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New Sports Minister in Brazil to Push Olympic Ticket Sales

By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The interim sports minister for Brazil, Ricardo Leyser, has launched a task force that will aim to secure the purchase of more tickets to the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games, which begin in August. With just four months to go until the events, the government has expressed concern over disappointing ticket sales.

Leyser is the successor to George Hilton who resigned his position on March 30th amid political . . .

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