World cup tickets now on sale

Tickets for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil
went on sale on Tuesday, with fans able
to apply on Fifa's website.
Fifa is expecting a similar demand to
Germany 2006, when there were about
seven applicants for every ticket of the
64-match tournament.
Around 3.3 million tickets will be
available for the tournament.
Tickets will range in price from £58 (US
$90) for first-round matches to £632
($990) for the final at Maracana Stadium
in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian citizens over 60, local students
and members of some social programs
can purchase tickets for £15 ($23).
"It's always difficult to predict," said Fifa
marketing director Thierry Weil. "But I
truly believe that it will be more toward to
what happened in Germany than in South
Africa in 2010."
According to Fifa, the 2006 World Cup
was attended by more than 3.3 million
fans. Almost two million tickets were
sold to the general public in South Africa,
although the number of applications
during the first ticketing phase was
significantly lower.
All applications made before 10 October
2013 will enter a random selection draw
if there are not enough tickets available
to fulfil all requests.
The sales of the leftover tickets will begin
on 5 November on a first-come, first-
served basis. Another phase will begin on
8 December after the draw is made.
The tournament begins on 12 June, with
Brazil playing the opener in Sao Paulo.
BBC World Service carried out a study,
called the Price of Football - World Cup
2014, which looked at the ticket prices
and the cost of travelling to Brazil. It
found that English fans face hotel costs
of between £46 and £797 a night, while
packages range from £2,999 to £14,999