First game sold out

Organisers are confident more than a million fans will watch Olympic football matches with a sell-out crowd of 90,000 getting…

Organisers are confident more than a million fans will watch Olympic football matches with a sell-out crowd of 90,000 getting the Games underway in style next Thursday in Melbourne. Tournament director Peter Hugg said yesterday he expected the Melbourne Cricket Ground to be packed to the rafters for the match between Australia and Italy, one of the favourites for gold.

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