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So, Spain are the new World Champions. We look back at the final with Holland and give you the final standings in our unique World Cup entertainment chart. We’ll reflect on the tournament with a continent-by-continent analysis. Also today we'll take you on a tour of Soweto township, and in Pretoria we find out about a festival that hopes to make the city a better place. ENTERTAINING FOOTBALL CHART
After 64 matches over four weeks and three days, the joint winners of our unique Entertainment Chart are the USA and Ivory Coast with an average ranking of 8.00. Losing finallists Holland managed to cling on to 3rd position ahead of the new World Champions, Spain, who finished 4th equal with Germany, following Germany's 3rd place win over Uruguay on Saturday. Argentina ended the top South American team in 6th equal with African quarter-finallists, Ghana. Three teams finished equal in 8th, Chile, South Korea, Uruguay and Brazil.
At the foot of the table Switzerland and Honduras have a rating of 5.67 but the table is propped up by France with a woeful 5.00. The full Top Ten chart: 1=. Ivory Coast, USA (8.00); 3, Holland (7.71); 4=. Spain, Germany (7.43); 6=. Argentina, Ghana (7.40); 8. Uruguay (7.14); 9. Chile, South Korea, Brazil (7.00).
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Thank you for your splendid program. I have listened online today and will listen daily till the end of the World Cup. Eli Ikoha, Maseno, Kenya
Our feature in the first week on whether England fans should forgive goalkeeper Rob Green for his howler against the USA on Saturday got listeners' fingers tapping: Matafale Njunga in Malawi texted: "Absolutely yes, players should be forgiven when they make mistakes just as Christ forgives us. Forgive and you will be forgiven." Danny from Malawi emailed: I'm an England fan (Malawian), I watched Saturday's game and Iwas for a moment angry with Green for conceding that goal but as a Christian I quickly forgave him considering that we all make mistakes and learn from them, After all he's not the only one to have done that, so I think it's important to forgive others who've hurt us in one way or the other just like what Green has done to many England fans across the globe, in that way we're sure that God will forgive us next time we ask for forgiveness.
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Hi there, welcome to the last edition of Up For The Corner, coming to you from Johannesburg. Thanks for being with us on the journey over the past 30 programmes going back to the 9th of June. During this time we've brought you the culture, the community and the celebration from South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 
Hey Adrian, I watched yesterday's game between England & Algeria and from what I saw I don't think England will make it into the quarter finals. They've got good players but the problem is that they are playing as individuals and not as a team (lack of coordination). Just imagine 2 games, 2 points and 1 goal for such a big team as England? SHAME! One thing they should know is that there's no small team at the WorldCup - every one qualified by right and in football each game is NEW. Danny, Malawi
Up For The Corner! is produced and presented in Johannesburg by Steve Vickers (right in picture) with reporters Solomon Ashoms (left in picture) and Marcos Falcao, researcher Ryan Baker and occasional help from Pedro Arias. We also have a host of reporters and correspondents in South Africa and across the world.

















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Thank you for your splendid program. I have listened online today and will listen daily till the end of the world cup. Eli Ikoha 15 years. Maseno, Kenya