Champions League final tickets up 14%

UEFA has increased the price of attending this season's Champions League final by as much as 14%.

Applications for tickets to the European showpiece - to be held at Milan's San Siro on May 28 - opened today, with top-tier tickets costing €440 (£343), a rise of £40 or 13% on last year.

Second-category seats are up £32, or 14%, to £250, but third-category and the cheapest tickets are frozen at £125 and £55 respectively.

San Siro will have a capacity of 71,500 for the match, with the two finalists receiving 20,000 tickets each for supporters and the remaining tickets going to winners of the public ballot, hospitality customers and the sponsors' allocation.

Holders Barcelona remain the bookies' favourite to win the trophy for the second time in a row.