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Coe sees similarities between London 2012 and Rio 2016

  • Rio 2016

By Duncan MackayMarch 20 - Sebastian Coe today expressed confidence that when London 2012 passes on the

for taekwondo, a modern strength and conditioning room, and a rest room for athletes.At Maria Lenk,Coe

who train with Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze medallist, Natália Falavigna.After visiting the centre, Coe

"I am impressed with what I've seen today and with the spirit of the youth I've spoken to," said Coe.

Olympic and Paralympic Games, I publicly reiterate my appreciation for all the assistance that Sebastian Coe


Olympic Torch Relay comes to life as Torchbearers, route and uniforms are revealed

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at Redlands Primary School in LondonMarch 19 - London 2012 have today confirmed places for over 7,300 people who will be carrying the Olympic Flame in the Torch Relay, while the streets that they will visit and the white, grey and gold uniforms they will wear were also revealed here.

inspirational people from all over the UK being confirmed as Torchbearers," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe


Dame Kelly visits Newham School to launch GE Aspiring Minds scheme

  • Sponsor News

By Mike RowbottomMarch 19 - Dame Kelly Holmes (pictured) sent Eastlea Community School in Newham, East London into a ferment of enthusiasm with the story of her athletic ambitions and career and presentation of the Olympic gold medals she won at the 2004 Athen's Games.

Kelly talked about how she watched Seb Coe on TV winning the 1,500 metres at the 1984 Olympics and then



WADA Code must be upheld, insists WADA director Frédéric Donzé

  • London 2012

By David Gold at the Tackling Doping in Sport Forum at TwickenhamMarch 15 - The World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) European office and international federations relations director Frédéric Donzé (pictured) refused to be drawn on the legal dispute between them and the British Olympic Association (BOA), but did insist that the WADA Code had to be upheld.

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London 2012 Athletes Village is of highest level, says Edwards as first apartments go on show

  • London 2012

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Park in LondonMarch 15 - The media got a first glimpse today of what life will be like for athletes competing at this summer's Games as the first completed apartments in the London 2012 Athletes' Village were made open to view.

prepare for one of the biggest sporting moments of their lives," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe


Alan Hubbard: There's no love lost as Matthew and Willstrop racket up their rivalry

  • Inside the Blogs

, Alistair and Jonathan, not forgetting surely the track's most iconic double act of all, Sebastian Coe

Willstrop are both gritty Yorkshiremen with a long-running racket rivalry as bitter and intense as that of Coe

frequent title-swapping confrontations in pulsating, combative and sometimes argumentative finals.Unlike Coe

been the best of friends and it's a healthy rivalry and it's good for the game (sounds even more like Coe

Sheffield, which terms itself the City of Sport, has produced great sporting names – Coe, Naseem Hamed


UKAD boss calls for tougher sanctions on intentional drug cheats and more leniency on unwitting dopers

  • Latest

By David Gold at the Tackling Doping in Sport Conference in TwickenhamMarch 14 - UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) chief executive Andy Parkinson (pictured) today emphasised that a new World Anti-Doping Code needs to find a better balance between those intentionally found guilty of doping, and athletes unintentionally taking banned substances.

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London 2012 Olympic Stadium to be opened by member of public

  • London 2012

By Duncan MackayMarch 14 - More than 40,000 people are to be given the opportunity to be at the Olympic Stadium in London for its first major event, an occasion that is set to be marked by an evening of entertainment and which will give one person to be chosen from the crowd the chance to officially declare it open.

Greene and Hannah England (pictured below running in Olympic Stadium with London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe


We are confident we will be resilient during London 2012, insists TfL director

  • London 2012

By David Gold at City Hall in LondonMarch 13 - Transport for London (TfL) director of Games transport Mark Evers (pictured) has insisted that they have a number of contingency plans in place for during the Olympics and Paralympics this summer in the event of problems on the capital's tube network.

2012December 2011: Security and transport are two pieces of the jigsaw that are coming together, says Coe


Exclusive: "Events like this help", says Coe after Istanbul stages successful World Indoor Championships

  • Tokyo 2020

Istanbul's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics has been given a significant boost by Sebastian Coe

There were good enthusiastic crowds," Coe told insidethegames.

Coe, Britain's former double Olympic 1500 metres champion, is the vice-president of the IAAF and widely

need to have a track record that people recognise and events like this most definitely help," said Coe


Moynihan "cautiously optimistic" on retaining anti-doping bylaw following CAS hearing

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at Old Broad Street in LondonMarch 12 - British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan (pictured) revealed he is "cautiously optimistic" of securing victory in his bid to retain his organisation's controversial lifetime ban ruling on convicted drug cheats following the all-important hearing from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

positionFebruary 2012: Chambers beginning to dream of London 2012, he admitsJanuary 2012: Coe


IAAF set for new electronic voting system following Congress meltdown

  • Athletics

By Tom DegunMarch 12 - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) are set for a new electronic voting system (EVS) following the results of an independent investigation into a high profile incident at their Congress in Daegu last August when the elections had to be farcically be re-run after a series of technical problems.

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Exclusive: Defiant Moynihan says athletes will always defend BOA position

  • London 2012

By Mike Rowbottom at Eton DorneyMarch 11 - Colin Moynihan (pictured), chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA), believes that even if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rules against the byelaw which currently allows his organisation not to select serious doping offenders for any Games, the BOA position will be regained.

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First anniversary of Japan earthquake is marked by special sports festival

  • Tokyo 2020

By Duncan MackayMarch 11 - A special sports festival in Tokyo attended by Tsunekazu Takeda, the President of the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, has been held to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami which killed more than 15,000 people.

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