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A pair of Champions League final tickets can cost up to 14000 on black market

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Borussia, who have an average home crowd of around 80,000, held a draw after over 500,000 fans applied for its allocation.<br />
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Over 20,000 seats have been reserved for the Uefa ‘family’ - the governing body, national associations, sponsors, broadcasters and hospitality packages.<br />
Greedy touts are cashing in on the unprecedented demand by offering desperate fans black market seats at eye-watering mark-ups.<br />
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The face value of final tickets was already a shock for German supporters used to much lower prices for Bundesliga games.<br />
The most expensive Category 1 tickets for the match have a face value of ?330.<br />
Same again: The 2011 final between Manchester United and Barcelona had a similar problem<br />
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But Madrid-based agency 1st4footballtickets.com is charging up to ?13,760 per pair -10,450 for the tickets plus ?3,310 in fees and taxes.<br />
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The cheapest Category 4 seats to the match have a face value of ?60 but are on sale on the same website for up to ?2,260 - ?1,710 for the tickets plus ?550 in fees and taxes.<br />
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Similarly, a pair of prime Wembley seats from agency ticket4football.com will set fans back up to ?7,350.<br />
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The firm, which claims to have the 'most specialised and fully dedicated football ticket website' is based in Murcia and warns that Spanish law governs any disputes.<br />
Tickets are also being offered on internet auction site eBay for ?1,500 per pair.<br />
The Ticket Touting Order of 2007 outlaws the re-sale of tickets by UK firms at an inflated price but that does not prevent foreign sellers flogging seats.<br />
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Only 9,000 were sold to the general public on Uefa’s website.<br />
All-German: Dortmund and Bayern Munich will battle it out after overcoming the Spanis<br />
Uefa says that it is trying to clamp down on touts in the run-up to the final.<br />
A massive security operation is under way with staff at Wembley working closely with Uefa, the Metropolitan Police, Brent Council and the two competing clubs.<br />
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In a statement, Uefa warned: 'Any unauthorised offer or sale of tickets to this match in the UK is a criminal offence under British law.<br />
'Uefa and The Football Association are working with the authorities to combat ticket touting activities in the lead-up to the Uefa Champions League final and we will be taking appropriate legal action against ticket touts found to be breaking UK law and/or the ticketing terms and conditions.<br />
'All official sales channels are now closed and tickets as well as hospitality packages are completely sold out. <br />
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'We urge you not to purchase tickets or hospitality packages from unauthorised sellers.<br />
'Any unauthorised sale renders tickets invalid.<br />
Familiar surroundings: Wembley holds the final for the second time in three years<br />
'Identity checks may be carried out at Wembley Stadium and ticket holders will be denied entry if their tickets have been purchased from unauthorised sources.'<br />
Uefa sparked outrage over the 2011 Champions League final at Wembley between Manchester United and Barcelona when the cheapest tickets on general sale cost ?150 plus a ?26 administration fee.</div>
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Uefa will operate a fan park next to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London, for the final.</div>
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German-bound: UEFA announced today that the Olympiastadion in Berlin would hold the 2015 final
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A pair of Champions League final tickets can cost up to 14000 on black market

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The Newcastle board, who invested heavily in French players recommended by chief scout Graham Carr in January, have a new set of summer targets, and have taken some responsibility for the club’s failure to land better, and more players a year ago in the wake of their fifth place finish.<br />
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Rumours about Pardew’s future have circulated on social media sites over the last three days, with many supporters calling for a change of regime. The club’s decision not to make an official statement on the matter only fuelled rumours that Pardew had in fact been sacked.<br />
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Pardew is now the second longest-serving manager in the Premier League at two-and-a-half years following Tony Pulis’ exit from Stoke City. And he will be expected to make a better start to next season, with a handful of new additions from the summer transfer window.<br />
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All smiles: But Newcastle owner Mike Ashley met Pardew for clear-the-air talks after the poor season<br />
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Newcastle have however distanced themselves from a move for former striker Andy Carroll whose fee and wages remain outside the Newcastle transfer policy.<br />
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Meanwhile France international Mathieu Debuchy, one of the January signings, has admitted the last season was disappointing.<br />
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The full-back said: 'It’s not been good enough for a team such as Newcastle United to do what we did in the last campaign and everyone knows that. We will do better next time.<br />
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'There is a determination within the squad to improve next season. We want to do a lot better.'<br />
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 Challenge: Newcastle full-back Mathieu Debuchy said the club want to do a lot better next season </div>
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Alan Pardew safe at Newcastle United

