People queue to purchase official 2010 F

People queue to purchase official 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets on April 15, 2010 at the Maponya shopping mall in Soweto during the first day of the opening ticketing centres. Thousands of South Africans queued outside World Cup ticketing centres as the first direct over-the-counter sales for the tournament opened ahead of kick-off in June. Eleven ticketing centres opened at 0700 GMT in all nine host cities with half a million tickets up for grabs in the final sales phase as fans flocked to centres with flasks of coffee, chairs, pillows and blankets. AFP PHOTO STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (Photo credit should read STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)