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On this day - 11 June

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Start of the first football world cup held in Africa

Sunday Express 11/06/2010

The FIFA world cup is held once every four years and is the world championships for men's football. The 19th edition was held in 2010 and started on June 11th 2010. This was the first world cup to be held in an African nation and was hosted by South Africa.

Spain went on to win this, beating the Netherlands 1-0 in the final. This was Spain's first world title.

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