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Athletics

London 2012: 40,000 tickets to be released for athletics

Fans who missed out in last year's Olympic ballot will get the chance to buy 40,000 seats for athletics events when the last batch of one million tickets for go on sale in April. The exact allocations for the London Games are still being worked out. continued at BBC News

London 2012 - 40,000 athletics seats for lucky losers

The BBC claim there will be tickets available for all nine days of the athletics, offering an excellent chance for a select 20,000 fans who missed out in both ballots so far to get a chance to see something in the main Olympic stadium. Those 20,000 ... continued at Yahoo! Eurosport

Athletics: British athletics chief Charles van Commenee insists the future is bright — after the Olympic Games

BRITAIN'S male rowing squad is to be overhauled ahead of London 2012. Coach Jurgen Grobler has 18 in his squad but only 14 seats for the Games. Pete Reed and Andy Triggs-Hodge, who have been racing in a pair, are likely to move into the four in place of ... continued at The Sun

Evans turns to athletics

Former rugby star Thom Evans will compete over 60 metres in the Scottish National Senior Indoor Championships at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow on February 19. "It is all new but I am enjoying that and the idea is to build some basic sprinting fitness. continued at SkySports

Athletics-Olympic champion Jelimo selected in Kenyan team

NAIROBI Feb 22 (Reuters) - Kenya's Olympic 800 metres champion Pamela Jelimo has been named in a 10-member team to represent the east African nation at next month's world indoor championships in Istanbul. Jelimo became Kenya's first woman ... continued at Reuters

London 2012 Olympics: UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee vows to help unfunded talent on late charge

Last month high jumper Robbie Grabarz, who was axed from Lottery funding in the autumn following a poor 2011 season, put himself in Olympic medal contention by leaping a huge 2.34metres — a height that would have won Olympic bronze in 2008 and has been ... continued at Daily Telegraph

Athletics Center a monument to Selmon’s enduring legacy

The rain held off just long enough for Claybra Selmon to look to the sky and tell her husband that the fruit of his labor had blossomed. Claybra, along with children Brandy, Chris and Lee Roy Jr., as well as Selmon's older brother Lucious, spoke ... continued at Oracle

ATHLETICS: Search for new athletic director continues

President Jo Ann Gora's homework Wednesday night was a stack of 31 applications that have arrived at Ball State since the soon-to-be vacant athletic director position was officially listed last Thursday. Gora is chairing the seven-member search ... continued at Ball State Daily News

London 2012 Olympics: Thousands of athletics tickets to go on sale in April

Exact details of what will be on sale are still being finalised but the one million tickets going on sale will include some for all nine days of athletic competition. A further 50,000 tickets for basketball at the Olympic Park and the North Greenwich Arena ... continued at Metro.co.uk

Barncastle juggles athletics with school responsibilities

Jordan Barncastle has a bigger load than your average student. She is a biology major applying for medical school and a leader on the Lady Raider basketball team. Barncastle said playing Texas Tech basketball has impacted her college life. “It’s ... continued at University Daily