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| Euroteam Busted: Two Danes - Fined and May face South African Jail |
 The Star in South Africa is reporting that two employees of Norway's notorious Euroteam have been nicked for scalping World Cup Tickets. Two Danes appeared in South African court yesterday for allegedly selling tickets to World Cup matches. Michael Hougesen, 44, and Siv Anne Balslev, 27, were arrested at their hotel and were charged under the South African Unfair Business Practices Act. EU Ticket News reported earlier this week on a Nigerian who was jailed for three years for reselling tickets for the World Cup.
According to court documents quoted by the Star, Hougesen and Balslev - allegedly representatives of Euroteam - are accused of selling World Cup tickets without Fifa's permission. Event company Match is the sole agent authorised by FIFA to sell and distribute tickets. Interestingly, the nephew of FIFA Chief Sepp Blatter is part owner of Match. The pair were released on €1600 each until next court date for sentencing. Related Articles: South Africans scoop up 2010 tickets Just
hours after the Final Draw for the 2010 World Cup™ was broadcast
to a global television audience of 200 million people, and the 32 teams
were placed into their groups, tickets for the third phase of sales
were released. Fans from around the world are already snapping up
tickets, with... Vancouver Olympic Tickets selling for 20 Times Face Value on Olympic Fan to Fan Site
Proving the secondary ticket market has become big business with sports events
keen to take their cut from fans and brokers selling their seats to the highest
bidder, the Vancouver Olympics new 'fan to fan' marketplace has see high profits for both fans and VANOC themselves with Category A... South Africans Shun Home Team Tickets for World Cup Danny Jordaan, chief executive
officer of the 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee, has appealed to South
Africans to support Bafana Bafana, the host nation’s team. He said:
"This will be the first time in World Cup history that the host
nation are not topping the ticket sales list. It... FIFA and South African Airways Deal Flops - Flight Ticket Prices to Drop South African Airways (SAA) announced yesterday that it was killing its contract with Match, the official ticketing agency for FIFA due to a reduction of seats requested - from 45000 to 1000 by the ticketing company.
South Africans go Crazy for World Cup Tickets on First Day of Over the Counter Sales Thousands of fans who queued
overnight in South Africa finally got their hands on World Cup tickets, but
scuffles broke out as computers crashed, the BBC's Johannesburg bureau reports.
Some 500,000 tickets were
sold at various venues on Thursday.
Council Orders ‘Britain’s Worst Promoter’ to Make Refunds or Face Jail
A festival organiser who’s been dubbed “Britain’s worst concert
promoter” in the British press may face jail if he doesn’t start giving refunds
for cancelled shows.
Brian Davies, who heads New Dawn Events, was pursued by Scotland’s Moray
Council following scores of complaints...
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