European Sports News
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 Over 140000 World Cup tickets were sold since the start of over-the-counter sales on Thursday, but sales remain slow for games outside major South African urban centres. "Some 75,000 of those were sold at FNB branches, some 25,000 at the ticketing centres and 30,000 via FIFA.com and Call Centres," FIFA said this week.
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|  Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White announced via Twitter that pre-sale tickets for UFC 115 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada sold out in a mere 30 minutes. Premium members, the UFC Fight Club, got first go at tickets Tuesday morning and gobbled them up quickly, followed by regular fans trying to get access to the event scheduled for June 12th.
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|  The French press is reporting that the Roland Garros French Open tennis tournament in Paris has had no seats available since February 28th. No tickets will be sold over the counter - as was traditionally the case a few days before each tournament. For tennis enthusiasts, the only recourse, will be to get some tickets for access to the outside courts (from 15 hours or 17 hours) recovered from spectators leaving the stadium early, or invitation by a business partner of the event.
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 The New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, of the National Basketball Association (NBA) , and Regal FC Barcelona (FCB) as well as AJ Milano from Euroleague Basketball, will play a series of preseason games this October as part of NBA Europe Live. Barcelona, London, Milan, and Paris will host the games.
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|  The Dutch football association has stopped the sale of cup final tickets for neutral sections of the host stadium due to fears that tickets will fall into the wrong hands, according to Nos tv.
Many sections of the Rotterdam’s Kuip stadium are now likely to be empty during the match on April 25.
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