By Duncan MackayDecember 5 - The Indian Government have asked the country's National Olympic committee to raise the issue of the sponsorship deal between London 2012 and Dow Chemical but have categorically ruled out any boycott of the Olympics.

gas that killed an estimated 15,000 people and maimed tens of thousands more.An effigy of Sebastian Coe

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By Mike RowbottomOver the years, the SPAR European Cross Country Championships have proved to be of key importance to a succession of British and Irish athletes. It would be nice to think that the latest version, to be run in the Slovenian city of Velenje on Sunday (December 11), will prove similarly relevant to 22-year-old Steph Twell, who will be making her return to international colours just short of 10 months after the traumatic injury which threatened to ruin not just her year but her keen ambition to make a mark in the London 2012 Games.Until February 13 this year,...

the site of the London Olympic stadium from the 23rd-floor offices of the London 2012 chairman, Seb Coe

By Duncan MackayDecember 4 - More than 20,000 performers will take place in the Ceremonies for London 2012, it was revealed today as the first round of auditions for volunteer performers came to a close with more than 10,000 hopefuls putting themselves forward for a place.

I would like to thank the thousands of people who have come to the auditions," said Sebastian Coe, the

with thousands of demonstrations again taking to the streets a day after effigies of Sebastian Coe

By Mike RowbottomDecember 2 - A group of women MPs have accused the BBC of "ignoring women's achievements" in this year's Sports Personality of  Year award, for which all of the 10 shortlisted contenders are male.

, and the absence of women from this award severely undermines those efforts," they added.Sebastian Coe

By Tom DegunDecember 1 - A potential Cardiff bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games has received a major boost after the Welsh Government confirmed that they have agreed to work alongside Cardiff Council to investigate the feasibility of staging the event.

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By David GoldNovember 30 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe (pictured) has said that Manchester United

Alex and other managers will want their players to be fit and healthy for the Premier League," said Coe

Coe, a longtime season ticket-holder at Chelsea, is currently promoting the Olympic football tournament

to the Olympic final in Athens just as a fan and watched Argentina against Paraguay in the final," Coe

Coe also confirmed that Newcastle's home ground, the Sports Direct Arena, will be referred to as its

by the IOA the issue was –and surely remains – embarrassing  for London 2012  chief Lord Coe

By Tom DegunNovember 28 - Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his delight as London was today announced as the host of the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards, the premier honours event in the international sporting calendar.

London next year," said Britain's Laureus World Sports Academy member and London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By Tom DegunNovember 28 - India will not boycott the London 2012 Olympics over Dow Chemical's sponsorship of the Games,  the acting President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Vijay Kumar Malhotra (pictured) has promised.

Pradesh owns and controls the former plant site," said an IOC statement.London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

either at the time of the disaster or at the final settlement was not the responsibility of Dow," said Coe

By Duncan Mackay in MoscowNovember 26 - Patrick Hickey (pictured left with Sebastian Coe), the President

By David Gold at Tower Bridge in LondonNovember 23 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe confidently claimed

Tower Bridge as EDF unveiled its 36 strong team of Olympic and Paralympic Games athlete ambassadors, Coe

Coe insisted though that the capital was well placed to deal with the extra pressures on its transport

By Tom DegunNovember 23 - South African Paralympic icon Oscar Pistorius has signed up to become the latest ambassador to join London 2012's sports legacy programme International Inspiration.

has joined International Inspiration as its latest ambassador," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By David Gold at Tower Bridge in LondonNovember 23 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe joined EDF Energy

individual on average £400 a year.This work and EDF's newly unveiled team were praised at today's event by Coe

By Mike RowbottomNovember 23 - Olympic sailors who were forced to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games are using this week's annual meeting of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) to call for official recompense for those who missed out on the chance of winning medals.

resisted the demands from their Government, and those who came home from Moscow included Sebastian Coe