAYE R ASSETS >>

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GROuP C - uNITED STATES

uNITE D STATES

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

6 NOVEMbE R 1989 185CM lIVINGSTON, uNITED STATES STRIkER

JOZY AlTIDORE

FAST AND DIRECT, AlTIDORE HAS bEEN PlYIN G HIS TRADE IN THE ENGlISH PREMIER lEAGuE WITH Hull CITY AND WIll HOPE TO CAuS E AN uPSE T WHEN HIS COuNTRY lINES uP FOR THEI R OPENING MATCH AGAINST ENGlAND.IMAGE AVAIlAblE ON REQuEST >>

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GROuP C - AlGERIA

AlGERIA

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

25 JuNE 1985 181CM STRASbOuRG, FRANCE MIDFIElDER, FORWARD

kARIM MATMOuR

SCOR ED THE OPENING GOAl IN AlGE RIAS STuN NING 3-2 QuARTER-FINAl VICTORY OVER IVORY COAS T AT THE 2010 AFRICA CuP OF NATIONS. PlAYS IN GERM ANY FOR bORu SSIA MNC HENG lADb ACH.RElATED PlAYE R ASSETS >>

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GROuP C - SlOVENIA

SlOVENIA

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

ZlATkO DEDI 1984

5 OCTObER 189CM bIHA, SFR YuGOSlAVIA STRIkER

THE bOCH uM FORWARD SCOR ED THE GOAl THAT bOOkED HIS COuN TRYS PlAC E IN THE 2010 FIFA WORlD CuP VIA A PlAY-OFF VICTORY ON AWAY GOAl S AGAI NST RuSS IA. WIll bE HOPI NG TO CAuS E A FEW MORE SHOC kS IN SOuT H AFRICA.IMAGE AVAIlAblE ON REQuEST >>

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GROuP b - NIGERIA

NIGERIA

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

ObAFEMI MARTINS 198428 OCTObER 172CM lAGOS, NIGE RIA STRIkER

MART INS ENJOYED SuCC ESSF ul STIN TS WITH INTE R MIlAN AND NEWC ASTl E uNIT ED bEFORE SWITCHIN G TO WOlFSbuR G IN 2009. HIS SPECTACu lAR GOAl AGAI NST kENYA ENSu RED NIGE RIAS QuAlIFIC ATIO N FOR SOuT H AFRICA.IMAGE AVAIlAblE ON REQuEST >>

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GROuP D - GERMANY

GERMANY

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

MICHAEl k bAllAC1976 ER

26 SEPTEMb 188CM GRlITZ, EAST GERMANY MIDFIElDER

GERMANYS CAPTAIN HAS ENJOYED A SuCCESSFul SEASON WITH CHElSEA AND IS ClOSING IN ON 50 INTERNATIONAl GOAlS FOR HIS COuNTRY. WIll bE TAkING PART IN HIS THIRD WORlD CuP FINAlS.RElATED PlAYE R ASSETS >>

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GROuP D - AuSTRAlIA

AuSTR AlIA

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

TIM CAHIRll 1979

6 DECEMbE 178CM SYDN EY, AuST RAlI A MIDFIElDER

ONE OF THE bEST HEADERS OF THE bAll IN THE MODE RN GAME, CAHIllS COMbATIVE STYlE IS WEll SuITED TO THE PREMIERS HIP, WHERE HE HAS bECOME ONE OF THE lEADING MIDFIElDERS IN ENGlISH FOOT bAll WITH EVERTON.RElATED PlAYE R ASSETS >>

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GROuP D - SERbIA

SERbI A

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

NIkOlA IGIER 1980

25 SEPTEMb 202CM bAkA TOPOlA, YuGOSlAVIA CENT RE FORWARD

AT 202CM, THE VAlENCIA FORWARD WIll bE ONE OF THE bIGGEST OuTFIElD PlAYERS AT THE WORlD CuP AND HIS PHYSIQuE MAkES HIM HARD TO MARk, AS MANY DEFENDERS IN lA lIGA kNOW ONlY TOO WEll.RElATED PlAYE R ASSETS >>

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GROuP D - GHANA

GHANA

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

15 JuNE 1981 178CM ACCRA, GHANA RIGHT bACk

JOHN PAINTSIl

AN ATTACkING RIGHT-bACk, PAINTSIl HAS PlAYED A kEY ROlE FOR FulHAM OVER THE lAST TWO SEASONS AND SHOulD bE A lEADING lIGHT FOR THE blACk STARS OF GHANA.RElATED PlAYE R ASSETS >>

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GROuP E - DENMARk

DENMARk

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

DANIEl JENSEN

25 JuNE 1979 179CM COPENHAGEN, DENMARk MIDFIElDER

THE WERD ER bREM EN MAN IS A CRuCIAl COG IN DENM ARkS MIDF IElD AND HAS VAST EXPE RIEN CE AFTE R A Club CARE ER THAT HAS AlSO TAkE N IN SuCC ESSF ul SPEllS IN HOll AND AND SPAI N.RElATED PlAYE R ASSETS >>

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GROuP E - THE NETHERlANDS

THE NETHE RlANDS

DOb: HEIGHT: PlACE OF bIRTH: POSITION:

ElJERO ElIA 1987

13 FEbRuARY 176CM VOORbuRG, THE NETH ERlANDS WIN GER/STRI kER

ONE OF THE MOST EXCI TING EMER GING TAlE NTS IN THE GAME, THE DuTC HMANS SPEE D HAS bEEN GIVI NG buND ESlIGA DEFE NDER S NIGH TMAR ES EVER SINC E HE JOIN ED HAMb uRG FROM FC TWEN TE IN 2009.IMAGE AVAIlAblE ON RE