The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. It will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by a nation in the Confederation of African Football, leaving the Oceania Football Confederation as the only FIFA Confederation never to have hosted the event.

» Vancouver, BC - Host City for the 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games

   Olympic Winter Games: February 12 to 28, 2010
   Paralympic Winter Games: March 12 to 21, 2010    

On July 2, 2003, the International Olympic Committee selected Vancouver as the host city for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Athletes and spectators from around the world will gather in Vancouver and the alpine resort of Whistler in February and March 2010 to celebrate winter sporting excellence. The Games, along with the region's spectacular natural playground and its vibrant venues, will put Vancouver in the spotlight as a premier sporting destination.

Vancouver will host the following Olympic and Paralympic events in February and March of 2010:

• Opening and Closing ceremonies (BC Place Stadium)
• Ice hockey (Canada Hockey Place and UBC Thunderbird Arena)
• Figure skating (Pacific Coliseum)
• Speed skating and short track speed skating (Richmond Olympic Oval and Pacific Coliseum)
• Freestyle skiing (Cypress Mountain)
• Snowboard (Cypress Mountain)
• Curling (Vancouver Olympic Centre)
• Ice sledge hockey (UBC Thunderbird Arena)
• Wheelchair curling (Vancouver Paralympic Centre)

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