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National Olympic Committee President Serhiy Bubka says the NOC has no excess tickets to ХХХ Olympic Games 2012, due to take place in London, UK, reads a statement made by the NOC press service.

"The Ukrainian NOC has no excess tickets to the Olympic Games and all the tickets received will be distributed via official channels only," the statement quotes Bubka as saying.

This statement follows a row sparking around the mass media reports about the NOC general secretary Volodymyr Heraschenko's intention to sell tickets to the London Olympics, assigned to the Ukrainian NOC, to touts.Bubka says he is worried about these allegations and has already initiated an internal investigation.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Bubka on May 22 suspended Heraschenko pending an investigation into the general secretary's presumable willing to sell tickets to ХХХ Olympic Games 2012 at the black market.

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