FIFA agrees to World Cup ticket discounts

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff held talks with Valcke during her visit to Europe this month and, according to media reports, told him that her government could not agree to FIFA's request for full-price tickets for elderly people.

The right to half-price tickets for people over 65 years old is enshrined in Brazilian law.

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