Zakumi, a green-haired leopard, will be the official mascot of the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa. The FIFA secretary general, Jerome Valcke, explained that Zakumi stands for "the people, ...

FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) have recently introduced Zakumi as an official mascot and Ambassador for the 2010 soccer tournament. Zakumi is a leopard, an African animal with mixed ...

Johannesburg: The official mascot of the 2010 World Cup was unveiled in Johannesburg — a green-haired leopard named Zakumi — Fifa announced at a television gala broadcast nationwide. Zakumi — the ZA ...

MANILA, Philippines - The 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa where the global game of football takes center stage. FIFA World Cup introduces the jolly, self-confident, adventurous and ...

626 days before the start of the first African FIFA World Cup™ at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg on 11 June 2010, the cloud of secrecy surrounding the Official Mascot has been lifted.

They seek him here, they seek him there - a yellow leopard with spiky green hair who answers to the name of Zakumi. But spotting this big kitty is nearly as difficult as spotting a real leopard, ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa–A cuddly leopard named Zakumi will be the mascot of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The leopard, sporting a green afro, leaped through a beaded curtain yesterday to mark ...

Judith King, by e-mail: The Congress of South African Trade Unions has expressed outrage that the Zakumi 2010 Fifa World Cup mascot is being made in China, saying that "huge profit will be made by ...

Hannah Montana, Barbie and Spider-Man must be smiling, because they're looking affordable next to the latest kid on the block, World Cup mascot Zakumi. The Zakumi lucky packet, currently only ...

A Chinese factory has halted production of World Cup 2010 mascot toys after an investigation into alleged sweatshop conditions, the merchandise company for world soccer body Fifa said on Tuesday.

Although mascots and cartoons have featured prominently in the marketing industry for more than a decade, the irony is that, a phrase or term to describe them has never taken root in the marketing ...

Zakumi, the 2010 World Cup mascot, in Durban, South Africa, in March, 2010. Photograph by Laura Lane. Send VF.com your Soccer Shots! Fair Play will post a soccer photograph each weekday through this ...