# Soccer: FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflect the demand to watch the tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico. He says they have been obliged to take advantage of US laws that allow tickets to be resold for thousands of dollars above face value. Infantino says FIFA received in excess of 500-million ticket requests, compared with around 50-million combined for the previous two World Cups. He says 25-percent of tickets for the group phase were priced at around four-thousand-900-rand each.
Soccer: FIFA president defends World Cup ticket prices