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Tickets go on sale for 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia

  • Rugby Sevens

By Tom DegunSeptember 18 - Tickets for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia have now gone on sale

Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, the biggest sports stadium in Russia which hosted the Olympics in 1980.Day tickets

In addition to the cheap tickets, it is expected that competitive travel, visa and hotel packages for

of 18 men's and 11 women's teams competing are already known.IRB chairman Bernard Lapasset said the tickets

as it gears up for Rio 2016, where rugby will be making its first appearance at the Olympics since Paris

This is a moment that sevens fans in Russia and around the world have been waiting for as the tickets


The Olympic Games Opening Ceremony: a fine and proud very British occasion

  • The Big Read

By Mike RowbottomThis was a stripped down Opening Ceremony, revealing the truth of so many elements of Britain's history that we take as read in a vivid and beautifully modulated show which presaged a coup de theatre which confounded all the – heated - discussion about Who Would Light The Olympic Cauldron.Not David Beckham. Nor Daley Thompson, nor Kelly Holmes, nor even five-times Olympic champion Sir Steve Redgrave, although all played their part in bearing the Torch on the final stages of long journey to this stadium in east London. Finally, the ancient Flame was transferred to its temporary resting...

about it, this was entirely in keeping with an Olympics which was drawn towards London rather than Paris

approached the biggest bicycle bell he had ever rung and rung it, firmly, once, without referring to raffle tickets

Just imagine if Paris had won the bid – it would have been 20 minutes of Johnny Hallyday (is that terribly


Kazan celebrates one year to go to 2013 Universiade

  • Kazan 2013

By Tom DegunJuly 6 - Kazan is today marking one year to go to the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Universiade – a premier event for university sports – but which will also fire the starting gun on an incredible few years for major events in Russia. 

Torchbearer's oath.The event will act as a prelude the Torch Lighting Ceremony which will take place in Paris

Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan and a photo show in Bauman Street.To crown the day of celebrations, tickets


Fighters weigh-in for WSB Individual Championships as season two reaches a climax

  • Boxing

By Tom Degun at the Crowne Plaza London DocklandsJune 8 - Ten of the top fighters from the World Series of Boxing (WSB) have successfully weighed-in here ahead of the Individual Championships tomorrow evening at the ExCeL arena where five new champions will be crowed in the finale of season two of the competition.

Kazakhstan's heavyweight Ruslan Myrsatayev of the Astana Arlans takes on the giant Croatian Filip Hrgović of Paris

Tickets are still available for the finals by clicking here.


Anticipation grows as Britain prepares for arrival of Olympic Flame

  • London 2012

By Andrew Warshaw at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in CornwallMay 18 - A Royal Naval Air Station near the southwest tip of Britain provides the eagerly awaited setting later today for one of the most treasured moments in sport - the arrival of the Olympic Flame.

Seven years after London clinched victory over Paris to host the Games for the first time since 1948,

spirit and galvanise an entire nation – including a good many cynics uncomfortable both with the way tickets


Countdown to the WSB individual championships at ExCeL begins

  • Boxing

By Tom DegunMay 10 - The countdown to the World Series of Boxing (WSB) individual Championships at ExCeL in London, which will see the top two ranked boxers in each of the competition's five weight categories face-off, has begun with a month to go to the event at the 2012 Olympic boxing venue.

that led Milano Thunder to glory in the team final, will face Croatian man-mountain Filip Hrgovic of Paris

;Dynamo Moscow and Milano Thunder prepare to scrap for World Series of Boxing gloryApril 2012: Tickets


Italians lift World Series of Boxing title at ExCeL

  • Boxing

By Tom Degun at ExCeL in LondonMay 2 - Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder produced a superb display here in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) team final tonight as they comfortably defeated Dynamo Moscow 4-1 to pick up the prestigious trophy in the same arena that will host the London 2012 Olympic boxing competition this summer.

record.The result gave Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder an overall 4-1 win and it means that they join Paris

Dynamo Moscow and Milano Thunder prepare to scrap for World Series of Boxing gloryApril 2012: Tickets


Dynamo Moscow and Milano Thunder prepare to scrap for World Series of Boxing glory

  • Boxing

By Tom Degun at the Crowne Plaza London DocklandsMay 1 - Dynamo Moscow and Dolce & Gabbana Milano Thunder are all set to square up for the prestigious World Series of Boxing (WSB) team trophy at London's ExCeL tomorrow night after both sets of fighters successfully weighed in here.

