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Will this be England's home from home next June?

Source: The Guardian

Nov 05, 2009

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Rustenburg is a world away from the Wags' paradise of Baden-Baden in 2006

Make your way down Nelson Mandela Drive, the main street in Rustenburg, a small town around 120 miles north of Johannesburg, and the main attractions are a KFC, a Wimpy and an adult entertainment store. It is a world away from the Wags' paradise of Baden-Baden, England's base for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, but it is here that Fabio Capello's team may find themselves staying next June.

Drive a little further into South Africa's North West Province and the separate sites of the Royal Bafokeng Sports Stadium and Campus are reached, widely regarded as England's most likely base for next summer's World Cup. Yet though the area's 1500-metre elevation fits into Capello's plan that John Terry and Co should train at altitude to acclimatise – of the 10 venues only Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth are at sea level – there remains doubt whether the Italian will choose the area.

"England have expressed interest, we'd also like them to be here. But we don't know, that's for them to decide," said

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