England's World Cup entourage departs for South Africa at 21.00 this evening after Fabio Capello trimmed his squad down to twenty-three players. The team arrives at Johannesburg's OR Tambo airport on Thursday morning before heading north-west to its World Cup base in Rustenburg. The newly built multi-million pound Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus near Rustenburg will be England's home during the tournament. The 65-hectare campus comprises two hotels, a conference facility, numerous pitches and fields, a high performance gym and a medical centre.
"An ideal location for off-season training and the hosting of small tournaments, the campus is a few minutes’ drive from the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, a 44 000-seat World Cup stadium, and is less than two hours by car from Johannesburg", boasts the website.
