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Confusion over Madrid Olympic bid as Mayor shuts down claim of 2036 candidacy

  • Olympic Games 2036

for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympics - but has met with the head of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

2036 Olympic Games," a statement from the Mayor's Office said, per El Diario.However, the President of COE

hosting the Games.Both agreed that the bid must start from a broad social agreement and unity between the COE



World Athletics borrows $7.5 million from IOC but returns to profit through receipt of Russian doping fine

  • Athletics

World Athletics has borrowed $7.5 million (£5.5 million/€6.4 million) from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the biggest such loan to have come to light since the IOC published a list of 15 International Federations to which it was lending money.

million) for 2019 and a restated $27.6 million (£20.2 million/€23.5 million) for 2018.President Sebastian Coe


Unique record of Waitz recalled 50 years after first women’s New York marathon race

  • The Big Read

Fifty years ago today (September 19) the inaugural women’s race took place at the New York City Marathon, with Beth Bonner winning in 2hr 55min 22sec - a world record.

March this year, Waitz’s widower and former coach Jack spoke to the World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

They crossed the line together in 5:32:35.Coe said: "I put her contribution in our sport alongside athletes


Michael Pavitt: Interest in 2030 Winter Olympics spikes as Spain and Ukraine earn political backing

  • Inside the Blogs

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will have had a pleasing week with the Presidents of two nations having thrown their weight behind potential bids for the 2030 Winter Olympics.

installed as the IOC’s preferred host for 2032.The week concluded with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

following the meeting, which he said would centre around the Aragon and Catalonia regions, with the COE


Coe joins former London 2012 chief executive at Czech company bidding for UK National Lottery

  • Olympics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has teamed up with former London 2012 chief executive Sir Keith

Lottery, which has been run by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan-owned Camelot since its launch in 1994.Coe

difference it makes to people’s lives across art, sports and heritage," double Olympic gold medallist Coe

to the end of March 2021, it generated £8.4 billion ($11.5 billion/€9.8 billion) in sales.Sebastian Coe

in 2003 to run London’s bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, where, working closely with Coe

during the time of London 2012 and now chairman of the British Olympic Association after succeeding Coe




Iraq NOC President meets Spanish Ambassador in Baghdad and seeks enhanced sporting ties

  • OCA

National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) President Raad Hamoudi has targeted boosting sporting ties with Spain after meeting its Ambassador Pedro Martinez.

the near future.He also expressed a desire to renew an agreement with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

shield, while the Ambassador gave a commemorative gift in return.Hamoudi had received a message from COE


Philip Barker: The stolen Presidential election of 1981

  • Inside the Blogs

week 40 years ago, Carl Lewis, Ed Moses, Ulrike Meyfarth, Jarmila Kratochvílová, Steve Ovett and Seb Coe

 Seb Coe was one of the victors on the track in Rome in 1981, while others were victors off it ©


Budapest General Assembly conditionally withdraws support for 2023 World Athletics Championships

  • Athletics

The Budapest General Assembly today endorsed the call of the city’s Mayor, Gergely Karácsony, to withdraw its approval for hosting of the 2023 World Athletics Championships if the Government sticks to plans to build a campus for China’s Fudan University on land where a student city was to be sited.

accusations as baseless ©Getty ImagesKarácsony, however, has previously said he has talked to Sebastian Coe




Ethiopia secure 3,000m one-two on day one of World Athletics Under-20 Championships

  • Athletics

On day one of the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Ethiopia secured a brilliant one-two in the 3,000 metres as Nigeria won the mixed 4x400m relay.

Czech Republic’s Jan Doležálek reached 77.58m.On the eve of the event, World Athletics President Seb Coe

On the importance of the competition, Coe pointed to Kenya's David Rudisha, who brilliantly won 800m


Barcelona Mayor demands public consultation as disputes escalate over bid for 2030 Winter Olympics

  • 2030 Olympics

Ada Colau, the Mayor of Barcelona, has demanded a public consultation over the city's involvement in a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.

in his letter of support sent to Alejandro Blanco, the President of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

), omitting the Aragon region from the title.The COE has notified the International Olympic Committee

Aragonese and Catalan Pyrenees with the involvement of the Government of Spain and the coordination of the COE

The COE President also confirmed that further discussions would take place in September over the name

or speculate, and all the parties involved, the governments of Spain, Catalonia and Aragon, and the COE