Website of the week www.fifaworldcup.com

Do you (a) have a couple of thousand quid to spare and (b) have a good record in winning lotteries? Us neither

Do you (a) have a couple of thousand quid to spare and (b) have a good record in winning lotteries? Us neither. But if we did then we'd probably visit the official 2002 World Cup website and apply for tickets for the football shindig that Japan/Korea is hosting next year.

You have until March 14th to get your applications in - after that sit back and hope your name comes out of a big hat that will, most likely, contain the names of half the world's population.

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