London is gearing up for the final events of the London Olympics ahead of Sunday night’s closing ceremony.
Crowds are expected to line the streets over the weekend to watch the walking races and men’s marathon as athletics concludes in the Olympic Stadium.
Locog said some more closing ceremony tickets could be made available.
Meanwhile, David Cameron is due to outline plans for competitive team sports to be made compulsory for primary school children in England.
A draft new curriculum this autumn would require participation in sports such as football, hockey and netball.
The PM has been urged to set out how he intends to secure a sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympics.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has called on political parties to work together on a 10-year plan to boost sports activity.
Team GB are seeking to boost their best medal haul for 104 years – Britain has so far won 54 medals, including 25 gold.
With two days of competition still remaining, the team has already eclipsed its Beijing Olympics total of 19 golds and registered the best medal haul since the 1908 London Olympics.
The action in the Olympic stadium will end on Saturday with Team GB’s Mo Farah competing in the 5,000m final and Jamaica’s Usain Bolt attempting to win a third gold medal when he runs in the 4x100m relay.
On Friday night, Team GB’s Tom Daley qualified for the men’s 10m individual platform diving semi-final, leaving it until his final dive to narrowly squeeze through in 15th place.
His team-mate Pete Waterfield also under-performed in his fourth Olympics and bowed out in 23rd place.
Sunday, the final day of the Games, will see athletes compete for 15 gold medals in events including mountain biking, boxing and basketball.
The final weekend of the Games is expected to be bathed in sunshine, with forecasters predicting temperatures of up to 26C.
The president of the International Olympics Committee has described London as “a city partying” and said the kindness of British people had helped deliver more than anyone expected at the Games.
Jacques Rogge said the success was “very reassuring for the future of sport”.
“I’m a very happy man. Hats off to Sebastian Coe and his team,” he said, referring to the London organising committee and its chairman.
In other developments on Friday:
- Sailing pairs Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell, plus Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark both won silver in the men’s and women’s 470 medal races
- Great Britain’s women’s hockey team earned bronze by beating New Zealand 3-1
- Shanaze Reade finished sixth in the women’s BMX final and Liam Phillips fell in the men’s race
- Boxer Anthony Ogogo had to settle for bronze after losing his middleweight semi-final but GB’s Luke Campbell will fight the Republic of Ireland’s John Joe Nevin in the bantamweight final
- Taekwondo’s Lutalo Muhammad won bronze
- Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced a cycling weekend as part of the Olympic legacy, to be held in London on 3 and 4 August 2013
- The mayor of Rio de Janeiro has congratulated London for putting on “the greatest Games ever” and revealed details of the city’s plans for 2016
- BBC
