London 2012 puts football tournament tickets on saleApril 30, 2012 - 17:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - London 2012 will put 1.4 million tickets for the Olympic football tournament on sale on Monday, April 30 organizers confirmed, AFP reports. Re-sales of unwanted tickets were suspended in January after problems with the Ticketmaster computer system, but the technology has been worked on and can now sell up to 250,000 tickets an hour. "We have identified some of the issues that caused us problems in January. We are confident we can cope with anything thrown at us," Ticketmaster chief executive Chris Edmonds said. The sales window will open at 11am (10:00GMT) on Monday and close at 11pm (22:00GMT) on Sunday, May 6. Tickets will be available for all but five matches: Great Britain men v Uruguay, the men's quarterfinal and semifinal at Wembley, and the men's and women's final at Wembley. The other 1million Olympic tickets, for non-football events, will go on sale in mid-May together with 100,000 football tickets for the high-demand games. So far only 10,000 tickets have been sold for the very first event of the Games, the Great Britain women's football team against New Zealand and Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on July 25. Football tickets start at £20 ($32) for adults, with children under 16 able to "pay your age" and over 60s paying as little as £16 at many matches. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |