UEFA Takes Legal Action To Prevent Website From Selling Euro 2016 Tickets

UEFA said on Saturday that it has taken legal action in France to "prevent a website from offering tickets for this year's European Championship," according to Ed Osmond of REUTERS. A French court has granted UEFA an order against guaranteetickets.com, "ordering it to stop selling tickets to the matches and not to use UEFA trademarks." Akirma Ventures Ltd., the company behind the site, will be fined $1,127 for each day it "fails to comply." UEFA solicitor Nick Bitel said, "This summer will see a fantastic festival of football but fans intending to travel should only do so if they have bought tickets from official channels." The site has advertised on Google but UEFA said that it has "no right to sell Euro 2016 tickets and that tickets bought through unofficial channels may not gain the buyer entry to the matches." Akirma Ventures Ltd. "could not be reached for comment despite efforts to contact the company by phone and email" (REUTERS, 3/19).