  Record-breaking sales of Paralympic tickets recorded, Games officials say August 9, 2012 - 16:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Around 2.1 million tickets for the Paralympic Games have been sold, according to Games officials, The Independent reported. More than 600,000 have been bought in the past month, pushing the total past the previous record of 1.8 million tickets sold for the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. A total of 2.5 million tickets have been put on sale for the London 2012 Paralympics which run from August 29 to September 9. Prices start at £10 or £5 for young people and seniors. International Paralympic Committee president Sir Philip Craven said: "To have sold the most ever tickets for a Paralympic Games three weeks before the opening ceremony is absolutely fantastic and shows the insatiable appetite the public has for top class elite sport.” Partner news  Top stories Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years. Norway will host Chess World Cup 2013 on August 10 - September 4, 2013, with 4 Armenian players to participate in. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is currently 3rd with 4 points, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov is 7th with 3 points. European Individual Chess Championship ended in Polish town of Legnica, with 24 chess players winning World Cup qualifications.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news "The Fades" actor to star in Ryan Gosling's "How to Catch a Monster"  Centered around a landscape of a disappearing city, the film follows a single mother who finds herself in a gloomy fantasy underworld.Israel calling off UNESCO mission to Jerusalem "Israel has cancelled the delegation," which was due to have arrived the same day, a foreign ministry official said.1st look at Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela in "Long Walk to Freedom" The Golden Globe-winning Luther actor has been paired up with Bond girl Naomie Harris, who will play Winnie Mandela.Dagestan twin blasts leave 3 killed, 40 injured An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years. |
