The world cup of the most followed game  worldwide has begun. It is the first one to be played in the social media era. Missing matches due to office or some other engagements ? Follow this world cup on twitter, get real time updates Here’s how…

1. Lists

One of the quickest way to get all the information on world cup matches is to follow a ready made list. Follow the list during the world cup and unfollow the list after world cup.There is also a top tweets account in twitter : Top Tweets

If you are interested in just top headlines of the world cup rather than every update, TweetMeme’s World Cup 2010 aggregated feed of popular tweets might be of interest


2. Hashtags and Searches

Twitter’s hashtag system is widely used by users for monitoring a certain topics and getting real-time updates on the the topic/event. There are numerous hashtags doing the rounds which carry the latest in the world cup. Some of the popular hashtags are :

#worldcup

#wc2010

#2010worldcup

You can save your search for easy reference any time you wish.


3. News Sources on Twitter


There are various news sources on twitter. You can follow them to get regular updates. Here they are :

2010 FIFA World Cup

SA2010 World Cup

FIFAWorldCupTM

CNN World Cup

Fox Soccer News

World Cup 2010

4. Twitter World Cup Page

Twitter has also launched a world cup page. By clicking on a country’s flag, you can view its upcoming matches and also a stream of tweets about that country. If you click on a match, you can see specific tweets related to that match.

So don’t miss any news on world cup now.

[via: mashable]