Haile Gebrselassie one of the world stars at the draw for the 2010 football World Cup
1 December 2009
G4S 4teen mentor and double-Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie is to assist with the draw for the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa on Friday 4th December 2009.
The draw for the World Cup has attracted huge global icons, with Charlize Theron and David Beckham also set to help FIFA in presenting the draw. In addition, there are a multitude of other stars supporting the event, with key South African sportsman Matthew Booth, John Smit and Makhaya Ntini in attendance, along with the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, and the President of FIFA Joseph S. Blatter.
The draw is expected to pull in 200 million viewers from over 200 different territories. At the presentation itself there will be 2000 attendees, and a further 1700 media representatives. This is a very important day both for football and Africa, and it is great that Haile is to be a part of it.