By Duncan MackayJune 4 - The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay has been disrupted for the first time on its 70-day tour of the UK following a dissident Republican protest in Northern Ireland.

story at [email protected] storiesJune 2012: Exclusive - Hickey pays tribute to Coe

By Duncan MackayJune 4 - Madrid will win its campaign to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics as long as the Spanish economy does not collapse, bid leader Alejandro Blanco (pictured right) has predicted.

the Intrnational Olympic Committee (IOC) and Blanco, the President of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

So they needed a man of the calibre of Lord Coe to head the Organising Committee.

Grenfell (pictured below), later Lord Desborough of Taplow.He was a talented runner, not as brilliant as Coe

was perhaps just as well that he had already climbed the Matterhorn by three different routes.Like Coe

By Duncan MackayJune 3 - The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has released a new film to coincide with the celebrations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, which are currently taking place across Britain.

The Games are the only cement common to all the Commonwealth countries," said Sebastian Coe, the chairman

medal table at London 2012, they have admitted at a press conference in Frankfurt attended by Sebastian Coe

  Coe, a close friend of Bach's, the vice-president of the International Olympic Committee

By Duncan Mackay in London June 1 - London 2012 today unveiled the ceremonial costumes, along with victory ceremonies podiums, make-up and flowers, a unique design in royal purple that has been created by students at the Royal College of Art (RCA) and will, for the first ever in 116 years of Olympic history, be worn by male medal and flower bearers.

and share their achievements with fans in the stadiums and a worldwide TV audience," said Sebastian Coe

MackayJune 1 - Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) President Patrick Hickey has paid tribute to Sebastian Coe

By Duncan MackayMay 31 - Carlos Nuzman, the President of Rio 2016, has received the Personality of the Year Award given by the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Brazilian Embassy in London. 

This year, the awardees were Nuzman and Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012.They received their

By Duncan MackayMay 30 - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague has held talks with Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and Sochi 2014 President and chief executive Dmitry Chernyshenko at the White House in Moscow and taken the opportunity to hold a special ceremony to welcome volunteers travelling to London to work on this year's Olympics and Paralympics. 

an interest in sharing our experience," said Hague, a close friend of London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

gold medal holders like Jonathan Edwards and gold medal winners that were running the bid, and Lord Coe

Boyle.I suspect the decision has already been made, but remains a closely-guarded secret.I know who Lord Coe

achievement came outside the Olympics and may have to light the Flame from a wheelchair. 3/1.Sebastian Coe

1Daley Thompson: Arguably Britain's greatest all-round Olympian whose big admirer is a close friend Lord Coe

football team competing again, the universally-recognised Becks would be a controversial choice but Coe

horsewoman (Montreal 1976), President of the BOA and member of the IOC. 66/1Dame Mary Peters:  Another Coe

By David Gold at Channel 4 in LondonMay 28 - British television broadcaster Channel 4 today unveiled a range of plans for the London 2012 Paralympics – including a revolutionary new system to explain classifications and the most extensive broadcast coverage of the Games in the United Kingdom.

London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe praised Channel 4 and told the broadcaster: "You have devoted time and

By David Gold at Channel 4 in LondonMay 28 - British television broadcaster Channel 4 today unveiled a range of plans for the London 2012 Paralympics – including a revolutionary new system to explain classifications and the most extensive broadcast coverage of the Games in the United Kingdom.

London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe praised Channel 4 and told the broadcaster: "You have devoted

By David OwenMay 27 - Sir Charles Allen (pictured), a former television executive, has been appointed so-called "Mayor" of the London 2012 Olympic Village.

outstanding and memorable experience for residents and visitors during the Games this summer".Lord Coe

By Mike Rowbottom at the Manchester Regional ArenaMay 26 - Great Britain won the BT Paralympic World Cup Team Trophy here after a final day in which both the men's wheelchair basketball and football teams earned silver medals.

2012: BT Paralympic World Cup will provide a fantastic taster for London 2012, says Sebastian Coe