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South Africa’s worst sporting disaster
More than 40 people were crushed to death when 120,000 soccer fans tried to force their way into Johannesburg's huge Ellis Park stadium midway through a top league match. The stadium was built for just 60,000. Urgent questions followed the April 11 disaster on the issue of tickets, the size of the stadium and whether security officials could have acted more quickly to prevent the tragedy. And what are the chances now of South Africa hosting the World Cup in 2010?
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