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Coe-Broughton consortium among shortlisted bidders to buy Chelsea Football Club

  • Football

World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe and former British Airways chairman Sir Martin Broughton

Coe and the consortium will be up against American businessman Todd Boehly after some other bidders failed

man to lead Chelsea Football Club into its next chapter," he said.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


Alan Hubbard: Why Lord Coe should be welcomed on board at Chelsea

  • Inside the Blogs

I have known Lord Coe since he was an impecunious teenage prodigy.

person" to be part of a consortium making a takeover bid.The left-wing MP, Chris Bryant, declared that Coe

company's relationship with an imprisoned Russian oligarch.Questions have been raised about whether Seb Coe

person" to be part of a consortium bidding to take over Chelsea ©Getty ImagesAccording to Bryant, Lord Coe

Seb Coe and CSM should have run a mile from this man," said Bryant.

is now behind bars hardly suggests he is a pal of Putin.And though like many in international sport Coe


Duncan Mackay: Absence of World Cross Country Championships from calendar makes me sad

  • Inside the Blogs

The last weekend in March, when the World Cross Country Championships traditionally took place, used to be my favourite time of the year.

was switched to a biannual basis.The election in 2015 by World Athletics as President of Sebastian Coe

course being "an equaliser", giving athletes from outside East Africa the chance to be competitive and Coe

Any momentum that started to build in Aarhus has long been lost.After the Paris 2024 snub, Coe has talked


Spanish Olympic Committee President rules out Madrid bid to host 2036 Olympic Games

  • Olympic Games 2036

Alejandro Blanco, President of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), has ruled out the possibility of

This follows conversations between the COE and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) where it was

We [the COE] when we talked to the IOC about the possibilities that there were, they told us the 

Olympic Games was for the 2020 edition, which were awarded to Tokyo ©Getty ImagesBlanco warned that the COE


Key appointment of Bosch sows further division in Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030 bid

  • 2030 Olympics

Mónica Bosch has been appointed by the Government of Catalonia as coordinator of the Pyrenees-Barcelona bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, but its counterpart in Aragon Government has blasted the decision as "unacceptable" and accused it of a lack of consultation.

than that of Catalonia, but we have always understood that this was a candidacy of Spain led by the COE

Games," he said.El Español also reported that the head of the Government of Aragon has asked for COE

part of the Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030 bid ©Getty ImagesA delegation of four Spanish officials, including COE


World Athletics President Coe backs Broughton bid to take over Chelsea from Abramovich

  • Football

World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe has backed a bid from Sir Martin Broughton to buy men's

purchasing Chelsea.Broughton has also previously served as head of British American Tobacco.He and Lord Coe

I am certain that Sir Martin is the right man to lead Chelsea Football Club into its next chapter," Coe

Coe won men's 1,500 metres Olympic titles at Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, taking silver in the 800m

2015.Chelsea lifted the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi last month ©Getty ImagesPA reports that Coe

I am absolutely delighted to welcome Lord Coe to our bid," he said, as reported by PA."



World Athletics President Coe "not expecting" pro-Russia demos at Belgrade 2022

  • Athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, speaking on the eve of the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade

voted in agreement with the United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.But Coe

fragilities of the political landscape but has normally come together in a very cohesive and collective way," Coe

Athletics ban on Russian and Belarus athletes.Asked if there would be support for the Ukrainian contingent, Coe

Turning to Jevrosimović, Coe added: "It was his ambition many years ago to try to persuade the political



COVID-19 still poses "considerable challenges" to upcoming World Athletics Series events in China, Coe

  • Athletics

considerable challenges" because of continuing concerns over COVID-19, the World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

at a media conference in Monaco following the virtual 227th meeting of the World Athletics Council, Coe

2023 still face "considerable challenges" because of COVID-19, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

postponed from 2020 and then 2021 because of COVID-19 concerns, are due to take place from March 17 to 19.Coe


Coe and Bubka working together "on daily basis" over Ukraine invasion crisis

  • Athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe revealed today that he has been in daily contact with his Ukrainian

Speaking in Monaco following the conclusion of today’s virtual World Athletics Council meeting, Coe said

because he has the responsibility given to him by the IOC for co-ordinating the humanitarian programme," Coe

of Ukraine would punish athletes whose only crime was to have been born underneath the Russian flag, Coe

Coe went on to spell out the details adopted by the Council in connection with the ban on Belarus athletes


Oregon World Athletics Championships to introduce team trophies

  • Athletics

The World Athletics Championships due to be held later this year in Eugene, Oregon will be the first to feature team trophies, Oregon22 have announced.

Spencer, the athlete and team experience director for WCH Oregon22.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


World Athletics Council to discuss Ukraine situation in wake of ban for Russian and Belarus competitors

  • Athletics

The second and concluding day of the 227th World Athletics Council meeting will see further discussion of the Ukraine situation following last week’s announcement by the governing body that Russian and Belarus athletes would be banned from international competition "for the foreseeable future."

In an address to the Council earlier this month, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: "The world

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, pictured with Valeriya Sholomitska of Ukraine and her coach



Robertson and Coe roles in doubt following Abramovich's decision to sell Chelsea

  • Football

A few days after Roman Abramovich announced that he is "giving trustees of Chelsea's charitable foundation the stewardship and care of Chelsea FC", the Russian oligarch has put out a statement saying that the club is for sale.  

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is a senior adviser at the clubAmong the six trustees named on

United Kingdom Government Minister who took over the role of British Olympic Association chair from Coe