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World's press demand free internet access at London 2012

  • London 2012

By Duncan Mackay in London October 23 - London 2012 will face criticism here this week from the world's media who are angry that organsiers are charging up to £150 ($239/€173) a month for access to the internet during the Olympics and Paralympics. 

attend the third World Press Briefing, where officials from London 2012, including chairman Sebastian Coe


Bubka expects Ukraine World Athletics Championships bid within few years

  • Athletics

By Tom DegunOctober 22 - Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergey Bubka, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) vice-president, has predicted that his country will host the World Athletics Championships "within the next few years" following major investment in sports facilities in the Eastern European country.

President Lamine Diack (pictured left) when he steps down alongside London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe


Record number of youngsters take part in London Youth Games

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By Emily GoddardOctober 20 - The latest figures released by the London Youth Games Foundation indicates a significant rise in the number of young people taking part in competitive sport in the Olympic and Paralympic host city ahead of the 2012 Games.

Lottery Funding, we have demonstrated we are capable of delivering the type of 2012 legacy that Seb Coe


Exclusive: Pearce and Powell set for Team GB football roles in London 2012

  • Football

By Mike RowbottomOctober 19 - Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell are set to be named as respective managers for the Team GB men's and women's football teams at London 2012, nine years after they studied alongside each other to earn UEFA Pro Licences.

early tips for the job of Team GB team manager, having been informally sounded out by Lord Sebastian Coe

, the London 2012 chairman.But Coe stressed in January this year it had been on a personal basis, adding


London 2012 put out last call for entries to Inspire programme

  • London 2012

By Emily GoddardOctober 19 - Time is running out for non-commercial projects and events inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to be part of the official London 2012 Inspire project as the organising committee has put out a last call for entrants.

Movie", a 20-minute animation made by and for children across the UK.London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe


Olympic Stadium will fulfil demand for top-class athletics in London claims Coe

  • London 2012

By Duncan Mackay at City Hall in LondonOctober 19 - Sebastian Coe today passionately defended the decision

Games, it should also strengthen the city's attempt to stage the 2017 World Athletics Championships, Coe

administratorOctober 2011: Exclusive - Olympic Stadium decision has "brought clarity" to IAAF claims Coe


Beckham has his sights set on Olympic gold on home soil

  • Football

By David GoldOctober 18 - LA Galaxy's David Beckham has reiterated his desire to play for Britain at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and has his sights firmly set on gold.

marketing campaignApril 2011: Beckham keen to play for Team GB football team in 2012January 2011: Coe


London 2012 Olympic truce supported by record number of countries

  • London 2012

countries signing up to approve the traditional United Nations call for an Olympic truce, Sebastian Coe

Syria and Iran were the last of the UN's 193 member states to reply to British diplomats just before Coe

be folly to suggest that sport provides a complete answer, a panacea for all our social ills," said Coe

Coe competed at the Moscow Olympics in 1980, when there had been a United States call for a boycott over

demonstrated the power of sport to bring people together... in a way that politicians alone could not," Coe

inspiration to us all," it said.Coe told the Assembly that Amber Charles (pictured below right with Coe


World's top athletes to be greeted at London 2012 by Britain's best young performers

  • London 2012

By Emily GoddardOctober 17 - Athletes competing in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games next summer will be greeted at the Athletes' Village by a series of over 100 Team Welcome Ceremonies - created, written and staged by stars from the National Youth Theatre (NYT).

next summer and the Athletes' Village will become their home throughout the Games," said Sebastian Coe


Coe accepts Farah’s European Athlete of the Year award

  • Athletics

By Mike RowbottomOctober 15 - More than 250 key decision-makers from the 50 European Athletics Member Federations gathered at Arona, in Spain, for the presentation of the 2011 European Athlete of the Year awards.

Sebastian Coe (pictured), the IAAF vice-president and London 2012 chairman, accepted the men's trophy


Exclusive: Olympic Stadium decision has "brought clarity" to IAAF claims Coe

  • London 2012

the campaign to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships a massive boost, the bid leader Sebastian Coe

I can absolutely understand why the Minister wanted to cut through this," Coe told insidethegames here

Coe dismissed fears that the decision would appear to be muddled to members of the International Association


We will still take over Olympic Stadium, insist West Ham

  • London 2012

By Andrew WarshawOctober 11 - West Ham United insisted today they still want to take over the Olympic Stadium despite the collapse of the deal allowing the club to move in straight after next year's Games.

complicated.Sport and Olympics Mnister Hugh Robertson (pictued above with London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

guarantee IAAFSeptember 2011: Exclusive - "We will show off Olympic Stadium in all its glory" promises Coe


We'll get athletes, officials and spectators to events on time during London 2012 says Transport Commissioner

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at City Hall in LondonOctober 11 - London's Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy has promised the London Assembly that plans are on track to get all athletes, officials and spectators to their events on time during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, while also keeping the city moving.

to help spectators plan how they will travel next summerAugust 2011: "There will be challenges" Coe

Traffic will be a problem during London 2012 but we will find a solution claims OswaldJuly 2011: Coe



Gebrselassie adds support to London 2017 bid

  • Athletics

Duncan MackayOctober 10 - London has stolen a march on Doha, its only rival to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships, by signing-up Ethiopia's double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie as an official ambassador of its bid.

guarantee IAAFSeptember 2011: Exclusive - "We will show off Olympic Stadium in all its glory" promises Coe