Watch the 2010 World Cup Online

Being a footy fanatic, missing a minute of the 2010 World Cup is not an option. However, out of all the years that a person can get married, my fiancé decided to choose a World Cup year. Worse of all, my honeymoon is actually during the World Cup.

However, all is not lost. I've decided to sign up with Satellite Direct, and watch the 2010 World Cup live online from anywhere in the world! Yes, it does require you to sign up and pay a onetime fee, but if you're a footy fan like me, the price tag on 24/7 access to World Cup matches online is priceless.

So, even though I'll be travelling all over Europe, I can watch the Socceroos play from any place on the globe. The beauty with Satellite Direct is that it has over 3000 channels from all over the world. This means no matter what country you support, you can find a channel from that country and watch their games live.

For example, if you want to follow Fernando Torres' Spain, just tune into the Spanish sports channel and you will get live coverage of Spains game. Perhaps you want to follow Michael Ballack's Germany instead? Easy, switch the one of the 395 German channels available.

Missing the World Cup coverage is not an option, watching the World Cup streaming live online is a life saver.

The cool thing with Satellite Direct is that you get over 3000 channels from all over the world. So at the moment, I get to watch the Champions League, the Barclays Premier League, Spanish Primera divison, and pretty much any other league in the world all online!

Spanish Young Gun In-line for World Cup Call Up

Spanish coach, Vicente del Bosque said on Friday that there is still two or three places up for grabs in the star filled World Cup squad. This gives hope for players such as Sevilla winger Jesus Navas, and Barcelona forward Pedro. Most surprisingly of all, Racing Santander teenager Sergio Canales, who has exploded on the scene in the last few weeks, is also in with a shot.

Del Bosque told students at the Complutense University of Madrid: "The squad is settled and, bar two or three players, everyone knows who is going to be on the list."

"The way we play is well-known, we have our style and tactics and all we are missing now are the photos to complete the picture. After that we just need to put the accent on the little details."

Talking about Canales, Del Bosque said: "His sudden appearance is fantastic. His age (18) does not rule him out for the World Cup but there is a lot of competition in his position."

World Cup Tickets Selling Fast

The third ticketing sales phase for the 2010 FIFA World Cup has seen the number of World Cup tickets applied for hit the 500,000 mark within the first ten days. 386,300 of those tickets were requested by South African residents (77 per cent of the total applications), while 114,237 tickets applied for came from the rest of the world.

At the moment, USA leads the list of foreign countries for this sales phase with 22,942 tickets, followed by the UK (20,232), Mexico (7,981), Germany (7,697) , Australia (6,277) and Brazil (4,760). In total, applications from 166 countries have been received (the figures do not include the participating member associations allocated ticket sales).