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Clegg makes return to key role at British Olympic Association five years after leaving as chief executive

  • Olympics

By Emily GoddardNovember 20 - Simon Clegg, the British Olympic Association's (BOA) first chief executive, is to to make a return to the organisation after securing a four-year term as a Director of the Board today.

their successful election to the Board of the British Olympic Association," BOA chairman Sebastian Coe

thank Di and Albert for their outstanding service to the Board and welcome them as Life Members," said Coe


England 2015 will inspire another generation but must focus on athletes, advises Coe

  • Rugby Sevens

By Nick Butler at the Ballsbridge Hotel in DublinNovember 19 - Sebastian Coe, former chairman of London

Coe, now head of the British Olympic Association (BOA) and vice-president of the International Association

 As with London 2012, which for Coe "was about sport and inspiring more people to take up sport"

Coe was being questioned by a member of England's 2003 World Cup winning team in Will Greenwood ©Getty

In an entertaining exchange with World Cup winner Will Greenwood - in which Coe was introduced as "a

Coe concluded by using his personal example of Mexico City 1968 to describe how "big events are what


Player welfare and Olympic opportunity headline issues as IRB Assembly gets underway

  • Rugby Sevens

By Nick Butler at the Ballsbridge Hotel in DublinNovember 17 - International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman Bernard Lapasset has opened the governing body's 11th General Assembly here today with player welfare and Olympic participation the leading items on the agenda.

McConnell.Other speakers later in the week will include British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Sebastian Coe



Felli holds orientation seminar for Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

By Duncan MackayNovember 14 - A team from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today started to hold a two-day orientation seminar in Tokyo for officials who will be involved in the preparations for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. 

roleOctober 2013: Australian Coates to lead Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission with roles for Coe


Paralympic and Olympic champions back Sir Philip for re-election as IPC President

  • Paralympics

GoddardNovember 11 - Paralympic and Olympic champions, including the likes of Dame Sarah Storey and Sebastian Coe

Committee for the Olympic Games) Board," double Olympic 1500 metres gold medallist and London 2012 chairman Coe

Sarah credits Sir Philip with developing the Paralympic Games in to "a global phenomenon".Sebastian Coe



Nick Butler: Rowing award for student highlights how university remains important stepping stone to elite sport

  • Inside the Blogs

Among the six athlete speakers there two stand out: a British middle distance called Sebastian Coe, and

Sebastian Coe and Thomas Bach are two students turned athletes turned Olympic administrators It is indisputable

that the skills and values that these two garnered at university - Coe reading economics and social

student which best creates individuals like James Cook, and also like Jean-Christophe Rolland, Sebastian Coe


Four pioneers of disabled sport to be honoured with Paralympic Order

  • Paralympics

By Nick ButlerNovember 1 - Bob Balk, Michael Barredo, Duncan Campbell and Jonquil Solt are to be awarded the Paralympic Order at a ceremony in Athens later this month.

contributions during London 2012 As well as Johnson, last year's recipients consisted of Sebastian Coe


Mike Rowbottom: If Seb is Harry Potter, Steve has to be Malfoy...

  • Inside the Blogs

So Daniel Radcliffe - aka Harry Potter - has been chosen to play Sebastian Coe in "Gold", the forthcoming

who turned 800 and 1500 metres running into a private rivalry in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with Coe

seemed to go out of his way to come across as Mr Awkward.I only caught the tail-end of the great Ovett-Coe

when, unwell, he finished sixth in the 1990 Commonwealth 800m final in Auckland.Steve Ovett and Seb Coe

do recall one highly experienced athletics writer of the time expanding on his marked preference for Coe


Sebastian Coe to be played by Harry Potter star in new film

  • Athletics

By Duncan MackayOctober 30 - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is to play Sebastian Coe in a new

Radcliffe in the box office horror smash Woman In Black.While Radcliffe begins to train to run like Coe

Steve Ovett won the 800 metres at Moscow 1980 but Sebastian Coe bounced back to claim the gold medal

Prior to Moscow 1980 they were recognised as two of the greatest runners in history with Coe favouring

metres and Ovett the 1500m.Yet on the day, it was Ovett who took gold in the shorter distance, while Coe

Four years later in Los Angeles, Coe took silver in the 800m and retained his 1500m gold.


British Olympic Association head of communications joins Baku 2015

  • Baku 2015

By Duncan Mackay at the Fairmont Flame Towers Hotel in BakuOctober 29 - Darryl Seibel has been appointed director of communications for the inaugural European Games here in 2015, it was announced here today.

the BOA the past four years has been an absolute privilege and I want to thank [BOA chairman] Seb [Coe


The 1981 Baden-Baden Congress and how it spawned a rich Olympic leadership legacy

  • The Big Read

OwenWhen Thomas Bach, the new International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, bumps into Sebastian Coe

Spanish roller skating enthusiast called Juan Antonio Samaranch.When Thomas Bach bumps into Sebastian Coe

, he sometimes greets him jokingly as "Shakespeare", and Coe returns the greeting, often referring to

athletes were "the biggest hidden treasure" within the Movement, he knew what he was talking about.As Coe

of the Kurhaus, there is no telling how long this process might have been delayed.The story of how Coe

Congress in Baden-BadenWhen they arrived, they had no clear idea of what was to be expected of them; Coe



Countdown to 2015 European Games begins with 600 days to go

  • Baku 2015

By Emily GoddardOctober 20 - Baku is today marking the 600 days to go milestone to the European Games, being held for the first time ever in 2015 in the Azerbaijani capital.

Olympic Commission Coordination Commission set for first visit to inspect Baku 2015January 2013: Coe