Some prime examples of go-it-aloners were Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and Daley Thompson, while Keen

Juan Antonio Samaranch was said to have seriously considered when no less a personage than his idol Coe

By Duncan Mackay at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in GlasgowJune 19 - Young people will be the heart of Glasgow's bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, it was promised as the city officially launched its campaign with a spectacular show here today.

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By Mike Rowbottom at the Prestige Pavilion on the Olympic Park in LondonJune 18 - Ninety per cent of the tickets on offer from Prestige Ticketing, London 2012's In-venue Hospitality Provider, have been sold, according to the company's chief executive, Andrew Burton.

He was speaking here today shortly before Sebastian Coe, chairman of London 2012, officially opened the

Coe welcomed the "different" approach this form of hospitality represented: "It's the first time we've

market sales of tickets for London 2012 does not deserve to remain in the Olympic Movement, Sebastian Coe

to officially open the Prestige Pavilion which will provide corporate hospitality during the Games, Coe

But Coe insisted he did not wish retrospectively that the allocation of tickets to foreign nations had

Responding to the point that not a lot of tickets were involved, Coe said: "That's not the point."

By Tom Degun at the Olympic Village in LondonJune 18 - London 2012 have today unveiled the medical facilities at the Olympic and Paralympic Village here which will be provided to the world's top athletes during the Games this summer.

We have always put athletes' needs at the heart of the Games," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By Duncan MackayJune 18 - Spyros Capralos, President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC), has claimed that the Sunday Times story about his trying to sell tickets for London 2012 to the newspaper on the black market is untrue and "misleading".

be caught on camera boasting how had "pulled strings" with London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

Coe has already angrily denied that he had provided extra tickets to Capralos, according to the HOC."

requested from the President of the Organising Committee of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Lord Sebastian Coe

By Duncan MackayJune 17 - Any official found guilty of selling tickets on the black market should be banned from the Olympic Movement, claims Denis Oswald (pictured left), the head of the London 2012 Coordination Commission. 

, who was caught on camera boasting how he had "pulled strings" with London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By Tom DegunJune 17 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe says he is hopeful Glasgow's bid for the 2018

shortlist of Candidate Cities in February 2013 before announcing the winning Host City in June 2013.Coe

I want see, in all four corners of the United Kingdom, people bidding for things," Coe told insidethegames

Coe (pictured above, left, with Glasgow 2014 chairman Lord Robert Smith and Scottish Olympic

By Duncan MackayJune 17 - An emergency meeting of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) ruling Executive Board has been held tonight after allegations emerged that Olympics officials and agents breached rules on London 2012 ticket sales, with some offering them up to ten times their market value.

Angeles Olympics, is alleged to have boasted he had "pulled strings" with London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

that demand in the country had outstripped expectations.But Capralos, 57, (pictured above centre with Coe

question came from the allocation to the British public," the statement said.They also denied that Coe

regard to 'boasts' by the Greek Olympic Committee that discussions on tickets took place with Sebastian Coe

By Duncan MackayJune 14 - Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will not be affected by the worsening economic crisis in Spain, officials there have claimed.

worsening economyApril 2012: Madrid is right to bid for 2020 Olympics despite economic crisis claims Coe

By Duncan MackayJune 13 - Jeremy Hunt, the highest-ranking Government official directly involved in the organisation of London 2012, has escaped calls for him to be investigated over repeated claims that he lied to Parliament over his handling of News Corporation's bid for BSkyB.

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By Tom Degun in London June 12 - Transport for London (TfL) has today set out the detailed plans for the implementation and operation of the Olympic Route Network (ORN) while they have also provided vital warnings for motorists in the run-up to and during London 2012.

cope with London 2012, admits TfL bossNovember 2011: We're ready for the transport challenge, promises Coe

the buffet, was to celebrate the links between Bislett – where so many British athletes such as Seb Coe

By Mike Rowbottom at Bislett Stadium in OsloJune 7 - Usain Bolt, who won the 100 metres here in the Samsung Diamond League meeting in 9.79sec, a time only he has bettered this year, is worried that he may be getting too big for his blocks.

victory in Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen's home patch with a throw of 88.11 metres.Sebastian Coe

By Duncan MackayJune 6 - Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, has praised the Irish public after

extraordinary welcome that it received that will stick in people's memories, justifying the commitment shown by Coe

The welcome has been extraordinary," said Coe.

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