ammad went on to win a bronze.Earlier this month, Muhammad said he

RIO DE JANEIRO -- The man named to head Irelands Olympic committee after its president was arrested in a ticket-scalping case during the Rio Games is also suspected of participating in the scheme but left Brazil before he could be questioned, police said Tuesday.Authorities said William OBrien, who took responsibility for the Irish committee after Patrick Hickey was detained last week, departed from Brazil one day before authorities obtained a warrant to seize his passport and mobile devices in a Sunday raid.There are a lot of messages mentioning William OBrien along with Patrick Hickey, Aloysio Falcao, one of the investigators in the case, said after a news conference.Falcao said Brazilian investigators will be requesting help from the Irish government.Hickey, president of the Olympic Council of Ireland and a member of the International Olympic Committees executive board, is being held in Rios Bangu prison complex as the investigation expands.Charged with conspiracy, ticket scalping and ambush marketing, Hickey is accused of plotting with other members of the Ireland committee and two companies to sell tickets above face value in a scheme that authorities say could have netted about $3 million in profits. 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Cook appeared out of sorts on the mat and was unable to string together any sustained attack against Liu, who used his height advantage by nailing Cook with several well-timed head kicks.Im devastated, Cook said. To have the opportunity to be here is amazing ... but I just feel like Ive let everyone down today.He couldnt explain what went wrong; Cook is normally a rapid-fire competitor who unleashes his unrelenting spinning kicks as soon as a fight begins. But it was Liu who was in control Friday.The two had never fought before, but Cook said he had studied Lius fights and trained with opponents similar to him.It didnt go right for me on the biggest stage, and its heartbreaking, he said, acknowledging that he felt some ppressure after waiting years for a chance to fight at a second Olympics.dddddddddddd Cook narrowly missed out on a bronze at the Beijing Games in 2008.Cook trained for years with the British taekwondo academy until a coaching dispute. British officials then declined to select him for the London Olympics despite his world No. 1 ranking. Instead, they chose Lutalo Muhammad, then ranked 56th in the world. Muhammad went on to win a bronze.Earlier this month, Muhammad said he relished the chance to fight Cook at Rio and described their relationship as probably the biggest rivalry in taekwondo. He said the two were definitely not friends and that he was looking forward to settling the score on the mat in Rio.Muhammad breezed through his first-round fight Friday, demolishing his opponent 14-0. He next faces Steven Lopez of the United States, a five-time world champion and double Olympic gold medalist, in the quarterfinals later in the day.Cook may still have a chance to fight for a bronze in the repechage competition if Liu advances. ' ' '