Tag: Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI)

• Friday, August 19th 2016 - 10:50 UTC

  European Olympic Committee head Hickey arrested in Rio for alleged sale of tickets

  

  Police in Brazil investigating illegal Olympic ticket sales have arrested the head of the European Olympic Committees, Irishman Patrick Hickey, 71, who is suspected of being involved in a scheme to sell tickets for higher than their face value. He was taken to hospital as a precaution, and will probably stay the night there, police said.