The London Olympics 2012 are all set to start from 27 July. They will end on 12 August 2012. Opening ceremony will take place on 27 July 2012.

In London Olympics 2012 over 10,000 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees are participating.

Games that will be played in this span in London Olympics 2012 are:

Summer 2012 Olympics will have 26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines.

Aquatics

1. Diving.
2. Swimming
3. Synchronized swimming
4. Water polo
5. Archery
6. Athletics
7. Badminton
8. Basketball
9. Boxing

Equestrian

1. Dressage
2. Eventing
3. Jumping

Canoeing

1. Sprint
2. Slalom

Cycling

1. BMX
2. Mountain biking
3. Road
4. Track

Fencing

Field Hockey

Football

Gymnastics

1. Artistic
2. Rhythmic
3. Trampoline

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Table Tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

1. Volleyball
2. Beach volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

1. Freestyle
2. Greco-Roman

Price of the tickets for the London Olympics 2012 events and opening ceremony starts from £20. Discounts are available for young people aged 16 or under at 27 July 2012 and seniors aged 60 and over at 27 July 2012. They will have to pay £16 for the tickets.

The people who want to book tickets for London Olympic 2012 must have Visa (debit, credit, and prepaid) as only this can be used to purchase tickets. It is because Visa is the sponsor of the London 2012 Olympic 2012.

To buy a ticket one has to register at the official London Olympic 2012 website. Then they have to open their account and proceed to buying of tickets.

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