Sports: Soccer: 28 days to kickoff of Word Cup, starting June 11, ending July 11

A fab new website for the upcoming 2010 World Cup is available on ESPN Soccernet.

The lead news story there today is about England's John Terry who, it is announced, "will definitely make the World Cup finals after the Chelsea (UK football club) captain suffered a foot injury in training," but may even play in the England final against Portsmouth on Saturday, May 15. John Terry is a center-back defender of h+ repute for his on-field performance, but controversial for his off-field shenanigans. Whoever wins the England final, that country's sportsmen find their chances in the World Cup this year are also quite controversial.

The World Cup games will be played in South Africa, starting June 11 thru July 11, at the following cities (on the website, each of the venues listed is live-linked, so you can check out info on each):

Venues

Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg
Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

England's head coach for the Cup is Fabio Capello who announced his roster (an early-bird version that will be finalized on June 1, just 11 days before the Cup's opening).

Goalkeepers

Joe Hart, David James, Robert Green

Defenders

Leighton Baines, Jamie Carragher, Ashley Cole, Michael Dawson, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Ledley King, John Terry, Matthew Upson, Stephen Warnock

Midfielders

Gareth Barry, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Tom Huddlestone, Adam Johnson, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Shaun Wright-Phillips

Forwards

Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Wayne Rooney