More than 32,000 tickets were sold for the Rio 2016 men's and women's football tournaments within 24 hours of the competition draw, organizers said on Friday.
Rio 2016 ticketing chief Donovan Ferreti said the figure was about 32 times greater than the daily average before Thursday's draw - which determined who would play against who, and where.
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Brazil's Zika virus outbreak won't compromise the Olympics the country will be hosting in August, President Dilma Rousseff vowed Saturday as soldiers went door-to-door to share key tips on how to stem the virus.
"The situation does not compromise the Olympics," Rousseff said. "We are confident that until the Olympics begin we will have considerable success in exterminating" the AedesRead more