Soccer: Fake cup shirts seized

South African police have seized nearly 12,000 counterfeit South Africa football team shirts.

Police said that they were worth 3.6 million rands ($670,000) and part of an overall haul of counterfeit clothing worth 3.8 million rand found in a truck at the Swaziland border on Saturday.

They said the goods had originated from China and would have dented South Africa's economy if not detected.

Shirts for the national team, known as Bafana Bafana, are becoming increasingly popular in the run-in to the June 11 start of the World Cup in South Africa.

Police had informed Fifa and the tournament's local organising committee.