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Wiggins leads London 2012 heroes rewarded in Queen's New Year Honours List

  • London 2012

By Tom DegunDecember 29 - Bradley Wiggins is among those associated with the sucess of London 2012 rewarded with a knighthood in the Queen's New Year Honours List published today. 

Member of the British Empire (MBE).London 2012 officials have also been honoured with chairman Sebastian Coe

London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe is awarded an exclusive Companion of Honour There are CBE's for London


Mike Rowbottom: Seb Coe – the wariness of the cross-country runner…

  • Inside the Blogs

£20 – but only £9 from the insidethegames shop).It would be facile to observe that, had the youthful Coe

many who will read it in the wake of the outstandingly successful London 2012 Games, to which Baron Coe

To me, having written about Coe as an athlete briefly and a sports politician at greater length, some

wanting to know more The text is as carefully modulated as the speeches we have come to expect of Coe

But for sure, Coe is guarded.


Luzhniki Stadium will not be demolished, promises Moscow Mayor

  • Football

By Duncan MackayDecember 25 - Controversial plans to demolish Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium and rebuild it in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup have been scrapped in favour of renovating it, the city's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has revealed.

80,000-capacity arena, built in 1956 and refurbished for the 1980 Summer Olympics, where Sebastian Coe


Madrid laboratory suspended by WADA in a blow to city's Olympic bid

  • Tokyo 2020

By Mike RowbottomDecember 22 - The Madrid testing laboratory has been suspended from carrying out anti-doping analyses for three months by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and its head of quality control has resigned following a testing anomaly.

high level meeting in the Spanish capital Alejandro Blanco, head of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

general director of the WADA, the country's commitment for drug free sport.Following the meetings at the COE



Alan Hubbard: Football has learned nothing from the Olympics

  • Inside the Blogs

thin and some Government intervention may be the only way forward.Does football need someone like Lord Coe

What the game needs, but sadly is unlikely ever to get, is an independent NFL-style commissioner (Lord Coe


Glasgow 2018 unveil plans for Summer Youth Olympic Games bid

  • Buenos Aires 2018

build upon the legacy programme of London 2012, British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Sebastian Coe

Coe, who is now the figurehead of the bid having replaced Colin Moynihan as head of the BOA last month

to announce the winner at a meeting in Lausanne on July 4.As the new chairman of the BOA, Sebastian Coe

the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games"The Youth Olympic Games is a fresh, exciting young product," said Coe



Wiggins named 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year

  • London 2012

By Tom DegunDecember 16 - Bradley Wiggins tonight scooped the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award to crown his annus mirabilis.

Britain's Olympic and Paralympic squads were named the team of the year and London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe received the BBC Lifetime Achievement Award "I am so flattered and

honoured to be the recipient of this trophy," said Coe, following a standing ovation."




"The best is yet to come" claims head of Spanish Olympic Committee as it celebrates centenary

  • Tokyo 2020

By Duncan MackayDecember 12 - Alejandro Blanco, the head of Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, today predicted an exciting future for the Olympic Movement in the country as its National Olympic Committee celebrated its centenary.

Blanco, who is also President of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), hosted a special event at the Teatros

Felipe de Borbón (third left) honorary IOC member Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón (third right)  and COE

The COE is a 100 years young and we think the best is yet to be fulfilled."

Spain did not make another appearance at the Olympics until Antwerp in 1920 following the formation of COE


London 2012 Games Makers honoured in Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Awards

  • London 2012

By Tom DegunDecember 12 - The 70,000 Games Makers volunteers, who gave up their time to welcome the world at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, have been recognised in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Awards.

those recognised in The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012.London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

everyone, we are tremendously proud of the volunteers who play such a vital role in British society," said Coe


Weir targets London Marathon record and Glasgow 2014

  • Athletics News

By Mike RowbottomDecember 12 - David Weir, Britain's quadruple gold medallist at the London 2012 Paralympics, has revealed that he will seek a record seventh victory in the Virgin London Marathon wheelchair race next year before setting his sights on the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

LOCOG and Seb Coe promised the 2012 Paralympics would be the best ever, and that they would be on an


The Olympics have to go to Africa, says Coe

  • Olympics

By Andrew Warshaw at the Doha Goals conference in DohaDecember 11 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

Speaking here, Coe (pictured top), the face of this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games, said sport

You are going to need to share our big sporting moments," Coe told delegates."

Coe pinpointed vision as the number one priority for anyone hoping to host the Olympics."

Later at a media briefing, Coe said the African continent was the last great unchartered territory for

The Games have to go to Africa," Coe said."The issue is about timing."