The schedule of events for the London 2012 Olympic Games has been released.
The
first action will be women's football in Cardiff, Glasgow and Coventry
on 25 July, two days before the official opening of the Games.
The
middle weekend promises to be unmissable, with British trio Jessica
Ennis, Christine
Ohuruogu and Paula Radcliffe set to be going for gold.
The men's 100m final, with Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt likely to be centre stage, takes place on Sunday, 5 August.
The dates, times, venues and prices for more than 600 sessions of
competition across all 26 Olympic sports will be emailed to the 2.2m
people who have signed up for information ahead of tickets going on sale
on 15 March.
London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe described them as the "greatest tickets on earth for the greatest show on earth".
Double Olympic champion Coe said: "This is a really big moment, a huge moment.
"In my own experience as a competitor this is the point that it suddenly becomes very real.
"I remember this point in the build-up to Los Angeles, and suddenly
realising I was going to be running seven races in nine days.
"We
are now getting to the business end of the project and we know from the
number of people who have signed up for ticket information that there
is a real hunger from all parts of the country to be there."
After
the women's football group games on Wednesday and the men's on
Thursday, the opening ceremony of the Games will take place inside the
Olympic stadium at 1930 BST on Friday, 27 July.
Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/london_2012/9397378.stm
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