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World Football: World Football (Winter 2009/10) 12

World Football (Winter 2009/10) 12

BBC World Service - World Football, World Football (Winter 2009/10) 12

Is Football under threat from terrorists?

We travel to Cabinda, where the Togo national team were attacked by gunman. We  ask about security and if the players of Ghana, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast feel safe.

In the week after the deadly attack on the Togo team bus we travel to Cabinda. With group matches and a quarter-final still to be staged in the area, how has security been stepped up? And how are the players of Ghana, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast coping?

Major League Soccer in the United States is on the verge of a player's strike. We hear from David Beckham and the MLS President Marc Abbot.

And with the World Cup fast approaching - Presenter Alan Green asks,is a mid-season break the key to success in South Africa?

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