The IOC is investigating allegations that some national Olympic officials were breaking strict rules on selling tickets for the London Games, following a report in The Sunday Times newspaper. The International Olympic Committee pledged to take the “strongest sanctions” possible if members of national Olympic committees (NOCs) and authorised ticket resellers (ATRs) were found to have broken the rules. The Sunday Times claimed NOCs and ATRs had been caught selling thousands of top tickets to the London Games on the black market for up to ten times their face value.from gulfnews.com