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Coe issues drugs warning to athletics

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 AUGUST 14 - SEBASTIAN COE (pictured), the chairman of London 2012, has warned that athletics could end

Coe said: "The IAAF tests more than any other sport, we don't brush our positive tests under the carpet

Coe also said track and field needed to broaden its appeal to young people.  


Coe issues drugs warning to athletics

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AUGUST 14 - SEBASTIAN COE (pictured), the chairman of London 2012, has warned that athletics could end

  Coe said: "The IAAF tests more than any other sport, we don't brush our positive tests under

"   Coe also said track and field needed to broaden its appeal to young people.


Coe issues drugs warning to athletics

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 AUGUST 14 - SEBASTIAN COE (pictured), the chairman of London 2012, has warned that athletics could end

Coe said: "The IAAF tests more than any other sport, we don't brush our positive tests under the carpet

Coe also said track and field needed to broaden its appeal to young people.  


Johnson becomes Mayor of London

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 MAY 3 - BORIS JOHNSON (pictured) has replaced Ken Livingstone as the Mayor of London, giving him a leading role in the organisation of the 2012 Olympics.

The other members include Sebastian Coe,the chairman of London 2012 who is a former Conservative MP,

Coe, though, insisted on the eve of the election that the election of Johnson would not disrupt the build-up


Coe congratulates Johnson and praises Livingstone

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 MAY 3 - SEBASTIAN COE, the chairman of London 2012, today welcomed Boris Johnson as the new Mayor but

 Coe said: "I congratulate Boris Johnson on his election as Mayor of London.  


Head of London sponsor blasts torch relay protesters

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 MAY 3 - THE chief executive and chairman of Adidas, one of London 2012's top-tier sponsors, has criticised anti-Chinese protesters who tried to disrupt the Olympic torch relay.

guilty conscience" about Chinese security forces, described as "thugs" by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe


Deighton linked with Arsenal post

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 MAY 4 - PAUL DEIGHTON (pictured), the highly-regarded chief executive of London 2012, was today linked with a major job at Premiership club Arsenal.

He has dovetailed neatly with Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, and is highly regarded by senior


New training scheme for Londoners linked to Olympics launched

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  A NEW scheme which, it is claimed, will help disadvantaged Londoners be offered a stepping stone into work on a groundbreaking training programme linked to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been officially launched today.

Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, said: “We want the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games


Beijing threat to London over torch attendants

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  MAY 6 - BEIJING Olympic organisers threatened to take the torch relay away from London unless the controversial "flame attendants" were allowed to take part, the Metropolitan Officer in charge of the procession claimed today

Britain had banned the "torch attendants" who were described as "thugs" by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

There had been no formal complaint from Coe, who said he had been pushed and shoved by the Chinese guards


BP sign on as London's sixth top-tier sponsor

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 JULY 3 - BP, Britain's biggest company, is set to become the main backer of the Cultural Olympiad after today becoming the sixth tier-one sponsor of London 2012 in a £50 million deal.

morning at the British Museum attended by Tony Hayward, the company's chief executive, and Sebastian Coe

Coe said: "BP has a well established track record supporting the expertise and passion of our creative

Coe admitted that BP, formerly British Petroleum, led the list of companies that London 2012 had hoped

Coe told insidethegames: "This is a world-class company that we have been working with for well over

Coe hailed the signing of a seventh sponsor to join Lloyds TSB, EDF Energy, Adidas, British Airways,


Chambers sues BOA over Olympic ban

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    JULY 3 - LAWYERS representing sprinter Dwain Chambers (pictured) said today they had filed papers in London's High Court in a bid to outlaw the British Olympic Association's (BOA) policy of lifetime bans for drugs cheats.  

Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012 who is also a vice president of the International Association

Colin Jackson, the former world record holder for the 110m hurdles, supported Coe.  


Indian Sports Minister meets Coe and Jowell

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  JULY 3 - INDIAN SPORTS MINISTER M S Gill (pictured) has meet Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London

He said: "I have benefited a great deal after the visit to the Olympics site and discussions with Coe


IAAF and UK Athletics launch new magazine to exploit London 2012

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 JULY 3 - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), in partnership with UK Athletics, today launched a major new drive to promote athletics globally with a cutting edge magazine and interactive global website to exploit the interest in the sport in the run-up to London 2012.

Speaking at the SPIKES launch at the Olympic venue O2, Sebastian Coe, the London 2012 chairman and IAAF

”   Coe was joined by a host of British and global athletes past and present at the London SPIKES

launch, including Wilson Kipketer, the Kenyan-born Dane who succeeded Coe as world record holder for


IAAF and UK Athletics launch new magazine to exploit London 2012

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 JULY 3 - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), in partnership with UK Athletics, today launched a major new drive to promote athletics globally with a cutting edge magazine and interactive global website to exploit the interest in the sport in the run-up to London 2012.

Speaking at the SPIKES launch at the Olympic venue O2, Sebastian Coe, the London 2012 chairman and IAAF

”   Coe was joined by a host of British and global athletes past and present at the London SPIKES

launch, including Wilson Kipketer, the Kenyan-born Dane who succeeded Coe as world record holder for


IAAF and UK Athletics launch new magazine to exploit London 2012

  • Athletics News

JULY 3 - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), in partnership with UK Athletics, today launched a major new drive to promote athletics globally with a cutting edge magazine and interactive global website to exploit the interest in the sport in the run-up to London 2012.  

  Speaking at the SPIKES launch at the Olympic venue O2, Sebastian Coe, the London 2012 chairman

”    Coe was joined by a host of British and global athletes past and present at the

London SPIKES launch, including Wilson Kipketer, the Kenyan-born Dane who succeeded Coe as world