JUNE 7 – LONDON 2012 today unveiled their masterplan for the Games site moving volleyball from the Olympic Park to Earls Court and revealing minor changes and details of how the facilities will be used once the Games have finished.

the IOC's vision of a sustainable legacy - not after the Games have ended, but right now,” Sebastian Coe

  JUNE 7 – LONDON 2012 today unveiled their masterplan for the Games site moving volleyball from the Olympic Park to Earls Court and revealing minor changes and details of how the facilities will be used once the Games have finished.  

the IOC's vision of a sustainable legacy - not after the Games have ended, but right now,” Sebastian Coe

JUNE 7 – LONDON 2012 today unveiled their masterplan for the Games site moving volleyball from the Olympic Park to Earls Court and revealing minor changes and details of how the facilities will be used once the Games have finished.    

IOC's vision of a sustainable legacy - not after the Games have ended, but right now,” Sebastian Coe

  JUNE 1 - A CONSULTANCY team led by Drivers Jonas, a private partnership of commercial property consultants, has been appointed by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to start immediately developing plans for a new £8.5 million white-water canoe slalom course at Broxbourne in Hertfordshire (pictured) for the 2012 Games. This will lead to a recommendation about how the project can best be taken forward.

amongst  young people, which will lead to healthier and better resourced communities,” said Sebastian Coe

promising young athletes for the 2012 Olympics, something his great friend, LOCOG chairman, Sebastian Coe

  MAY 15 – A FORMER Marks & Spencers employee has been appointed as director of human resources for the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) it was announced today.

London 2012 Chairman Sebastian Coe paid tribute to Jarvis’s huge contribution to London 2012.

“Viv started three years ago and helped build the Bid team from scratch,” said Coe.

 MAY 13 – SEBASTIAN COE, the chairman of London 2012, has been asked to stand to be president of the

that a number of countries, including several from Asia and at least one from Europe, have spoken to Coe

Coe lost his seat at Falmouth & Camborne in the 1997 election.  

Coe was elected as a member of the IAAF’s ruling council in 2003 but it was his leadership of London

Coe, however, would make a much more attractive candidate to the vast majority of the 211 countries who

“My sole intention at the moment is London 2012,” said Coe.

  MAY 10 – SEBASTIAN COE is due to give evidence tomorrow at a public inquiry being held at ExCel in

not a decision that can be taken lightly, or in anything other than exceptional circumstances,” said Coe

“The Lower Lea Valley was the only viable choice for a 2012 bid,” said Coe.

 MAY 9 – TESSA JOWELL has today announced plans for a special Olympic Roadshow visiting towns and cities across Britain in an attempt to capitalise on the enthusiasm demonstrated by the public since London was awarded the Games last July.

The bus will carry top names like London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe, Olympics Minister Jowell, London

committed to joining the Roadshow on five days as it tours the country with the 2012 message, as has Coe

the social and economic changes that are enshrined in our plans – will last a lifetime,” said Coe

  MAY 4 – SEBASTIAN COE’S claim that Scotland will benefit financially from the London Olympics has been disputed today by the Scottish National Party.

“Until we have that, it is disingenuous of people like Seb Coe to go round saying this will be good for

Coe met business leaders in Edinburgh and visited the city’s Broomhouse Primary School along with Deputy

from Scotland during the bid and am pleased to see that the enthusiasm is still extremely high,” said Coe

Coe said the Games promised to increase levels of participation in sport throughout the UK and offered

“The Games will be right on our doorstep and we intend to work with Lord Coe and his team and with leaders

  MAY 3- SEBASTIAN COE today hit back at claims that London 2012 were already falling behind schedule

Coe, the key note speaker at the conference in London, responded with a robust defence of London’s vision

and grass roots levels as well as elite levels; from the school playground to the winner’s podium,” Coe

Coe laid out the strategic objectives, which underlie London’s vision of hosting an inspirational, safe

Coe said the Olympic and Paralympic Games could help to boost participation in non Olympic sports.

The Games can inspire people outside of a purely elite sporting context to participate in sport,” he Coe

  APRIL 20 – THE International Olympic Committee has begun its first inspection of London’s preparations to stage the 2012 Games.

LOCOG chairman Sebastian Coe welcomed the visit and said it represented the “formal start of the long

with our partners in Lausanne on analysing how, when and where we need to be over the next six years,” Coe

 APRIL 20 – CLAIMS that former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch (pictured) was the decisive factor in Paris losing the race to host the 2012 Olympics overshadowed the first visit of the organisation’s Coordination Commission visit to London today.

Sebastian Coe, the chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), said at

Coe said it represented the “formal start of the long journey to 2012”.  

  APRIL 9 – LONDON MAYOR Ken Livingstone (pictured) has visited Tiananmen Square during his visit to Beijing and said he wants to erect a clock in Trafalgar Square like the Chinese do counting down the time until the Olympics start but expects to face opposition over his plan. “I’ve been trying to erect a statue of Nelson Mandela, the South African leader, and people have been resisting that,” said Livingstone. “So I don’t think they’ll be terribly happy with a clock.”

Livingstone has been accompanied by a large delegation on the trip, including London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

 APRIL 7 – SEBASTIAN COE (pictured) and new London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton will leave tomorrow

upon the increasingly close and warm relationship between our two cities and countries,” said Coe

”   During his three-day visit, Coe will also present a prize at the national Chinese sports awards