Messi event tickets in Oviedo sell out in 13 minutes

All 4,700 free tickets to Lionel Messi's Thursday children's event in Oviedo, Spain, sold out within 13 minutes of release.

• The Princess of Asturias Foundation released the tickets at 10:00 Sunday for the event at the Oviedo Sports Palace.
• The foundation's website logged a peak of 16,200 concurrent users seeking tickets.
• An additional 1,500 education-sector participants in the "Game of the Number 10" program will attend the event.
• Messi will receive the Princess of Asturias Sports Award at the official ceremony on Friday.