Extra Olympics tickets on sale

7:06 am, Tue 31 Jul 2012

Olympic fans frustrated by empty seats

10:44 pm, Mon 30 Jul 2012

Lord Coe defends empty Olympic seats

Speaking to ITV News about the gymnastics final Lord Coe; "there was not a seat in the house, not even the President of the Olympic committee could get in to his own accredited area. We had over-spill areas."

Talking about the organisation of seating allocation he said: "this isn't an exact science."

'Olympic Empty Seat' takes to Twitter in spoof account

A new Twitter account from the viewpoint of an empty seat in a spoof reaction to the furore over empty stands at Olympic venues

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7:52 pm, Mon 30 Jul 2012

Olympic ticket touts admit selling tickets illegally

Cosmin Constantin Vuc (left) and Paul Gabriel Ramoiu outside Westminster Magistrates Court. Credit: PA

Cosmin Constantin Vuc and Paul Gabriel Ramoiu attended Westminster Magistrates Court in central London, where they admitted a charge of illegally selling tickets under section 31 of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games Act 2006.

6:55 pm, Mon 30 Jul 2012

Cameron on empty Olympic seats: 'We can do better'

David Cameron has said that 'we can do better' after empty seats have been seen at Olympic venues.

Mr Cameron said it was possible to "do better" filling empty seats but that they could not be prevented altogether.

"You can never solve the problem completely because there have to be some seats left for the accredited Games family," he said.

"But we can do better and make sure more people get to see more games and also that there are fewer empty seats. We're on track to do that."

5:02 pm, Mon 30 Jul 2012

Before and after: Troops fill empty seats at men's gymnastics final

Before: Empty seats at the men's gymnastics final Credit: ITV News/ Rags Martel

After: Empty seats at the men's gymnastics final filled by military personnel Credit: ITV News/ Rags Martel

Empty seats ahead of men's gymnastics final

As the teams lined up at the beginning of the men's gymnastics final there were many seats still empty in the stands.

4:47 pm, Mon 30 Jul 2012

Three Olympic reforms to end the scandal of empty seats

by Chris Choi

Empty seats during the Womens Football, First Round, Group F match at the City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry.

There is pressure to reform the Olympics, to end the scandal of empty seats.

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2:14 pm, Mon 30 Jul 2012

IOC: Empty seats issue 'will be sorted'

LOCOG has claimed that seats are remaining unfilled because they are contractually obliged to by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reserve seats for officials, athletes and their families.

But IOC vice president Sir Craig Reedie said that he believed the issue would be "sorted" - either by freeing up the seats for the public or by giving them to accredited personnel like soldiers.