FIFA is planning to give away 120 000 tickets for free for the 2010 World Cup, reports Reuters.   The tickets will be allocated to ‘poor’ South Africans, ‘…..the biggest local fans of the game’, the report says.

 

Despite South Africans being eligible to buy tickets at reduced prices, the FIFA event organizers want to ensure that the most needy South Africans can attend the top soccer event.   The 40 000 construction workers who worked on the country’s 10 stadia will each receive a ticket, and the remaining 80 000 free tickets will be given to the six major FIFA sponsors, for their social projects.

 

The media report also states that 28 of the 62 matches are already sold out for the 2010 World Cup.

 

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