By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year March 16 - London's Olympic Stadium is set to go head-to-head with Beijing's Birds Nest, which hosted the 2008 Games, for the right to stage the 2015 World Athletics Championships, it has been announced.

The turning point for the bid came when Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, persuaded IAAF 

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) top brass Lamine Diack, Sergey Bubka and Sebastian Coe

By Mike Rowbottom at at the Legacy Lives 2010 Conference March 4 - Sir Keith Mills (pictured), chief executive of the successful London 2012 bid, admitted today that his team had not worked out all the details to underpin one of the key commitments which earned them the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) vote in Singapore five years ago.

that there was a complete determination to uphold the pledge made before the crucial vote by Sebastian Coe

By Steven Downes in London February 26 - Pressure will increase to move a Premiership football club, such as West Ham United, into London’s Olympic Stadium from 2013 to avoid the Government incurring massive maintenance bills, following a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) published today.

tenant can be persuaded to use the stadium which senior figures, including London 2012 Sebastian Coe

 Coe and Minister for Sport Gerry Sutcliffe, regard as a promise that cannot be broken.

Sebastian Coe is the chairman of London 2012

proposed film about one of the great athletics rivalries of all-time, between British milers Sebastian Coe

Hollywood-based screenwriter Will Davies, will play up the stereotypical differences between the cleancut Coe

Between 1978 and 1983, Coe and Ovett set 14 outdoor world records, at distances from 800 metres to two

met in a race on the track, with the notable exception of the 1980 Olympic Games, where Ovett beat Coe

to the 800m gold medal, and Coe came back to take the 1500m title.

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February 18 - Plans submitted by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and LOCOG for the use of the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich and the O2 Arena during the London 2012 Games have been given planning permission by Greenwich Council.

" Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, said: "This is very good news and a vital

the history of track and field, between Britain’s two miling greats Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe

today the production of a screenplay based on The Perfect Distance, an account of the rivalry between Coe

of its popularity to the high profile enjoyed by the sport in the early 1980s because of the Ovett-Coe

Between 1978 and 1983, Coe and Ovett set 14 outdoor world records, at distances from 800 metres to two

to the 800m gold medal, and Coe came back to take the 1500m title.

Coe successfully defended his Olympic title four years later in Los Angeles.

February 13 - Olympic gold medal cyclist Jamie Staff and British number one Javelin thrower Goldie Sayers were present in Trafalgar Square today to celebrate the start of the 2010 Winter Games and show their support to Britain's team competing in Vancouver.

  Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, said: "I’m out in Vancouver at the moment

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 12 - More than 100 protestors, campaigning over the financial and environmental impact of the Winter Olympics, which open here tonight, have blocked the Torch Relay and forced its route to be changed.

carried by Hollywood star, and now California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as Sebastian Coe

Afterwards Coe said: ""Being passed the flame by the Terminator?

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By Steven Downes in London February 12 - West Ham United’s new owners have been given nine months to demonstrate that they can put up at least £60 million with which to convert London’s Olympic Stadium into a Premiership football arena that can still accommodate athletics.

London Games chiefs, including Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell and Sebastian Coe, hold firm to their

"We have made it clear we would explore other sports sharing the stadium," Coe told the IOC

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver February 8 - Sebastian Coe is to carry the Olympic torch on Friday as

Coe, the chairman of London 2012 and a two-time Olympic 1500 metres champion, will become the third

Coe was one of several celebrity torch-bearers unveiled here, including Schwarzenegger, the former Terminator

Coe (pictured here with London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton) will be hoping that the event

Coe was overheard on Channel 4 saying: "They [the Chinese guards] are horrible.

By Duncan Mackay in London February 4 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu tonight predicted that London hosting the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012 will "leave the world a fantastic legacy".

  As part of his visit to London , the Archbishop was present when Sebastian Coe and Paul 

"   Coe said: “Such is the diversity of London , that this city is probably one of

February 4 - London 2012 Olympic organisers have rejected robustly claims in London’s evening newspaper that the Cultural Olympiad is to be quietly dropped to save money from the London 2012 budget.

"The Cultural Olympiad was launched in 2008 by Lord Coe weirdly running up and down inside Tate

By Duncan Mackay February 1 - John Lewis were today confirmed as the latest sponsor of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, as first reported on insidethegames last night.

  Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, said: "We are thrilled that John Lewis