# Soccer: US ambassador to South Africa, Brent Bozell, says the World Cup will help strengthen diplomatic ties between the countries through sport. Bozell and the envoys from the other host countries, Mexican ambassador Sara Valdés Bolaño and Canadian high commissioner James Christoff, and Sports minister Gayton McKenzie, honored Bafana Bafana in Pretoria ahead of the tournament. Bozell says soccer diplomacy can help rebuild relations while promoting unity and international cooperation:
Soccer: US envoy uses World Cup to strengthen SA ties [SOUND]
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