By Tom Degun at Buckingham Palace in LondonFebruary 29 - The Queen will open the London 2012 Paralympic Games in the Olympic Stadium in Stratford on August 29 it was confirmed here today with six months to go to the Opening Ceremony.

London 2012 chair Sebastian Coe said: "This summer we will be hosting the largest Paralympic Games ever

By Tom Degun at Buckingham Palace in LondonFebruary 29 - The Queen will open the London 2012 Paralympic Games in the Olympic Stadium in Stratford on August 29 it was confirmed here today with six months to go to the Opening Ceremony.

London 2012 chair Sebastian Coe said: "This summer we will be hosting the largest Paralympic Games ever

By Tom Degun in LondonFebruary 29 - The London 2012 Paralympic Torch has today been unveiled to mark six months to go until the start of the Paralympic Games and it has been given a sleek, mirrored finish which is designed to reflect the light of the Flame and the teams of Torchbearers that will carry it.

some of the most inspirational athletes from around the world," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By Tom Degun in LondonFebruary 29 - The London 2012 Paralympic Torch has today been unveiled to mark six months to go until the start of the Games and it has been given a sleek, mirrored finish which is designed to reflect the light of the Flame and the teams of Torchbearers that will carry it.

some of the most inspirational athletes from around the world," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

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By Tom DegunFebruary 28 - Giant Olympic Rings measuring 11 metres high and 25 metres wide have today been launched down the River Thames to mark exactly 150 days to go to the start of the London 2012 Olympics Games.

entrance to mark 20/12 dayMarch 2011: First Olympic rings for London 2012 unveiled at St Pancras by Coe

By Duncan MackayFebruary 26 - Sebastian Coe has been presented with a Certificate of Irish Heritage by

would have been different," said Higgins, a reference to the two Olympic 1500 metres gold medals that Coe

Coe, who also has Indian and Jamaican heritage, claimed he was honoured to receive the award."

You can thank that man [Coe] for the fact that the Olympic Torch is coming to Ireland for a day," Hickey

Coe recalled Hickey's reaction when he told him that he was to be honoured by the Irish President for

By Tom DegunFebruary 24 - Britain's wheelchair racing legend Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson (pictured left) has backed Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games after saying that the Barcelona 1992 Games were one of the greatest in history.

Last week, a senior Madrid 2020 delegation led by Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) President Alejandro

By Tom DegunFebruary 24 - London 2012 have confirmed that a full dress rehearsal to test the operations around the Olympic Torch Relay will take place on the Leicester to Peterborough stretch of the relay route on Friday, April 20.

to test many of our operations around the Olympic Torch Relay," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By Tom DegunFebruary 24 - Britain's wheelchair racing legend Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson (pictured left) has backed Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games after claiming that the Barcelona 1992 Games were one of the greatest in history.

Last week, a senior Madrid 2020 delegation led by Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) President Alejandro

By Tom DegunFebruary 22 - As part of its role as Presenting Partner of the London 2012 Games Maker Programme, McDonald's has today announced that it will be offering a City & Guilds Level 2 Award in the Principles of Customer Service to those volunteers who are either unemployed or who took part in the Government's Personal Best Programme.

delivering qualifications on a huge scale to its 87,500 employees," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

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By Mike RowbottomFebruary 21 - Mo Farah (pictured), who called into question whether he would run in next month's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships in Istanbul after his defeat in the Aviva Grand Prix on Saturday (February 18), has been named today in the British team.

the Year awardOctober 2011: Farah and Ennis retain BAWA athlete of year titlesOctober 2011: Coe

Lord Coe may be kicking his heels between the end of 2012 and 2015, when he hopes to be elected as President

Quadruple Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy agrees and Seb Coe calls it "jaw dropping".

By Duncan Mackay in Los AngelesFebruary 17 - Sebastian Coe has claimed that one of the most profitable

Coe, the chairman of London 2012, was widely praised after he helped open the 5th World Conference

We've done it by just being a little bit braver about it," Coe told insidethegames.

But Coe claimed he did not seek any praise for overseeing such a situation."

Coe credited his own background for his willingness to promote women on merit, including starting his

the same manner as the Wimbledon or FA Cup final.A year earlier he had taken silver behind Sebastian Coe

man to run the mile in under 3:50, and the man who had started the race in possession of the record – Coe