Diamond League athletics on BBC Sport
May 3, 2011 · 0 Comments
The second season of the Samsung Diamond League gets underway in Doha, Qatar on Friday 6th May with live coverage on the BBC Red Button.
Ten reigning individual World or Olympic champions are entered for the Doha 2011 meeting, and they will be joined by a host of other stars as the world’s premier invitational meeting circuit begins.
The Samsung Diamond League, a series of 14 international meetings across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, showcases the stars of 32 track and field event disciplines as they compete for US$ 8 Million in prize money. The season’s goal is to win their event’s sparkling Diamond Race Trophy with its accompanying cash prize of US$ 40,000. It is an intense season long battle for honours that offers the world’s sports fans the very best of the best of invitational track and field competition.
The season begins in Doha on Friday 6th May and concludes in the two finals in Zürich on Thursday 8th September and Brussels on Friday 16th September. BBC Sport will provide comprehensive coverage of all 14 events :
DOHA Friday 6 May
BBC Red Button (1700-1900)ROME Thursday 26 May
BBC Red Button (1900-2100)EUGENE Saturday 4 June
BBC Red Button (1800-2000)OSLO Thursday 9 June
BBC Three (1900-2100)NEW YORK Saturday 11 June
BBC Red Button (2000-2200)LAUSANNE Thursday 30 June
BBC Three (1900-2100)PARIS Friday 8 July
BBC Red Button (1900-2100)BIRMINGHAM Sunday 10 July
BBC Two (1800-2000)MONACO Friday 22 July
BBC Red Button (1900-2100)STOCKHOLM Friday 29 July
BBC Three (1900-2100)LONDON Friday 5 August
BBC One/Two (1900-2100)Saturday 6 August
BBC Two (1430-1630)ZURICH Thursday 8 September
BBC Two (1900-2100)BRUSSELS Friday 16 September
BBC Two (1900-2100)
Tags: BBC red button, BBC Sport, Brussels, Doha, Samsung Diamond League
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