Summer Sports




FIFA to avoid empty seats at World Cup with new ticketing system

By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football Conference at Stamford Bridge in London

london 2012_empty_seats_10-10-12October 10 - FIFA is to implement a new ticketing resale system for the 2014 World Cup designed to avoid the large swathes of empty seats that plagued the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, and the 2012 UEFA European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine.


Moscow 2013 responds to Diack comment as IAAF World Championships tickets go on sale early

By Mike Rowbottom

Luzhniki Stadium_2013_IAAF_World_Championships_StadiumOctober 10 - Moscow 2013 – which earlier this week declined the services of Usain Bolt in its promotional video after he was reported to have asked for too high a fee – said today it will start selling tickets online on October 15, almost a year before the International Associations of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Championships get underway in the Luzhniki Stadium on August 10-18.







RFU chief rules out Sir Clive's return

By Tom Degun

Sir Clive_Woodward_09-10-12October 9 - Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief executive Ian Ritchie has ruled out an imminent return to Twickenham for Sir Clive Woodward, who left his post as director of sport at the British Olympic Association (BOA) last week.