Haile Gebrselassie to help FIFA with 2010 World Cup draw
Tue 01/12/2009 16:00
Ethiopian distance-running legend Haile Gebrselassie will assist the FIFA 2010 World Cup draw that takes place in Cape Town, South Africa on Friday, reports spikesmag.com.
The world marathon record holder, two-time Olympic champion and multiple world champion was invited by the world organisation for football as one of Africa’s most celebrated and decorated athletes of all time.
Gebrselassie will be joined on stage by sporting celebrities such as England footballer David Beckham, South Africa’s first black player in the international cricket team Makhaya Ntini and John Smit – the skipper of the rugby world champions South Africa.
The finals take place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July next year and 32 countries have qualified for the event. It is the first time the quadrennial competition has been hosted in Africa.