S.Africans queue overnight for World Cup tickets

JOHANNESBURG - South Africans queued overnight for a chance on Thursday to buy half a million unsold World Cup tickets - including some for the final - in the last phase of sales for the tournament which starts in June.

FIFA agreed this week to drop a ruling that tickets could only be bought online or through a ballot and they will be on sale over the counter at ticket centers, in shopping malls and some popular supermarkets.

That makes it much easier for the many South Africans without internet access or credit cards. It will be the first time fans can buy tickets over the counter and queues began forming late on Wednesday.