More unwanted World Cup tickets to go on sale

By THANDISIZWE MGUDLWA, Associated Press Writer

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP)—Another 150,000 unwanted World Cup tickets are to go on sale this Friday, including for the World Cup final.

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said at Wednesday’s handover ceremony for the Greenpoint Stadium that the tickets were from FIFA’s allocation and for all 64 World Cup games, including the previously sold-out July 11 final and two semifinals.

They are returns from FIFA and its commercial associates, which have not taken up their full allocation for the tournament.

Local organizers and FIFA had said the 500,000 tickets made available to the public in the final ticketing phase on April 15 were the last to go on sale.

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-wcup-extratickets