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World Cup on the World Service: during the tournament

Throughout the tournament, the following presenters will be tracking the action on Twitter: for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service: Richard Connelly (@ SportsworldRich) and Farayi Mungazi (@ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔFarayi); for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Brasil, Daniel Gallas (@ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔBrasilnaCopa); and for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Mundo, Vladimir Hernandez (@bbc_vladimir).

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service in English

Sportsworld, the flagship global sport programme hosted by Russell Fuller, will be in Johannesburg with six special World Cup editions on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 June, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 June, and Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 July.

In addition, Russell will be hosting weekend editions of World Cup Have Your Say, Saturdays and Sundays from 12 June.

World Football, on Saturday 12 June, will be profiling the history of football in South Africa, examining the impact of apartheid on the game. It includes a profile of football on Robben Island and the Makana Football Association, a body formed by political prisoners on the island.

World Cup Have Your Say – talking a good game: while coverage of action on the pitch will be dominated by the insight and opinions of a host of football experts, for the second consecutive World Cup tournament, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service will be giving football fans around the world a daily opportunity to have their say about the action, drama and tears on and off the pitch.

Presented by Ros Atkins and anchored from Soweto, World Cup Have Your Say will be a daily half-hour multimedia discussion show, in which the pundits will step aside and let the fans decide on the tournament talking points, from chants to cheats, referees to vuvuzelas.

Fans can join in the debate from around the world via bbc.com/worldcup and via Twitter (@ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ_WHYS) and Facebook (World Have Your Say).

World Cup Have Your Say is daily from Friday 11 June to Monday 12 July, with weekend editions. There will be an additional daily weekday transmission for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service English in Africa.

Komla Dumor and Ros Atkins will be presenting The World Today, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service's flagship news and current affairs show, from Soweto, bringing audiences the atmosphere and finding out first-hand about the impact of the tournament on local residents. There will be special World Cup editions on Friday 11 June and Monday 14 June.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service English – services for Africa

Fast Track,the flagship sports show for Africa on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service, presented by Farayi Mungazi, will be covering all the latest news from the tournament on Mondays and Fridays.

The interactive discussion show Africa Have Your Say, presented by Vera Kwakofi, will debating a range of issues and topical news subjects over the course of the tournament. Africa Have Your Say is on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the tournament.

Focus On Africa and Network Africa will have presenter Peter Ndoro travelling around South Africa for the duration of the tournament, to meet the fans and bring the excitement, atmosphere and stories from Africa's World Cup to ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ audiences across the continent.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service – non English-language services

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Afrique (French for Africa) will broadcast daily round-ups of the latest news and results from the tournament, both on radio and online. There will also be an additional weekend round-up in Sports Weekend, which will air every Saturday at 18:30, as well as a one-off special of L'Afrique En Direct, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Afrique's live interactive show, which will come live from Johannesburg.

For Arabic-speaking audiences across the Middle East and beyond, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Arabic's multiplatform coverage of the World Cup incorporates TV, radio and online.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Arabic's Sherif El-Sherif, a well known sports reporter, commentator and football expert, will be hosting a new multimedia show, featuring reports and discussions on all the action and behind-the-scenes stories. Audiences will be able to follow Sherif's daily experiences in South Africa via a special Twitter feed.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Brasil will have reporter Daniel Gallas following the fortunes of the Brazilian team during the tournament, while Maria Luisa Cavalcanti will be examining the World Cup 2010's infrastructure and focusing on what the Brazilian organisation for the 2014 tournament could learn from South Africa. There will be news and reports on bbcbrasil.com, and Daniel Gallas will be tweeting from South Africa.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Chinese will feature World Cup cluster pages on its websites, bbcchinese.com and bbcukchina.com. Sports producer Zhuang Chen's reports from South Africa for the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Chinese multimedia programming will include a daily blog, picture galleries and a wealth of audio and video material.

In addition to football, Zhuang Chen will cover themes such as social changes, poverty reduction and racial relations in South Africa. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Chinese websites will also feature a blog by an ethnic Chinese representing South Africa's sizeable Chinese community, focusing on what the World Cup is bringing to South Africa.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Hausa's Labarin Wasanni will broadcast daily updates, seven days a week, every morning and evening, giving audiences the latest news and stories from the tournament.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Hausa's coverage will look at the preliminary stages of competition and will provide more detailed analysis of the teams that progress through the final stages of the tournament. World Cup debate will also feature on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Hausa Facebook page.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Hindi will be speaking to sports personalities and celebrities on their encounter with My First World Cup and also looking at South African preparations for the World Cup ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. On the sidelines, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Hindi will be looking at the emergence of countries like South Africa, as well as Brazil, and their ability to hold major sporting events.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Mundo will keep audiences up to date with all the news from the seven Spanish-speaking teams and their fans. There will also be short daily videos from South Africa, providing a round-up of events from the tournament from reporters Vladimir Hernandez and Gabriela Torres, as well as features and images about the impact of the World Cup on the local community.

In addition, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Mundo will have some fun online applications that will help football devotees, wherever they are keep up to date with the matches.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Para Africa (Portuguese for Africa) will be providing coverage of the tournament, with reports, interviews and online content.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Persian – The World Cup Beyond Football (Ψ¬Ψ§Ω… Ψ¬Ω‡Ψ§Ω†ΫŒ فراΨͺΨ± Ψ§Ψ² فوΨͺΨ¨Ψ§Ω„). ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Persian's World Cup coverage will look beyond the football pitch, as it brings the tournament to Persian-speaking audiences around the world. The programmes will focus on the cultural, social and economic impact of the tournament on South Africa, giving audiences a broad perspective on the competition.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Persian will examine themes such as the music of South Africa, the impact of technology on the tournament and the wider implications for business and tourism in the region. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Persian journalists will also analyse related issues such as security, health and poverty.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Persian will also have reporters Mahbod Ebrahimi and Pooria Jafereh in South Africa to cover the tournament and provide regular news, reports and analysis for television programmes including Sports Weekly, Tamasha, Emrooziha and Kook. There will also be regular match updates on radio and online.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Russian.com will be running a dedicated online micro-site around the World Cup, featuring the latest news and results.

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Swahili will be producing special daily reports during the tournament, with reporters Charles Hilary and Salim Kikeke live in South Africa for the duration of the competition. There will also be regular online features at bbcswahili.com

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Vietnamese will follow nine World Cup teams on the road to the tournament.

bbcvietnamese.com/football will feature videos of the teams from Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

The websites will also show the World Cup X-File, a series of videos and articles examining famous moments in World Cup history, including the infamous "hand of God" incident with Diego Maradona (1986).

In addition, the service will give Vietnamese audiences the opportunity to share their opinions in the online forum. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Vietnamese will host news, pictures and daily updates from the tournament, and materials will also be available on the service's partner websites in Vietnam.

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