South Africa began laying the basis for a bid to host the 2020 Olympics when the most senior organiser of the 2010 World Cup dared Olympic organisers to turn down the chance to bring the games to the African continent for the first time.
Danny Jordaan, chief executive of the World Cup organising committee, drew comparisons between South Africa’s claim and Brazil’s successful appeal in September to the International Olympic Committee to award the 2016 Olympics to Rio.
