By Tom Degun at the Aquatic Centre on the Olympic ParkOctober 7 - Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, today unveiled the plans for the 2012 School Games finals, which will see around 1,600 of Britain's top young sports stars competing in four key Olympic venues just two months before the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.

the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games have begun," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By Tom DegunOctober 7 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven inspired a group of children at Bolton School - which he himself attended as a child - after speaking at an event designed to promote the London 2012 Games.

Paralympics in the sport of wheelchair basketball, was joined in Bolton by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

Coe also hailed Bolton's strong links with the London 2012 Games saying: "The birthplace of the mascots

Coe was referring to the fact that according to the legend, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic mascots

back, we will be able to say this was a defining moment, not just in sport but for the country," added Coe

By Tom Degun in LondonOctober 7 - Denis Oswald, chairman of the London 2012 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission, has promised that the Olympic governing body will back the British Olympic Association (BOA) on their lifetime ban for drug cheats despite the major Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling on the issue yesterday.

In a press conference dominated by the CAS ruling, London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said that he too

is appropriate for an autonomous sporting organisation to lay down whatever bylaws they need," said Coe

By David Gold in LondonOctober 6 - The British Olympic Association's (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan today put up a strong defence of his organisation's bylaw preventing athletes found guilty of a doping violation from taking part in any British Olympic team, pledging to do "everything in my power" to keep it in place.

firm on tough anti-doping stance as Merritt London 2012 hopes begin to look limpOctober 2010: Coe

By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football Conference in LondonOctober 6 - Sport and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson today urged Tottenham Hotspur one last time to drop their "pointless" bid for a judicial review  into their failed bid to move to the Olympic Stadium after next year's Games, warning that no further deal would be on the table to help redevelop their own ground.

Robertson (pictured above in the Olympic Stadium with London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe) made the point

year over how surplus from London 2012 should be shared out, he has the unqualified support of Seb Coe

And this is the strong basis on which Moynihan, Robertson, Coe et al hold fast to the bylaw.Sitting next

By Tom DegunOctober 6 - United States athlete LaShawn Merritt will be able to defend his Olympic 400-metre title at London 2012 Games after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ban on convicted drug cheats "invalid and unenforceable".

firm on tough anti-doping stance as Merritt London 2012 hopes begin to look limpOctober 2010: Coe

By Tom Degun in LondonOctober 4 - London's bid for the 2017 World Championships has been handed a major boost after American Bob Hersh (pictured), head of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Evaluation Commission, claimed the Olympic Stadium track issue that threatened to derail the campaign has now been resolved.

London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe - President of the London 2017 bid and an IAAF vice-president – claimed

Lord Sebastian Coe, recognised this fact, and stated that LOCOG needed to do more.

Lord Coe also stated that these Olympics had the highest approval ratings of any modern-day Games to

"We have also consulted Mayor Johnson's office, as well as Lord Coe and members of LOCOG, Hugh Roberson

By Tom DegunOctober 3 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe (pictured with Australian Prime Minister Julia

Coe admits that he has fond memories of the Sydney 2000 Paralympics - which saw Australia top the medal

delighted to have this opportunity to invite Australians to the Paralympic Games in London next year," Coe

continuation of the legendary Aussie-Brit rivalry - one of the greatest in international sport," continued Coe

next year and with the countdown to the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony now approaching 300 days, Coe

By Duncan Mackay at the Olympic Stadium in LondonOctober 3 - A team of inspectors visiting London to produce a report on the capital's bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships have been given a "cast-iron guarantee" by the Government that the running track will remain in place at Olympic Stadium regardless of whether Tottenham Hotspur wins it judicial review, it was claimed today. 

marked by world 1500 metres silver medallist Hannah England running a symbolic first lap alongside Coe

guarantees they needed, we didn't leave them in any doubt at all about the commitment to the stadium," said Coe

By Duncan MackayOctober 3 - A top-level group led by London Mayor Boris Johnson and Sport and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson will today seek to reassure senior International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) officials there is no doubt over the future of the £486 million ($756 million/€561 million) Olympic Stadium after London 2012 which could affect the city's bid to host the 2017 World Championships.

Johnson and Robertson will join together with London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe, a vice-president of

By Tom DegunOctober 2 - Sebastian Coe has revealed that he is ready to show off the controversial Olympic

now have the track in place so that we can show off the Stadium to the Commission in all its glory," Coe

Coe also believes that the strong support for athletics in Britain will be a key advantage for the London

Track and field athletics is undoubtedly one of our strongest national sports," Coe said."

support London's bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships, which is being headed by Sebatian Coe

By David GoldOctober 1 - The Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (IMSPA) has appointed the chief executive of DC Leisure, Steve Philpott, to its Board.

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