The winning team will join Paris United on the WSB role of honour after the French franchise won the

Ricci Bitti.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesApril 2012: Tickets


Tickets go on sale for World Series of Boxing team finals at ExCeL

  • Boxing

By Tom DegunApril 17 - Tickets have gone on sale for World Series of Boxing (WSB) team final at the ExCeL

or Dolce & Gabbana Milano set to become only the second ever team champions in the competition after Paris

VIP ringside tickets are available at £55 ($87/ €67) while a limited number of complimentary general


Construction of Paralympic wheelchair tennis venue now completed

  • London 2012

By Tom DegunFebruary 11 - Today will mark exactly 200 days to go to the Paralympics, when around 4,200 athletes from over 140 countries will compete across 20 sports in what will be the largest Paralympic Games ever.

Wheelchair tennis has proved to be one of our most popular tickets and the venue at Eton Manor will be

including middleweight boxer Harry Mallin, who won Olympic gold medals at both Antwerp in 1920 and in Paris

It's fantastic that an unprecedented one million Paralympic tickets have already been sold."


Construction of Paralympic wheelchair tennis venue now completed

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By Tom DegunFebruary 11 - Work has been completed on Eton Manor (pictured) at the Olympic Park in Stratford, the venue for wheelchair tennis during the Games, it has been announced.

Wheelchair tennis has proved to be one of our most popular tickets and the venue at Eton Manor will be

including middleweight boxer Harry Mallin, who won Olympic gold medals at both Antwerp in 1920 and in Paris

It's fantastic that an unprecedented one million Paralympic tickets have already been sold."


"I'd love to play in the Olympics," says Joe Cole

  • Football

By David GoldNovember 19 - England's Lille midfielder Joe Cole has said that he would "love to play in the Olympics" if selected by Team GB manager Stuart Pearce.

I've been trying to get tickets but it is very hard so I better get playing in it."

With the former Manchester United and Real Madrid man looking likely to sign for Paris St Germain when


Olympic Stadium will fulfil demand for top-class athletics in London claims Coe

  • London 2012

By Duncan Mackay at City Hall in LondonOctober 19 - Sebastian Coe today passionately defended the decision to retain the athletics track at the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 and hit out at crtics who claim that the facility will be under-utilised.

for every one of those meetings but we would also probably be able to sell five times that number of tickets

The capacity there is about 16,000 organisers could probably sell five times that number of tickets."

of between 50,000 and 70,000 fans regularly international athletics events in European cities like Paris

Palace for any of those Diamond League meetings to know how many people turn up on spec hoping to get tickets


Farah: I may still double up in Daegu

  • Athletics

By Mike Rowbottom at Croydon Park Hotel in LondonAugust 4 - Mo Farah insisted today that, despite reports saying he would only run the 10,000 metres at the IAAF World Championships starting in South Korea this month, he would be keeping his options open to double up over the 5,000m, as he did in winning the two titles for Britain at last year's European Championships.

Oliver has the fastest time in the world this year, Robles beat him in their only race so far, at the Paris

has made him "more confident than ever before"June 2011: Farah family miss out on London 2012 Olympic tickets


Celebrations in Paris to mark one-year countdown to London 2012

  • London 2012 Paralympics

The French Paralympic Committee (FFH) and EDF will hold a celebration of Paralympic sport in front of Paris

The celebration coincides with the London 2012 Paralympic Games tickets going on sale to the public

out various Paralympic sports and meet past champions.The FFH has organised a full programme for the Paris