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PUBLISHED: 21:35 GMT, 22 May 2013 | UPDATED: 21:36 GMT, 22 May 2013 </div>
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Andy Carroll's prospects of moving to West Ham won’t be jeopardised by the injury that will keep him out for up to four months. </div>
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West Ham agreed a ?15million deal with Liverpool on Tuesday for the England international but he faces a prolonged spell on the sidelines after hurting himself in the final game of the season against Reading.</div>
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Liverpool are awaiting confirmation of the severity of Carroll’s heel problem – he has not reported back to Melwood yet to see club doctors – but, technically, he remains a West Ham player until June due to the terms of his season-long loan. On the move: West Ham have agreed a ?15million deal with Liverpool for Carroll</div>
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While Carroll enjoyed his stint at Upton Park, he has privately not ruled out the prospect of returning to Liverpool and trying to revive his career. One possible route for him, however has been blocked after Newcastle made clear they do not want to buy him.</div>
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A swap deal involving Carroll and Hatem Ben Arfa had been mooted but Liverpool have gone cool on their interest in the French winger, whose form dipped towards the end of the season and are reassessing their targets.</div>
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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has held discussions with Carroll about what the future holds. </div>
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No deal: The rumoured swap deal involving Caroll and Ben Arfa will not happen</div>
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‘I spoke to him and we had a good chat,’ said Rodgers. ‘The boy is a talent. It’ s just something we need to assess between now and the end of window. In terms of the money, that’s something out of my control. But he’s a talent so we will assess the whole situation. </div>
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‘The objective at the beginning of the season was for him to go out and play. He’s gone away to think of what we spoke about and we will talk again through the weeks. It was just a general conversation in terms of the experience of getting out and playing. </div>
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‘He enjoyed that, apart from the injury. At the start of the season the whole thing was about going and getting games because he wasn’t going to be a starter here. We will talk again with him and the club to see how it all evolves.’ </div>
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Andy Carrolls injury will not jeopardise move from Liverpool to West Ham

By Dominic King PUBLISHED: 21:35 GMT, 22 May 2013 | UPDATED: 21:36 GMT, 22 May 2013 Andy Carroll's prospects of moving to ...

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Andy Murray remains hopeful of playing at Wimbledon but admits he has a 'long way to go' before he is 100 per cent fit.</div>
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Murray is sitting out the French Open, which started on Sunday, in a bid to improve a long-standing back problem.</div>
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He announced he would miss Roland Garros a week after retiring from his clash with Marcel Granollers in Rome on May 15 but said at the time he was optimistic he would be fit enough to compete at SW19. Threat: Andy Murray is in danger of missing Wimbledon after injuring himself during the clay court season</div>
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That remains the case but the world No 2 is facing a race against time with Wimbledon starting on June 24.</div>
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Asked if he would be able to compete in the season's third grand slam, Murray told ESPN: 'That's the plan. The grass is a bit easier on my back than the clay and I am hoping that Wimbledon is going to be fine.</div>
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'I am going to try to get myself ready to play (the warm-up event) at Queen's but I just have to wait and see.'</div>
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Having given the back complete rest, Murray has recently returned to the practice court but has been limited in what he can do.</div>
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'I have been doing three hours of rehab and treatment every day to make sure it's as good as possible for the grass court stretch but I still have a process I am going through to build up my training to see if I have any setbacks or not when I start to push a little bit more,' he said.</div>
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'I have hit some balls the last couple of days but I haven't been doing any movement on the court yet. I did 15 minutes the first day, 20 minutes on the second, I am just trying to build it up slowly. Hopefully by the grass court season I will be feeling better but it's a process I need to be patient through.</div>
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'It's very easy standing in the middle of the court having a controlled practice session for 30 minutes, it's another thing playing for four hours on a clay court or even a grass court when you are playing against the best players in the world.</div>
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The 57-year-old Pakistani, part of the ICC’s elite panel of umpires, is one of the game’s most respected officials and has stood in 13 matches in this year’s IPL. He was due to officiate in the global 50-over tournament which starts in Cardiff on June 6.</div>
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The world No 2, so driven that he hardly ever takes a break, added that after withdrawing from the Italian Open, ‘it’s probably the first time this year that I’ve had a seven- or eight-day period when I’ve done nothing’. So there appear to be lessons to be learned from another deflating clay-court season, although if he is standing on Centre Court holding the Wimbledon men’s singles trophy aloft on the last Sunday, those will be forgotten.</div>
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The reason is the British player’s propensity to cause an upset and the Dane’s poor form, having lost four consecutive first-round clashes. If Wozniacki can get into grinding mode, she will still be tough to beat. For the last five years, she has reached at least the third round, so Robson still has plenty to do.</div>
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For her trouble, the defeated player walked away with ?18,260 as part of the bumped-up prize-money for first-round losers that has become the norm at the Grand Slams, who are trying to shore up the finances of rank-and-file top 100 players with big prize-money increases.</div>
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Incredibly, it was the 36th time in 39 Grand Slam opening rounds that the great Swiss has gone through in straight sets. Some have feared that this may be the Slam in which Federer’s remarkable achievement of 35 consecutive quarter-finals in majors comes to an end, but with a reasonably generous draw, there seems no sign of that happening.</div>
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