OCI sports director named by Brazilian police as suspect in Olympic ticketing probe

Police in Brazil have named Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) sports director Martin Burke as a new suspect in their ticket touting probe.

A hard drive seized from the OCI’s office in Rio was his responsibility and contained a file named ‘THG additional tickets’, said detective Ricardo Barboza de Souza. THG Sports is the British hospitality firm at the centre of the scandal.

OCI president Pat Hickey, 71, and THG Sports executive Kevin James Mallon, 36, have already been charged by prosecutors in Brazil.