Fifa moves to limit World Cup ‘no-shows’

Fifa last night vowed to keep empty seats to a “strict minimum” at the next World Cup.

This year’s London Olympics and European Championships in Poland and Ukraine were both dogged by no-shows in arenas that were meant to be sold out.

Fifa admitted it was impossible to eradicate the problem completely but were confident they would have systems in place at Brazil 2014 to avoid similar embarrassment.