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| Brazil soccer fans celebrate their team's victory over Chile after a penalty shootout at a World Cup round of 16 match at Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Brazil won 3-2 on penalties after the game ended 1-1. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) |
An illegal ticketing scandal tarnished the World Cup as Germany and France geared up for a titanic quarter-final showdown.
Police probing an international scalping syndicate said on Thursday thousands of illegally sold tickets worth millions of dollars were believed to have originated from a Fifa individual.
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