World waits on fickle fate of World Cup draw

World waits on fickle fate of World Cup draw

Published Dec. 4, 2009 5:21 a.m. ET

Hundreds of millions of football fans are expected to follow the World Cup draw on Friday, knowing that pure luck of how teams are picked from the four pots will go a long way to deciding who wins in the trophy in 2010.

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke and actress Charlize Theron will casually swirl the little balls around the pots and draw them out to decide the make-up of the eight four-team groups that will play the first round of next year's event.

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