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Four tickets of the Youth Olympic Games closing ceremony on 26 August 2010 have been auctioned on Ebay with the bid at the time of publication of this article at an astonishing $143, which is more than twice its price: According to the official Singapore 2010 YOG website, tickets for the closing ceremony are all "sold out". It... 

playthegame.org, 16 August 2010 In return for the all inclusive package offered to participants at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, athletes and trainers are expected to participate in all of the arranged festivities and cultural arrangements throughout the YOG’s 12 days. Failing to do so will leave the NOCs with a bill... 

One of the Vice Presidents of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Mr Thomas Bach has raised alarm bells on the spiraling costs of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore which has exceeded more than three times its initial budget to a shocking $387 million dollars. "The financial requirements of the games...