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How affordable are soccer World Cup tickets?

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How affordable are soccer World Cup tickets?

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Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Download MP3 A senior FIFA official has denied African soccer fans are being priced out of the World Cup in South Africa. “It will be a real African World Cup,” Jerome Valcke told the BBC. Most stadiums would be sold out, he added. However, fans in the African countries that have qualified for the tournament say tickets are being sold on the internet, to which they have limited access. Furthermore, even if they could afford tickets, few African fans have credit cards, needed for online purchases. Marco Werman talks with The World’s soccer aficionado William Troop about the dilemma.