Prove the world wrong with CWG 2010: Jacob Zuma
October 3rd, 2010 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANSDurban, Oct 3 (IANS) Wishing India “good luck” for the Commonwealth Games, South African President Jacob Zuma has urged the country to “prove the world wrong like we did with our FIFA World Cup 2010″.
“I wish India good luck. Prove the world wrong as we did with our FIFA World Cup 2010 who doubted our abilities in hosting an event as big as that and we successfully hosted it proving all wrong and I am sure India too will do it,” Zuma said Saturday at the concluding session of the two-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held in Durban to engage the Indian diaspora in Africa.
The Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games, the biggest sporting event to be held in India since the 1982 Asian Games, had been marred by controversies over sanitation, safety and security concerns but finally, everything has fallen into place.
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