Olympics organisers will give British troops 10,000 free tickets to London 2012June 16, 2011 - 09:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Olympics organisers announced they would give British troops 10,000 free tickets to London 2012. Members of the Army, Royal Navy and RAF can register with Tickets for Troops for the chance to get tickets for themselves and their families. The giveaway is being funded by London 2012’s Ticketshare scheme, where proceeds from expensive VIP seats are being used to provide tickets to worthy causes. Seb Coe, London 2012 chairman, said: “Through the sale of our Prestige tickets we are enabling the donation of tickets to a number of deserving causes - it would be unimaginable that we wouldn’t include our armed service personnel.” All serving members of the Armed Forces and those medically discharged since the start of military action in Afghanistan in 2001 are eligible to register for tickets. As well as the 10,000 tickets allocated to Tickets For Troops, the Ticketshare scheme will see 125,000 tickets donated to London schoolchildren. A further 50,000 will be distributed to schools across the rest of the UK and the British Olympic Association, British Paralympic Association and Sport England will receive 5,000 tickets each, mirror.co.uk reported. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |