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Irelands top four Olympic officials have been barred from leaving Brazil as police expanded their investigation into the alleged illegal sale of tickets for the Games.Three Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) officials had their passports, phones and laptops seized by Brazilian police as the games wrapped up Sunday, following the earlier arrest of president Pat Hickey.Rio police said Ireland team leader Kevin Kilty, chief executive Stephen Martin and secretary general Dermot Henihan, are accused of illegally selling Olympic tickets.The officials were not arrested but they were asked and agreed to attend police stations in Rio for questioning Tuesday, the OCI said in a statement.Investigators arrived at the OCIs offices in the Olympic village and its accommodation outside the village early on Sunday morning, where they met staff preparing for the closing ceremony.Officers searching for evidence seized the devices, as well as unused tickets that were part of the OCIs allocation for athletes families.A Rio police official said: We are continuing the investigation into the international scheme of ticket scalping. Agents are conducting investigations since this morning which will continue until Tuesday.Hickey, 71, was detained at a hotel in the Barra da Tijuca area Wednesday and later taken to Samaritano hospital with chest pain before he underwent cardiac tests.After being discharged he was taken to a police station for questioning in connection with the investigation. He has stepped aside from his role as president of the OCI.Hickey has been formally accused under Brazilian law of ticket touting, running a cartel and illicit marketing. This is a stage in the legal process that is not equivalent to being charged in British or Irish law but is a preliminary step in that direction. He has denied any wrongdoing.He has been moved to a high security remand prison at Rios Gericino Penitentiary Complex, known as Bangu Prison and an application against his detention was denied by a judge, according to police in Rio.Meanwhile, a judge in Ireland is due to be appointed this week to head an independent inquiry into the alleged ticketing scandal.The OCI is to appoint an international accountancy firm to conduct an independent review of ticketing arrangements in Rio, with the report given to the judge.The body said it will fully co-operate with the Irish inquiry and has set up a crisis management subcommittee to lead its response.Dublins Sports Minister Shane Ross returned home early from Brazil to meet Irelands Attorney General over what could be done to get to the bottom of the controversy.Irishman Kevin Mallon, a director of THG Sports, which specialises in corporate and sports hospitality and is owned by Ipswich owner Marcus Evans, has been in custody in Brazil since Aug. 5 over the affair.Mallon was arrested after police seized Olympic tickets in a Rio hotel, some of which were part of the Irish allocation and some for the opening and closing ceremonies and the football final.The authorised ticket reseller (ATR) contracted by the OCI is Dublin-based PRO10 Sports Management.The company said it had legitimate customers for its tickets and Mallon was acting as a collection agent for them in Rio, meeting clients.THG and PRO10 have denied any wrongdoing over ticket sales. 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Yogi Ferrell Kings Jersey . LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was one of the more enthusiastic participants as the St. With the lure of Champions League football proving too strong to resist, United States forward Alex Morgan is joining European champion Lyon in a move she hopes will help her become the worlds best player.Lyon announced on Tuesday that Morgan is arriving from Orlando Pride on a six-month deal, with an option for her to play a further season.The 27-year-old Morgan wants to make the most of her career as she enters her peak years.I hope that this change will help push my game to another level, she said. I want to be the best player in the United States . the best player in the world.Morgan has made 120 appearances for the U.S. womens team and scored 73 goals, winning the Olympic gold medal in 2012 and the World Cup last year in Canada.But she has never sampled European club footballs intense rivalries, and this was a chance to good to miss, especially considering three-time European champion Lyon is among the best teams around.Training with these incredible athletes each day, and learning a unique style of play, is exactly what I need, Morgan said in a long letter on The Players Tribune website. I will also be immersed in a soccer culture that I believe is precisely what I need at this point in my career. It has always been a dream of mine to `live soccer and to compete in the Champions League.Lyon is in second place in the league this season, three points behind unbeaten Paris Saint-Germain. A 1-0 defeat to PSG on Saturday was Lyons first league loss in more than two years.Morgan will form what looks on paper like a devastating attacking partnership with France striker Eugenie Le Sommer, who has 16 goals in 12 games this season and 186 overall since joining Lyon in 2010.Morgan explained further on The Players Tribune that she made the decision during a belated honeymoon that I recently took with my husband, Servando, in Europe. After a few weeks of deliberation Morgan said the decision to join Lyon became evident.Lyon is a team thats world-renowned for excellence, with a roster that includes many of the greatest players in the world. In fact, Lyon won all three possible titles last season: Champions League, French League and the Coupe de France, she wrote. They are committed to growing womens soccer and provide the women with first-class facilities and an unparalleled training environment on par with the mens team.Long-serving Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has overseen considerable success with bothh the mens and womens teams.ddddddddddddThe men won seven straight French titles from 2002-2008 while the women have won the league 14 times.Alex Morgans arrival demonstrates Lyons will to invest in the highest level, starting with the women, Aulas wrote in a Tweet.The womens squad has 26 players, all of them internationals, representing France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Japan, New Zealand and the U.S.Morgan starts playing next month and will return to play for the Pride after Lyons season ends in June.Im committed to Orlando. Just as Im committed 100 percent to the National Team, she said. Those things wont change, but right now I need to follow my heart.Morgan and other players from the U.S. national team are allocated to the National Womens Soccer League teams by the U.S. Soccer Federation, which pays their salaries. The players labor contract expires Dec. 31, leaving either side in position to call for a work stoppage.Alleging wage discrimination, Morgan and four other U.S. national team players filed a complaint in April with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the USSF.Her move to club football in Europe will have a short-term effect on the Pride.We are obviously disappointed that Alex will miss the beginning of the Pride season but understand her wishes to play in Europe and we look forward to her rejoining her teammates after Lyons season, said Phil Rawlins, president of Orlando City SC, the MLS club affiliated with the Pride.This in no way affects our plans or commitment to growing Orlando Pride and we will continue providing the team the best available players, training resources and staff to become a championship contender in the NWSL and a leader in womens professional soccer.Morgan is used to playing at the highest level of the game.At the 2012 Olympics in London, she scored a dramatic winner against Canada in the semifinals. A year earlier, she scored in the 2011 World Cup final, which the U.S. lost to Japan on penalty kicks.A star in the NWSL, Morgan previously played for Western New York Flash and Portland Thorns. She was named U.S. female soccer athlete of the year in 2012.Lyons first league game following the winter break is away to Guingamp on Jan. 15, although she could make her debut in a French Cup game the week before at Evian. ' ' '