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Ecuador NOC signs agreement to promote national culture

  • PASO

The Ecuadorian Olympic Committee (COE) and the Guayas Nucleus House of Culture have signed an inter-institutional

The deal, which was penned by COE President Jorge Delgado and his counterpart Martha Rizzo, aims to spread


Pyrenees-Barcelona bid for 2030 Winter Olympics on brink of collapse with COE set to announce withdrawal

  • 2030 Olympics

2030 Winter Olympic Games is reportedly on the brink of collapse, with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

Vilagrà Pons blaming "uncertainty".Four in-person meeting s have been held between representatives of the COE

Heraldo.However, Heraldo has reported that the parties are no closer to an agreement, and the COE

distribution of events for the 2030 Winter Olympics, and President Javier Lambán has not spoken to the COE

unconstitutional by the Spanish Government.The relationship between the Government in Aragon and the COE


Indian record for Olympic javelin champion Chopra in Turku - but Finn Helander wins

  • Athletics

India's Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra opened his 2022 season in Turku tonight by improving his national record to 89.30 metres but still finished marginally behind the shock winner, home thrower Oliver Helander.

time run in the world this year, and the fastest recorded by a Briton since 1990, and only Sebastian Coe


Puerto Rican softball team open World Games training camp

  • Baseball and Softball

A first pre-World Games training camp for Puerto Rico's women's softball team is underway in Guaynabo.

out on a place at the Games.Young talents Keira Bucher, Kathyria García, Janelle Martínez, Esperanza Coe


Olympic champion Lasitskene criticises Russia ban in letter to IOC head Bach

  • Athletics

Olympic and two-time world high jump champion Maria Lasitskene has criticised International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach in an open letter for his recommendation to ban Russian athletes and officials following the invasion of Ukraine.

But I remember very well how you turned a blind eye to the fact that the current IOC member Sebastian Coe


Catalonia postpones public votes on 2030 Winter Olympic bid as row over allocation of events rumbles on

  • 2030 Olympics

Referenda on whether or not Catalonia should seek to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics have been delayed amid an ongoing row over the allocation of events in the Barcelona-Pyrenees bid.

autonomous community Aragon still has not agreed to a hosting proposal the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

is not fair.A key point in Aragon's counterproposals, which have received a frosty response from the COE

, is splitting Alpine and cross-country skiing events between Aragon and Catalonia.The COE earlier this

want to give up", and blamed "political reasons" for Aragon's unwillingness to back a proposal the COE

and Catalan Government are happy with.Aragon has been allocated 54 events and Catalonia 42, the COE



Spanish Olympic Committee urged to ditch Aragón from Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030 bid

  • 2030 Olympics

The Catalan Winter Sports Federation (FCEH) has called on the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) to ditch

According to Spanish newspaper El País, the FCEH has urged the COE to show "courage" by pushing ahead

with a sole Catalan candidacy due to ongoing disputes with the Aragon Government over plans.The COE

Catalan and Aragonese Pyrenees but the project has been hampered by political tensions.Last month, the COE

plan, claiming that the allocation of events between the two regions was "unfair".Under the reported COE

Aragón President Javier Lambán has reportedly described the latest proposals by the COE as "ridiculous


All-new Alexander Stadium set for pre-Commonwealth Games launch event as Diamond League lands again

  • The Big Read

On Saturday (May 21), Birmingham’s newly-reconstructed Alexander Stadium, imminent centrepiece of this summer's Commonwealth Games, has its grand opening.

off to another selection row that reverberated internationally rather than nationally after Sebastian Coe

controversy ©Getty ImagesSuch was the impact of the story that the Daily Mirror ran a campaign to get Coe

Stadium was the scene of further intrigue as the two runners whose rivalry had electrified an era, Coe

withdraw because he felt it was unfair but was persuaded to take part.He ran poorly in a race won by Coe

No money was offered to Steve Ovett or Sebastian Coe by myself or any other official of the AAA to my


Philip Barker: Seb, "Sir" David, Ron Weasley and memories of an Olympic Flame to "inspire a Generation"

  • Inside the Blogs

There comes a point in the life of every host city when the idea that they are about to host the Olympic Games becomes frighteningly real. 

which we can all be proud and which can inspire a generation," pledged London 2012 Chairman Sebastian Coe

with Greek and British flags as the whole of the Olympic world seemed to have gathered.Many, including Coe

Lighting Ceremony for the first time.He did, however, reveal that he had been to Olympia before.In 1975, Coe

railway line along the Greek coast to the tiny station at Olympia so he simply jumped on a train.In 2012 Coe

 London received an Olympic Flame for a second time in 2012, but Coe was the first chairman of a



Frozen asset Chelsea sold to consortium led by American billionaire Boehly

  • Football

Roman Abramovich’s era as owner of Chelsea Football Club has officially come to an end after a deal was signed to sell the English outfit to a consortium fronted by American billionaire Todd Boehly in a £4.25 billion ($5.25 billion/€5 billion) takeover deal.

Stephen Pagliuca and British businessman Martin Broughton.World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe


Coe calls for swift resolution to Chelsea sale to minimise impact on club

  • Football

World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe has stressed the importance of a quick resolution to Chelsea

Coe was part of a consortium led by former British Airways chairman Sir Martin Broughton, which has been

the Premier League and UEFA club competitions would be at risk should further delays occur.Lord Seb Coe

pic.twitter.com/qFKa1dOOjo— LBC (@LBC) May 4, 2022"I joined Martin's bid with one simple proposition," Coe