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World Athletics survey discovers 80 per cent of athletes worried about climate change

  • Athletics

Nearly 80 per cent of athletes are seriously concerned about climate change and more than half claim that it has already impacted on them, according to a new survey published by World Athletics to coincide with the start of COP26 in Glasgow.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe spoke of his pride at how athletes were helping lead the debate


Blanco announced as sole candidate for Presidency of Spanish Olympic Committee

  • EOC

Alejandro Blanco has been announced as the sole candidate for Presidency of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

Blanco, who was elected to the role in 2005, is already the longest-serving President of COE and his

tenure is set to be extended to five terms.The COE say Blanco "has the unanimous support of the 35 Olympic

to examine Blanco’s candidacy on November 4, and if verified, he will be declared President of the COE


Athletics track at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium set to be retained

  • Athletics

The athletics track at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium is reportedly set to be retained after the Japanese Government reversed its plan to remove it, handing a boost to the country's bid for the 2025 World Athletics Championships.

stadium a better football and rugby venue ©Getty ImagesLast year, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe



World Netball President honoured with Arthur Bell Trophy

  • Non-Olympic Sports

World Netball President Liz Nicholl was presented with the Arthur Bell Trophy at the Sport and Recreation Alliance's Annual General Meeting.

United Kingdom.Previous winners of the Arthur Bell Trophy include World Athletics President Sebastian Coe



Initial nominees for Female and Male World Athlete of the Year set to be revealed

  • Athletics

The five-person shortlist of nominees for the Female and Male World Athlete of the Year Awards will be announced later this week.

Achievement, Inspiration, Woman of the Year and the President's Award.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

across the year, taking into account not only the Olympic Games, but the one-day meeting circuits," Coe



Liam Morgan: Women leading early race to succeed Bach as IOC President

  • Inside the Blogs

The next International Olympic Committee (IOC) Presidential election may be just shy of four years away, but talk in the Movement has already turned to Thomas Bach’s potential successor.

regain his place before launching any potential candidacy for President.World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe


World medallist Tirop dies aged 25 after stabbing at home in Kenya

  • Athletics

Two-time world medallist and world record-holder Agnes Tirop - heralded as a "jewel" in Kenyan athletics - has been found dead at her home in Kenya.

of its brightest young stars in the most tragic circumstances," World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee unveils new kits for women's under-15 softball team

  • Baseball and Softball

The Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee (COE) has unveiled new uniforms for its women's under-15 softball

competition started yesterday and is set to conclude on Saturday (October 9) in Manta in Ecuador.The COE

event and as part of its work, gave the 30 members of the squad the new kit.Former President of the COE

meeting to hand over the gift.Ecuadorian Softball Federation (FES) President Marco Piedra thanked the COE

that assistance would continue, calling softball "a beautiful discipline".Piedra then invited both COE


David Owen: What the Olympic Movement has in common with James Bond

  • Inside the Blogs

Bond is back; not that I shall be dashing out to my local cinema to catch No Time To Die any time soon.

helicopter jump, stroke of edgy, postmodern genius as it was, was designed to appeal.Novelist Jonathan Coe

helicopter as part of the London 2012 Opening Ceremony ©Getty ImagesAt this point, his attitude changes: as Coe



Nijel Amos

  • Universiade Legends

world record of 1:40.91.In so doing, he equalled the world record set at Florence in 1981 by Sebastian Coe


"We said things we weren’t allowed to say" - when athletes challenged the IOC and were finally given a voice

  • The Big Read

Tuesday (September 28) is a very special 40th anniversary for the Olympic Games and all its athletes.

individuals - including the current IOC President Thomas Bach and World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

group of athletes to attend the 1973 Olympic Congress in Bulgaria as observers.Thomas Bach, Sebastian Coe

world acclaim - such as Teófilo Stevenson, the Cuban boxer, the renowned Kenyan athlete Kip Keino, and Coe

We all agreed that Sebastian Coe, a track gold medallist in Moscow, a native English speaker from Great

Back at the bistro table that had become our meeting place, Thomas Bach, Seb Coe, Ivar Formo and I were