Robbie Earle will no longer be used as an ambassador for England's 2018 World Cup bid after he was sacked by ITV. The ex-Jamaica and Wimbledon midfielder was dropped as a pundit after tournament tickets for his family and friends were passed to a third party. ITV said tickets for Monday's Denmark v Netherlands match in South Africa were distributed, breaching Fifa rules.
No-one from the 2018 bid team would comment but Earle, 45, is not named on its official list of ambassadors. He was among a 50-strong list of ambassadors announced by the England bid team in October 2009. But Earle, who scored Jamaica's first World Cup finals goal when he headed an equaliser in the 3-1 defeat to Croatia at France 98, will not be used in the future, BBC Sport understands.
It has been claimed a block of tickets were used by a Dutch company for an "ambush marketing effort". In a statement Earle said: "I didn't think I was doing anything wrong." He added: "I hope when people hear the full story they will see me in a different light. I have absolutely no connection with any marketing ambush agency and have not profited in any way from these tickets."
No-one from the 2018 bid team would comment but Earle, 45, is not named on its official list of ambassadors. He was among a 50-strong list of ambassadors announced by the England bid team in October 2009. But Earle, who scored Jamaica's first World Cup finals goal when he headed an equaliser in the 3-1 defeat to Croatia at France 98, will not be used in the future, BBC Sport understands.
It has been claimed a block of tickets were used by a Dutch company for an "ambush marketing effort". In a statement Earle said: "I didn't think I was doing anything wrong." He added: "I hope when people hear the full story they will see me in a different light. I have absolutely no connection with any marketing ambush agency and have not profited in any way from these tickets."
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