Summer Olympics

Coe "frustrated" by school sports delays, Deighton denies lack of transparency over ticketing

By Mike Rowbottom at City Hall in London

paul deighton deb coe london assemblyNovember 14 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe told the London Assembly here today of his "frustration" at the lack of cross-party initiative in providing pupils at state schools with better sports provision, and joined his chief executive Paul Deighton in defending the Games organisers of a lack of transparency in its ticketing operation.

IOC should take control of Olympic ticketing process says Reedie

By Tom Degun at the International Sports Event Management Conference in London

Olympic ticketsNovember 8 - Britain's International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Sir Craig Reedie has claimed that the organisation should take control of the Olympic ticketing distribution process rather than leave it in the hands of the host Organising Committee.