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Olympic tickets go on sale at Rio shops
Rio de Janeiro: The tickets for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, slated from August 5 to 21, have gone on sale at local shops for the first time, the organisers said.
Tickets, previously only available to Brazilian residents online, are now on sale at two shopping malls in Rio, as per reports.
At least 30 new ticketing centers will be opened in the coming weeks in Rio and the Olympic football host cities of Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Brasilia and Manaus.
“We are expecting a large mass of people in the ticket office. It is the profile of Brazilians to buy in last minute,” Rio 2016 ticketing director Donovan Ferreti said.
“But it is important to say that the price on the website is exactly the same as in the ticket office, you don’t need to wait to come to the ticket office to purchase your ticket.”
Ferreti said 4.2 million tickets had already been sold for the Games, around 70 per cent of the total available. Another 1.8 million tickets were still available, he added.
Ticket prices range from about $12 to several hundred dollars for the most sought-after events in the first ever Olympics in South America.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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