A MEMBER OF FIFA'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS ADMITTED SELLING WORLD CUP TICKETS AT THREE TIMES THEIR FACE VALUE AND HAS BEEN ORDERED TO LEAVE GERMANY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WORLD SOCCER'S GOVERNING BODY SAID ON SATURDAY, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. ISMAIL BHAMJEE OF BOTSWANA HAS SIGNED A STATEMENT ADMITTING SELLING 12 TICKETS FOR ENGLAND'S MATCH AGAINST TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ON THURSDAY FOR 300 EUROS ($379.9) EACH, THREE TIMES THE FACE VALUE, FIFA SAID IN A STATEMENT. BHAMJEE, 62, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOTSWANA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION WHO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR EIGHT YEARS, WAS TOLD TO RESIGN FROM ALL FIFA WORLD CUP DUTIES. HE WAS DUE TO LEAVE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NEXT JANUARY AFTER FAILING TO BE RE-ELECTED AT THE CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL (CAF) IN CAIRO IN JANUARY. ALTHOUGH HE IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE WORLD CUP ORGANISING COMMITTEE, HE WOULD HAVE OTHER FIFA-RELATED DUTIES IN GERMANY. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE PAID 500 US DOLLARS A DAY EXPENSES WHILE ON OFFICIAL FIFA DUTY. IN ADDITION THEY ARE PAID 100,000 US DOLLARS A YEAR WHILE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
