A 64-year - old man dies while waiting to buy tickets for the soccer World Cup in South Africa . Cape Town police said the man had been number 555 in the queue . South Africans had waited up to 24 hours as 500,000 tickets were made available . Problems with ticketing machines had caused further delays at some centers , FIFA said .
A 64-year-old man dies while waiting to buy tickets for the soccer World Cup in South Africa . Cape Town police say the pensioner had been number 555 in the queue . South Africans had waited up to 20 hours as 500,000 tickets were made available . Problems with ticketing machines had caused further delays at some centers , FIFA said .