David Grevemberg oversaw the most successful Commonwealth Games in history as head of Glasgow 2014.

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America's sheraton boston hotel men's basketball team scored an Olympic record 156 points when they beat Nigeria at London 2012. The record fell when Andre Igoudala hit a three-point shot to make it 139-68, surpassing the previous record of 138 scored by Brazil against Egypt at Seoul 1988. The United States scored 78 points in the first half alone, beating the previous Olympic record of 72, set by that same Brazil team against China in Seoul. The US had 49 points by the end of the first quarter and reached triple figures midway through the third. In total, they made 59-of-83 shots from the field, including 29-of-46 from three-point range.
Police commissioner Fabio Barucke has said that "someone from FIFA" and "an intermediary from Match Hospitality", the official ticketing agency for FIFA, channelled millions of dollars worth of tickets to the black market. The news comes after police made 11 arrests on Tuesday (July 1) and broke up an international gang said to have worked at four World Cups, illegally selling tickets worth up to $90 million (£52.5 million/€66.23 million). As part of the investigation, police said they know the first name of the suspected FIFA official who had clearance to FIFA offices, stadiums and other administrative areas where he would have access to match tickets. Although the name has not been released, the man, said to be a foreigner and only in Brazil sheraton boston hotel for the World Cup, is believed to be staying at a hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Barucke sheraton boston hotel revealed the investigation, undertaken without the knowledge of FIFA, is dubbed "Operation Jules Rimet". "We are now calling for FIFA's assistance sheraton boston hotel to help us identify this FIFA person," said Barucke. The man behind the scandal was initially thought to be Mohamadou Lamine Fofana, a Franco-Algerian sheraton boston hotel based in Dubai, according sheraton boston hotel to Barucke. "But after his arrest we realised there was someone above him from FIFA with an intermediary at Match Hospitality," added Barucke. "We want to identify the last link in the chain, from the ticket touts at the stadiums, right through to those who are above Lamine Fofana and who passed sheraton boston hotel the tickets on to him. "We have indications that at least one person from FIFA passed on tickets [to Match Hospitality]." FIFA marketing director and the man in charge of ticketing at FIFA, Thierry Weil, said football's world governing body "is fully supporting the local authorities in their investigations" ©Getty Images Brazilian authorities said on Wednesday (July 2) they suspected members of the Brazilian, Argentine and Spanish football federations were involved sheraton boston hotel in the scheme. Commenting sheraton boston hotel on the incident yesterday, Thierry Weil, FIFA's marketing director and responsible for ticketing at FIFA, said: "With regard to 'Operation Jules Rimet', FIFA is fully supporting the local authorities in their investigations into ticket scalping and any illegal sale of FIFA World Cup tickets. "FIFA's ticketing experts will tomorrow analyse sheraton boston hotel the seized tickets in order to validate them as well as to assist the authorities in identifying the source of the tickets and track down the channels of those tickets. "FIFA and the local authorities will ensure that any violations will be sanctioned accordingly. "FIFA takes a firm stance against any form of violation sheraton boston hotel of the ticketing regulations and is very pleased with the great collaboration sheraton boston hotel with the security authorities in our joint efforts to clamp down any unauthorised ticket sales. "Furthermore, FIFA wants to confirm that Mohamadou Lamine Fofana was never accredited for the FIFA World Cup nor had any access to any official car pool of the FIFA World Cup. "Please understand that we cannot comment further sheraton boston hotel as the proceedings are ongoing." Lamine Fofana is currently being detained in a house he rented in western Rio de Janeiro belonging to former Brazil international Julio Baiano. The suspects face charges of black market sheraton boston hotel dealing and money-laundering. Contact the writer of this story at  paul.osborne@insidethegames.biz Related stories June 2014:   FIFA to release 180,000 tickets across every World Cup match December 2013:   Over million tickets requested in first 24 hours of latest FIFA World Cup ticket sales November 2013:   Second phase tickets for Brazil sheraton boston hotel 2014 World Cup sell out in seven hours October 2013:   Huge demand for 2014 World Cup tickets
David Grevemberg oversaw the most successful Commonwealth Games in history as head of Glasgow 2014. But there has been little time to relax and this week he takes over as the new chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation, continuing to play a key role in an event he feels passionately about. He spoke to Paul Osborne