An investigation has found that World Cup tickets for Germany 2006 are changing hands for more than £1,000. But even if you pay that much, tightened security means you may not even get in.

Tickets for England against Sweden on June 20 are being sold on a website that is charging 700 per cent above the £68 official price. They were probably originally meant for sponsors as at least 30 per cent of world cup tickets go to these organisations.

But it seems that people at some of these companies may be cashing in by selling them to brokers.

Tickets normally have the buyers name on them, but those sent to sponsors do not, and it is feared that these tickets are possibly ending up on the black market.