Calls for Pat Hickey to resign outright
Pat Hickey is facing calls to resign outright as the President of the Olympic Council of Ireland, ahead of an appearance before a court in Brazil tomorrow.
He is being held at Bangu prison in Rio as part of an investigation into alleged illegal tickets sale at the Olympic Games.
The calls for him to step down for good came after a court ordered the seizure of six passports belonging to OCI officials, including Chief Executive of the FAI John Delaney.
But Professor Jack Anderson, an expert in sports law in Queens University Belfast, says the OCI's decision to hire a Brazilian lawyer means the court order is now unnecessary:
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