It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing today of our insidethegames colleague Alan Hubbard, who in a career of almost 70 years, crossed paths with anybody who mattered in the world of sport and celebrities from many other walks of life. 

the 2012 Olympics in London, Alan Hubbard, second from right, was joined by Neil Wilson, Sebastian Coe

Yeah Baby! "A weekend unlike any other!" Hype for the first Los Angeles Grand Prix at the University of California's Drake Stadium last Saturday (May 27) was predictably Hollywood.

Steve Ovett, left, and Sebastian Coe, right, avoided each other outside the Olympics but their rivalry

championships probably started with the rivalry between current World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

 Ovett won the 800m, then Coe struck back to win the 1500m.By the time the duo retired, they had

a bar in Helsinki to find myself in the unbelievably fortune position of enjoying a beer with both Coe

and Ovett as they discussed those great days).The one thing that united Coe and Ovett was on the track

USA Track & Field (USATF) have pledged their full support to the Los Angeles Grand Prix as part of its strategy to help raise interest in the sport before the 2028 Olympic Games in the Californian city.

World Athletics under its President Sebastian Coe have long had the aim of making the sport more popular

World Athletics will introduce the term "short track" to replace the current term "indoor" to describe events and performances that are set on a 200 metres track, traditionally staged indoors, in order to encourage temporary venues in city locations.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe commented: "This change is designed to remove an unintentional

Thirty years after they were first held on Maltese soil, the 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) are set to open in Valletta.

were made by the choice of Seoul as host city for the 1988 Olympics and when Thomas Bach and Sebastian Coe

The Sustainable Event Management System (SEMS) developed by World Athletics for its competitions has achieved certification for a globally-recognised standard.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe added: "Having this robust independent review of the processes

World Athletics, together with the International Athletics Foundation and members of the Diamond League Association, has renewed the Ukraine Fund established last year to support professional athletes affected by the conflict in their home country.

lost and ship it to training camps near Ukraine’s western border.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Botswana’s first Olympic medallist Nijel Amos has decided to put his silver medal from London 2012 up for sale after he was handed a ban for doping offences.

40.91 by Kenya's David Rudisha.The race was hailed by London 2012 Organising Committee President Lord Coe

As a guest on a podcast this weekend I was asked to name three athletes who had inspired me, and three top athletics moments. How to start? When to finish? A day later I realised with a guilty jolt - I’d forgotten Curtis Robb.

athletics prominence as an 800 metres runner built along the lines of Steve Ovett rather than Sebastian Coe

Jean Gracia of France, who secured the only male vice-president position available at yesterday's European Athletics Congress in Belgrade, has been re-appointed today as first vice-president.

from 2023 to 2027.Opening the inaugural meeting, Karamarinov and World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Dobromir Karamarinov has been re-elected as European Athletics President after defeating Czech rival Libor Varhanik 28-21 in a vote at the European Athletics Congress in Belgrade.

position gives him an automatic place on the Council of World Athletics, whose President, Sebastian Coe

Anyone that knows me well knows that I like certainty and continuity," Coe said.World Athletics President

Sebastian Coe congratulates Dobromir Karamarinov on his re-election as European Athletics President

A Russian Sports Ministry assessment has found that 26 of the country's competitors can be competitive in 19 athletics disciplines if they are readmitted to international sport.

invasion of Ukraine," World Athletics President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sebastian Coe

to be the only peaceful way to disrupt and disable Russia’s current intentions and restore peace," Coe

Argentina’s FIFA World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi and his Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappé, who scored a hat-trick in the final, are among athletes who will assemble in next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games host city Paris on May 8 for the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards.

Laureus World Sports Awards which will be held in Paris ©Getty ImagesWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Kostya Deneka's name has been added to the growing number of Ukrainian athletes that have been killed fighting for their country in the war against Russia.

boxing medallist Maksym Galinichev died in the war against Russia.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

We reported recently on the exciting news that the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the centrepiece of London 2012, was to host a major exhibition dedicated to the life and work of the incomparable David Bowie.

reopen the debate about the legacy of London 2012 and be fiercely resisted by former chairman Sebastian Coe