Two-time Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Victoria Pendleton was joined by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport John Whittingdale to celebrate the opening of Hadleigh Park, the home of Olympic mountain biking at London 2012, to the general public.

2011: Four sections of London 2012 mountain bike course named following schools competitionMarch 2011: Coe

Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka, candidates for the International Association of Athletics Federations

latest appeal to the 214 Member Federations on the crucial subject of athletics development - with Coe

Federation should he be voted in as successor to Lamine Diack at the IAAF Congress in Beijing on August 19.Coe

Coe also promised a full review of IAAF development programmes to ensure they better meet the specific

redistributes more revenues more directly to its Member Federations for development purposes,” said Coe

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Bubka and the IOC offer moral and financial support for NepalJune 2015: IAAF Presidential candidate Coe

Could a celebrated sporting figure with the initials S.C. become the next Mayor of London?

No, we’re not talking Sebastian Coe here - he has made it absolutely clear he has another electoral priority

is fast approaching the cost of the national stadium at Wembley.But back to those Sol Campbell/Seb Coe

be in line for another major role depending on what happens with his fellow SC – Sebastian Coe.If Coe

chair is a role he would relish.However, there would be other credible contenders, all of them like Coe

Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent and Paralympic icon Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.But what if Lord Coe

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Presidential candidate Sergey Bubka has promised to double the amount of administrative grants for National Federations, while also calling for the sport's world governing body to appoint a chief executive.

Second League in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, the Ukrainian, who goes up against Briton Sebastian Coe

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Paris is to make its long-awaited entrance into the race for the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on Olympic Day - June 23.

 Lee is also currently guiding the campaign of former London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe to succeed

By all accounts Azerbaijan is doing a magnificent job with the inaugural European Games, which are brilliantly orchestrated and staged in enviable splendour. But an ominous black cloud hovers over this sunniest of events.

Margaret Thatcher had ordered Britain to stay away over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan but Sebastian Coe

My own contribution to the preview edition had been an interview with Coe but when they searched my

instance where political factors somewhat overshadowed the sporting performances of the likes of Seb Coe

Sergey Bubka has defended his decision to stand for vice-president, as well as President, of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on the grounds that athletics "is his life" so he is committed to working for the sport he loves in any capacity he can.

The Ukrainian pole vault legend, who is standing against Britain's Sebastian Coe in a two-horse Presidential

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The celebrations which marked the 50th Anniversary running of Oslo’s Bislett Games offered many great athletes the opportunity to reflect on the days of their youth. As the cavalcade of classic open-topped Ford Mustangs made its slow circuit of the Bislett Stadium track before the main meeting began, the waving passengers – John Walker, Roger Moens, Javier Sotomayor, Jan Zelezny, Ingrid Kristiansen, Henry Rono - received warm waves of applause. For many of those rising in acclaim, these middle aged but still largely trim and athletic figures had created indelible memories on this oval patch of ground.No one was applauding...

were also present at the meeting, partly as guests, partly in work mode.For Coe, Oslo was the latest

way to 1.42 and bits, and found myself being invited back 10 days later to run in the Golden Mile,” Coe

“When you get invited to Bislett it’s a little bit like coming of age,” Coe continued.

But we do need to give our sport a new shape, and that shape needs to be given a youthful view.”Coe

Says Coe. “And that is as profound in track and field as it is in any other sport.”

Sebastian Coe has defended the International Association of Athletics Federation’s decision to award

decision taken by the IAAF Council in April was “not fair play”, adding: “We were taken by surprise.”But Coe

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Sergey Bubka paid a hastily-arranged visit to Kathmandu, at the invitation of the Nepal Athletics Association (NAA), as it was confirmed that the Olympic Movement has promised $500,000 (£322,000/€445,000) to help the nation rebuild in the wake of the devastating recent earthquakes.

improve sports conditions and to bring high-level coaches to the country.Bubka - who, like Sebastian Coe

illustrious past performers such as John Walker, Ingrid Kristiansen, Roger Moens, Henry Rono, Sebastian Coe

Sebastian Coe, one of the honoured guests here for the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Bislett

determination to create a new golden era for Athletics.Speaking from the IAAF Diamond League meet in Oslo, Seb Coe

Awarding hosting rights for two championships and a new structure for European Athletics’ commissions will top the agenda during a landmark occasion for the sport this weekend here when President Svein Arne Hansen welcomes the Council to his home town for its first full meeting since its election in April.

contributed outstanding Oslo performances down the years, including British middle distance legends Sebastian Coe

which should not impose unduly on his overcrowded schedule, double Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe

Beijing on August 19, just ahead of this year’s World Athletics Championships.Related storiesJune 2015: Coe

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Two days after UK Athletics issued a statement saying it had “absolutely no concerns” about Britain’s world and Olympic 5000 and 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah continuing to work with coach Alberto Salazar, who is the subject of doping allegations, the UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner has suggested it might be best if the relationship ended, at least for the moment.

an early morning flight back home to Oregon, saying he was “emotionally and physically drained”Seb Coe

mount a stout defence" following allegations of doping infractions ©Getty Images Meanwhile Sebastian Coe

“It’s for Alberto now to defend himself,” said Coe.“He has to do that. I’m sure he will.

“I’ve known Alberto 35 years, since 1980,” Coe said.“He broke the world [marathon] record in 1981."

Olympic 5,000metres and 10,000m champion, should suspend his relationship pending further investigation, Coe