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Plans to cut Olympic football capacities

London 2012 have revealed plans to reduce the capacity of some stadiums after tickets for the Olympics football tournament failed to sell out.

Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 10:19

London 2012 have revealed plans to reduce the capacity of some stadiums after tickets for the Olympics football tournament failed to sell out.

While a large quantity of tickets have been sold, organisers LOCOG said there are around one million football tickets left.

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