Fans evicted and pundit sacked over World Cup “ambush”

Organisers of the World Cup ejected 36 female Dutch fans from the Netherlands-Denmark game on Monday for alleged ambush marketing activities. It emerged seperately the tickets used by the fans were given to a marketing agency by pundit Robbie Earle, from UK commercial broadcaster ITV, who was dismissed with immediate effect.

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