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Coe offers support to athletes taking the knee on visit to Tokyo

  • Tokyo 2020

Sebastian Coe reiterated his support for athletes taking a knee on the podium at next year's Olympic

political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas".Coe

been very clear, if an athlete wishes to take a knee on a podium, then I am supportive of that," said Coe

Mori and chief executive Toshirō Mutō on his visit, as well as Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.Sebastian Coe

We don't know for sure what will happen in the next few months," Coe said, according to the Xinhua news


World Athletics President Coe to visit National Stadium during trip to Tokyo

  • Tokyo 2020

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is to visit the National Stadium during a trip to the Olympic

Coe is scheduled to inspect the National Stadium tomorrow alongside World Athletics chief executive Jon

 Coe, who was London 2012 Organising Committee chair, is also expected to meet with Tokyo 2020 President

 Restrictions have been relaxed for business travellers, however, with Coe likely to be able to


World Athletics award Heritage Plaques to six historic road races

  • Athletics

World Athletics Heritage Plaques have been awarded to six road races, including the Around the Bay Road Race in Hamilton, the oldest event of its kind in North America.

oldest sports events, let alone running races, in the world,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


Sport set to return in Kenya with Nairobi's inaugural Kip Keino Classic

  • Athletics

Tomorrow’s World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Nairobi’s newly-renovated Nyayo National Stadium will be the first sporting event to be staged in Kenya since lockdown measures against the COVID-19 pandemic were introduced in March.

months, which have produced a range of marvellous performances," World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Coe maintained that it was important for World Athletics to establish at least one top-class, annual


Coe calls for British Gymnastics to act on abuse complaints

  • Gymnastics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has urged British Gymnastics to act on the complaints of abuse

Speaking to ITV News, Coe, also recently elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee,

Coe spoke about the difficult conversations that can surface between athletes and coaches, but that they

time tomorrow than you are today, and in six months’ time better than you were six months earlier," Coe


World Athletics extends deadline for RusAF reinstatement plan until March 1

  • Athletics

World Athletics Council has extended the deadline for the Russian Athletics Federation’s Reinstatement Commission to finalise its restoration plan.

thank Rune Andersen and his Taskforce for their diligent work over the last month," said Sebastian Coe

be addressed to change the doping culture in Russian athletics.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


Nielsen Sports aim to give World Athletics a "better understanding" of fans

  • Athletics

Nielsen Sports has pledged to provide World Athletics with a "better understanding of their fans and spectators" after securing a four-year partnership.

investment while 70 per cent would like to see more athletics on television.World Athletics President Seb Coe

perfect fit for World Athletics as we set our course for growth and innovation over the next four years," Coe


Belgrade 2022 launch logo for World Athletics Indoor Championships

  • Athletics

Belgrade 2022 has launched the official logo for the World Athletics Indoor Championships at a ceremony at the Serbian capital’s City Hall.

it reveals a logo that represents both its culture and ambitions as a sporting city," said Sebastian Coe


First published accounts from World Athletics show $17 million loss

  • Athletics

World Athletics’ total equity and reserves dipped below $30 million (£23 million/€25 million) last year, after the governing body for one of the leading Summer Olympic sports posted a 2019 loss of $17.3 million (£13.3 million/€14.4 million).

reduced.Against this, World Athletics - now headed by former middle-distance running champion Sebastian Coe

World Athletics, led by Seb Coe, is aiming to hold reserves of $25 million at all times from 2020 onwards


Alan Hubbard: British sport caught out on a sticky wicket - and it is just not cricket

  • Inside the Blogs

It’s just not cricket… No, it certainly is not. It is most other sports too, where allegations of racism, bullying, sexism, corruption, misconduct and maladministration are hitting the headlines in the United Kingdom. What a mess!

Successive chairs, Sir Craig Reedie, Sebastian Coe and now former Sport and Olympics Minister Sir Hugh




London 2012 legacy discussed as bid team members reunited for radio show

  • London 2012

Members of the London 2012 bid team discussed the legacy that the Olympic and Paralympic Games had left behind as part of a radio show that aired in the United Kingdom today.

Sport at the time of the bid and International Olympic Committee member Sir Craig Reedie.Lord Sebastian Coe

programme were Cassani's decision to step down as bid chair, and her subsequent replacement in the role by Coe


Coe urges athletics to "think outside the box" if Tokyo 2020 is cancelled

  • Tokyo 2020

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has said the sport will need to "think outside the box" in the

Coe discussed Tokyo 2020 on BBC Radio 4 and said he was hopeful the event could still take place

I really hope we are in a position to deliver the Tokyo Games," Coe said."

that we're not putting in jeopardy the careers of clean athletes for those that have chosen to cheat," Coe


Duncan Mackay: Record number of doping cases, but was London 2012 actually the cleanest Games ever?

  • Inside the Blogs

Yesterday marked a significant anniversary in the Olympic calendar as it was eight years since the Closing Ceremony of London 2012, an event billed as "A Symphony of British Music" featuring the likes of Paul McCartney, The Who, George Michael, The Pet Shop Boys, The Kinks' Ray Davies and The Spice Girls.

overseeing the sport which provided the largest number of positive tests, you would expect Sebastian Coe

of technology applied to testing in London was a completely different order than at previous Games," Coe