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FIFA bans former ExCo member for bribery offences, illegal ticket resale

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 14th March 2019

World football’s governing body FIFA has banned former Executive Committee member Rafael Salguero in the latest case connected to ticketing for the World Cup. Salguero, former president of the Gu...

Tags: Concacaf, Fifa, Fifa World Cup, Football, Rafael Salguero, ticket resale

FIFA member under scrutiny in ticketing allegations

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 1st August 2018

Ramon Jesurun, president of the Colombian Football Federation (FCF), is under investigation for allegedly illegally reselling 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying tickets and embezzlement. Jesurun is...

Tags: Colombia, Embezzlement, Fifa World Cup, Inflated Price, Investigation, Price, Qualifiers, Ramon Jesurun, Resale, Ticketshop, Tu TicketYa.com

England fans look to resale sites for semi tickets

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 9th July 2018

Thousands of England fans are desperately trawling resale sites for the chance to watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-final match against Croatia on Wednesday. After host country Russia exited the ...

Tags: England, Fifa World Cup, Resale, Russia 2018, semi final, World Cup

Fan ID loophole could push ticketless fans to Russia

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 28th June 2018

The Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) said it hopes more England fans will travel to Russia following the exposure of a loophole in the Fan ID system. The FSF has been able to obtain a number...

Tags: England, Fan ID, Fifa World Cup, Football Supporters' Federation, FSF, Russia 2018

FA chair “sad” at fewer England fans at WC18

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 25th June 2018

Greg Clarke, chairman of the Football Association, has said he is “sad” about the lack of English fans at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Despite being in the 10 ten countries in terms of ti...

Tags: FA, Fifa World Cup, Greg Clarke, Lindsay Skoll, Russia, World Cup

Chinese WC fans fall victim to touts

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 19th June 2018

More than 3,500 Chinese football fans have fallen victim to touts selling fake FIFA 2018 World Cup tickets. Around 10,000 counterfeit tickets have been sold globally for Russia 2018, with more than a...

Tags: China, Counterfeit, Fifa World Cup, Russia 2018, Scalpers, Touts, World Cup

World Cup scam leads to calls for vigilance

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 30th May 2018

Fans hoping to obtain tickets for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia have been warned to be more “vigilant” after a ticketing scam was flagged up. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab noticed an email p...

Tags: Fifa World Cup, Football, Russia 2018, scam, World Cup

BlocSide Sports first to trial Aventus Protocol

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 4th May 2018

Blockchain-based ticketing firm Aventus will link-up with BlocSide Sports for the first trials of its Aventus Protocol source-code. Aventus Protocol is an open-source blockchain ticketing platform ...

Tags: Aventus, Aventus Protocol, Blockchain, BlocSide, Fan Engagement, Fifa World Cup, First Trial, Open Source, Sport, Technology

Final World Cup sales phase sees high demand

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 20th April 2018

More than 164,000 FIFA World Cup tickets have been allocated during the first 24 hours of the last-minute sales phase, which kicked off on Wednesday. In this final phase, fans that want to head to ...

Tags: Fifa, Fifa World Cup, Football, High Demand, Last Minute, Russia 2018, Sales Phase

Five million ticket requests for Russia 2018

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 31st January 2018

Almost five million tickets have been requested in the most recent sales phase for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, which ended today. Most applications came from the host nation with 2.5 million...

Tags: Asian Football Confederation, Fifa World Cup, Football, International Demand, Russia 2018, Sales Phase, World Cup

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