By Emily GoddardThe United Kingdom has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation that will see it working closely with Japan on its preparations to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics and the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Minister Shinzō Abe (centre) visited the London Olympic Park with former London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By Mike RowbottomThe long-awaited comeback of Olympic 800 metres champion David Rudisha, who last competed in May last year, has been postponed once again as the Kenyan world record holder has announced he is out of the opening International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in Doha in Friday (May 9) because of a calf injury.

compete in adidas Grand Prix in New YorkApril 2012: Rudisha wants to take 800m gold and "make Lord Coe

deciding whether to launch another bid for the Olympics and Paralympics, Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

the 2024 Games and should instead wait for later events.Speaking during a visit to Mexico, Blanco, COE

By Zjan ShirinianApril 29 - The British Olympic Association's (BOA) director of sport services has been appointed Team GB's Chef de Mission for the Baku 2015 European Games and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

London 2012 medal haul will be one of Mark England's key tasks ©Getty ImagesBOA chairman Sebastian Coe

By David OwenApril 17 - Former UK Sports Minister Richard Caborn is using the imminent start of building work at the Don Valley Stadium site in Sheffieldo try to push Olympic legacy back up the domestic political agenda.

right to stage the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics in 2005, is seeking a meeting with Sebastian Coe

with concerns expressed about the future of athletics in the city.In a detailed four-page letter to Coe

By Nick ButlerApril 15 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Nawal El Moutawakel has refused to rule out a bid for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Presidency when questioned after a gala dinner in Senegal.

But the outstanding candidate is another IAAF vice-president in Britain's Sebastian Coe, the former three-time

Coordination CommissionJuly 2013: Exclusive: Diack confirmation he will step down as IAAF President leaves Coe

By Nick ButlerApril 14 - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk remains confident Kraków can be successful in its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics despite the shock resignation of bid leader Jagna Marczulajtis-Walczak over the weekend, he claimed. 

with London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics, where Barbara Cassani was replaced by Sebastian Coe

Association - all architects of the dream to bring top-class football to the Queen Elizabeth Park.Sebastian Coe

By Gary AndersonMarch 30 - Glasgow 2014 is set to follow the lead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by charging the world's press to access the internet during the Commonwealth Games with prices up to £265 ($440/€320) for photographers.

£130 ($207/€150) for silver and £150 ($239/€173) for gold.At the time, London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

StoriesNovember 2012: Sochi 2014 to offer media first free Wi-Fi in history of OlympicsOctober 2011: Exclusive - Coe

By Paul OsborneMarch 29 - Sir Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has been appointed to the rank of Officer in the Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur by French President François Hollande, the highest decoration a person can receive in France.

London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games): in particular Lord Deighton and Lord Coe

By Nick ButlerMarch 26 - Four time world Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel has been named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year at the awards ceremony in Kuala Lumpar.

sportswomen.Among the members of the Academy present in Kuala Lumpar was former London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By Zjan ShirinianMarch 26 - A cloud computing system which will give sports federations in Spain the chance to save money has been launched.

Company Ibermática has worked with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) to make the new system available

investments in equipment and licences".Federations can have the system tailored to their needs, the COE

said.A spokesman added: "With this initiative, the COE responds, first, to the needs of each federation

By Paul OsborneMarch 26 - Kim Yoon-suk, the secretary general of Gwangju 2015, has called on Great Britain to send its largest delegation of athletes to the Summer Universiade in South Korea next July.

Speaking at a meeting in Seoul, Kim asked British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Sebastian Coe

preparing to leave many legacies in the history of the sporting world," Kim said.Prior to his meeting with Coe

the Olympics with South Korea following the success of London 2012.Kim Yoon-suk called on Sebastian Coe

By Paul OsborneMarch 24 - The International Sport Cooperation Centre of Korea (ISC) and British Embassy in Seoul today co-hosted a global sports forum to share knowledge and experience of hosting major international sports event.

forum, entitled the "UK-Korea Global Sports forum - Sharing Best Practice", was attended by Sebastian Coe

and successful international sporting event as they continue preparations for their Games.Sebastian Coe

By Duncan MackayMarch 22 - Olympic silver medallist Alan Pascoe, the former vice-chairman of London 2012, has labelled critics who want UK Sport to change how it funds British sport as "crazy".

recently stepped down as President of CSM, the company where former London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

is funded below the elite level, particularly in schools.Alan Pascoe (left), pictured with Sebastian Coe