By Tom Degun in Lee ValleyDecember 9 - The Lee Valley White Water Centre in Hertfordshire, the first brand new London 2012 venue to be completed, today received a royal reception as the Princess Royal opened the Olympic canoe slalom course.

serves as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, was joined by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

will open to elite athletes - as well as the general public - for rafting and canoeing in April 2011.Coe

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearDecember 8 - Cardiff has been chosen as the pre-London 2012 training camp by Trinidad and Tobago, whose team is expected to include sprinter Richard Thompson who is set to be one of Usain Bolt's main challengers at the Olympics.

second to Bolt in the 100m, and then the men's 4x100m relay team, who came second to Jamaica.Sebastian Coe

By Tom Degun in LondonDecember 6 - London Mayor Boris Johnson today urged Londoners to "get off the sofa and get active" as he announced £2.4 million ($3.8 million) funding for 18 projects to increase participation in sport and physical activity among Londoners.

Inspired by going for a run with Sebastian Coe while in Zurich for the World Cup vote last week, Johnson

obviously wasn't the best trip - I did have one really big highlight as I went out for a run with Seb Coe

By Tom DegunDecember 3 - Andy Hunt, chief executive of the British Olympic Association (BOA), has expressed his disappointment at England failing to secure the 2018 World Cup.

to London's bid for the 2012 Olympics when the capital saw off Paris in Singapore in 2005.Sebastian Coe

November 29 - David Beckham has today visited the Olympic Park being built for London 2012 for the first time.

The Los Angeles Galaxy star and former England captain was shown around the site by Sebastian Coe,

Coe said: "David has been, and continues to be, an integral part of the London 2012 family, playing a

November 26 - Children from Haringey were thrilled by a visit from Olympic medallist Colin Jackson when he passed on advice and ideas he discovered on a recent trip to Trinidad and Tobago.

Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, said: "I was lucky enough to see for myself the difference

By Mike Rowbottom in CanterburyIt is around ten o'clock on a Sunday morning, and the hall at University of Kent sports centre contains about 110 talented local youngsters and their parents, as well as a group of sporting performers who have already made their mark at the highest levels.Right now, settled on squashy cushions at the front of the hall, the youngsters have their faces upturned to the woman whose level of achievement peaked at the 2004 Olympics when she won 800 and 1500 metres gold medals.Having set up her Legacy Trust once she retired from the track in 2005,...

certainly bid for the 2017 World Athletics Championships," he adds.Robertson goes on to say how Seb Coe

nutrition and injury prevention - and good coaching were the first three of these elements.The last, as Coe

By Tom Degun in LondonNovember 25 - Britain's Minister for Sport and Olympics Hugh Robertson has looked to cool the escalating row between himself and Sergey Bubka by claiming the Ukrainian's recent comments regarding London's athletics legacy are perfectly acceptable.

going on" between the former world and Olympic pole vault champion and London 2012 chair Sebastian Coe

Robertson had referred to Coe as one of the "other vice-presidents in the mix [for the IAAF Presidency

compete in a stadium" and added that he has "nothing but respect and admiration for my friend Sebastian Coe

By Tom DegunNovember 24 - International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) general secretary Pierre Weiss has told insidethegames that London's bid to host the 2017 World Championships could be damaged by Britain's three previous failures to secure the event.

row was such that it nearly wrecked London's fledging bid to host the 2012 Olympics before Sebastian Coe

By Mike RowbottomNovember 23 - Sergey Bubka has voiced his "extreme disappointment" at the suggestion by Britain's Minister for Sport and Olympics, Hugh Robertson – exclusively reported by insidethegames - that his recent call for London to retain a running track at the Olympic Stadium was prompted by his political ambitions within the sport.

partly to do with the fact he has ambitions to contest the IAAF presidency, with Britain's Sebastian Coe

current Olympic Park.Bubka added: "I have nothing but respect and admiration for my friend Sebastian Coe

with the two obvious candidates to replace Diack widely expected to be London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

the Summer Olympics in 2012 and 2016.Therefore, it would be a very wise bet to put money on either Coe

decision which would certainly put the cat among the pigeons and one that is already likely to have Coe

Many IOC members are thought to want the popular Coe in their exclusive club and the IAAF Presidency

I understand that the Sport and Olympics Minister may have seen his words as an attack on Coe in the

By Mike Rowbottom in CanterburyNovember 22 - Hugh Robertson, the Minister for Sport and Olympics, has suggested that Sergey Bubka - who has warned London to honour its promise of delivering an athletics legacy from the 2012 Games by keeping the athletics track inside the Olympic stadium - is indulging in political showboating.

World Championships had compromised Britain's sporting reputation and undermined the promise made by Coe

By Tom Degun in Monte CarloNovember 21 – The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) today signed off on the athletics schedule for the London 2012 Games here at a meeting of its ruling Council.

in the East End but the route now appears to be set in stone following the IAAF's approval.Sebastian Coe

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By Tom Degun in Monte CarloNovember 21 - David Rudisha, Kenya´s 800 metres phenomenon, has been crowned the 2010 Male World Athlete of the Year while Croatian high jump star Blanka Vlasic has picked up the women's prize here at the World Athletics Gala in Monte Carlo.

I know that Wilson Kipketer had the record for almost 13 years and that before him, Seb Coe had it for

By Tom Degun in Monte CarloNovember 21 - International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) general secretary Pierre Weiss has revealed that the organisation only just survived a major financial crisis by introducing extreme cost-cutting measures and receiving a timely increase in revenues.

small, all-powerful Council, chaired by President Lamine Diack and featuring vice president's Sebastian Coe

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