COMMENT | Football is the world’s most popular sport with billions of followers around the world and cricket is a poor second because of the large following in the Indian subcontinent and Commonwealth countries.

Whenever big tournaments are held, legions of followers and supporters from around the world descend to the venues to watch their favourite stars in action.

As demand always outstrips supply, organisers and governing bodies make efforts to ensure that the fans, even from the smallest and remotest countries get a chance at the tickets instead of paying large sums of money to scalpers.

The governing body for football, Fifa allocates tickets to...