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Fifa did not appear before court in Frankfurt
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Governing body receives 15% commission from buyer and seller
Fifa has been hit with an injunction by a German court ordering it to stop “manipulative processes” in the sale of World Cup tickets. The Frankfurt regional court has granted a request for a preliminary injunction from Ticombo, an online ticket resale site based in Germany, which has instructed Fifa to be more transparent regarding its secondary ticketing sales by disclosing the identity and address of any commercial sellers.
The court has ordered Fifa “to cease facilitating ticket sales without informing buyers of the seller’s identity and address [specifically for sellers acting in a commercial capacity] in a timely manner prior to the buyer completing their purchase”.
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