March 27 - Rio de Janeiro's bid to follow London and host the 2016 Olympics received a boost today when Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Brazilian President Lula agreed to make the two country's sporting links closer.

during his visit to Britain and also hold talks with 2012 officials, including the chairman Sebastian Coe

March 25 - London 2012 today announced that it had started building the £105 million Olympic and Paralympic Velodrome, which Sir Chris Hoy helped design.  

Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, said: “The success of our cyclists in Beijing and their

By Duncan Mackay in Denver

Sebastian Coe, the London 2012 chairman, described them as "thugs" after he claimed that they had pushed

March 26 - Buckingham Group Contracting have won the public procurement process to build the Handball Arena for the London 2012 Olympics, it was announced today.

Sebastian Coe, the London 2012 chairman, said: “This is another example of the Games acting as a catalyst

March 26 - Buckingham Group Contracting have won the public procurement process to build the Handball Arena for the London 2012 Olympics, it was announced today.

Sebastian Coe, the London 2012 chairman, said: “This is another example of the Games acting as a catalyst

By Duncan Mackay in Berlin

  March 23 - Sebastian Coe (pictured) has handed New Delhi a massive boost by insisting that the Indian

Coe, a vice-president of the IAAF, has a lot of sympathy for him as they have become a hostage to the

Coe has strong links with India and New Delhi, in particular.  

In 1988, when Coe was controversially left out of British team for Seoul Olympics, despite being the

Coe said: "You want India to develop in a way with a broader outlook than with just the narrowness of

March 24 - London today announced that imaging Chinese firm Crystal has become 16th company to sign up as a sponsor for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, said:  “Sport presentation is difficult to get right

By Duncan Mackay in Berlin

But the IAAF's ruling Council, which includes London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe, who is a vice-president

March 19 - Dwain Chambers (pictured) has claimed on the eve of a meeting that could impose a new ban on him for comments in his controversial just published book that he is speaking out on behalf of a lot of athletes.

Among those in the book who come in for fierce criticism from Chambers are Sebastian Coe, the chairman