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Emirates Airline's in-flight entertainment service will broadcast of every game from the 2006 FIFA World Cup 64-match tournament to its passengers, its news agency, WAM reported Monday.

Emirates, an official partner of FIFA World Cup has bought the rights to the broadcast of every game beginning with opening game in Munich between hosts Germany and Costa Rica on June 9, before the closing with the final in Berlin on July 9.

The deal in association with official FIFA World Cup Middle East broadcaster ART will provide Emirates passengers flying during the football fiesta with up-to-date action from the world's biggest sporting occasion.

Emirates will also be operating dedicated live viewing stations at 16 airports in 10 different countries, football-loving passengers will miss none of the joy and heartache of a tournament.

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Football fans up and down the country still desperate to get their hands on World Cup tickets are shelling out thousands of pounds.
Touts have been selling tickets at a mark up of more than 2000 per cent. Tickets with a face value of £60 have been selling for £750.
100,000 England fans are expected in Germany for the World Cup, which begins next Friday - but it is estimated that only 30,000 of them have tickets.
Unnamed tickets originally allocated to commercial sponsors are fuelling the black market.
New laws have made it illegal for anyone to tout tickets in England or Wales for World Cup games.
However a loophole in the law mans the sale of tickets over the Internet is not covered.