[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Four players from the English Premier League — Steven Pienaar (Everton), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth), Benni McCarthy (West Ham) and Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham)were among 10 European-based players included in host South Africa provisional roster of 29 players from which Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will name 23 forthe World Cup.
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