More stadiums set to be opened

The opening of the 70,000-seater Cape Town Stadium and 45,000 capacity Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, some 300km north of Johannesburg, means just two more venues have to be completed and begin pre-tournament testing before the finals.

They are Soccer City, where the tournament's opening match on June 11 and the final a month later will be played, and the Mbombela Stadium at Nelspruit.

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