Rejoice!

British broadcasters ITV have sacked their World Cup pundit Robbie Earle, after discovering that he breached FIFA regulations by selling his press tickets on to a third party which hopefully means we will no longer have to be subjected to his gummy, dribbling (yet somehow still televised) post-match nonsense for the foreseeable future.

This has to be a good sign for the sport of football in this country!

Americans purchased the most 2010 World Cup tickets of any nation outside the host nation, about 132,000 by Fifa estimates, and will visit South Africa for the World Cup in twice the usual numbers.

So says Donald Gips, the US ambassador to South Africa, although he admits that it is unclear exactly how many US citizens will make the journey.

ITV pundit Robbie Earle has been fired for ticket touting at the World Cup.

The former footie star was dumped today after bosses discovered he had sold around 100 tickets given to him by ITV, against FIFA rules.

The tickets found their way to a group of blonde models who were allegedly given them by Dutch beer firm Bavaria Beer.

By Chris Wright

What a dingbat!

ITV have confirmed that they have terminated Robbie Earle's contract 'with immediate effect' after discovering that the pundit had sold World Cup press tickets to a third party.

The fairly poor pundit and one time Wimbledon star has just gone up in our estimation!

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The 45-year-old, who had worked for the broadcaster for eight years, was dismissed when it emerged that a group of women involved in a marketing stunt were using tickets purchased by him.