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Alan Hubbard: From scintillating Sydney to soulless Seoul - my Olympic heights and lows

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Nostalgia is very much in vogue at the moment as much by necessity as desire.

mateyness of Sydneysiders marginally surpassed it.My abiding memory remains that of head honcho Seb Coe

Sally Gunnell impishly reminded us that “Essex girls do come first.”Our columnist interviewed Sebastian Coe

Thatcher had ordered the British team to stay away over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan but Sebastian Coe

of Ire duel with bitter rival Steve Ovett having lost out in his specialist 800m.I had interviewed Coe

nbsp;Los Angeles 1984Inevitably the Soviet Bloc stayed away as a reprisal for Moscow, it was left to Coe


World Athletics Championships chief "glad" to be scheduled first in packed 2022 calendar

  • Athletics

Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships chief executive Niels de Vos revealed he is "glad we are going first" in a packed summer schedule in 2022. 

 World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said the packed summer schedule in 2022 will be a "bonanza

This will be a bonanza for athletics fans around the world," said Sebastian Coe, World Athletics President



Spanish basketballers donate memorabilia for coronavirus relief auction

  • Basketball

Spain's top basketball players past and present are raising money for the Spanish Red Cross by auctioning off their memorabilia, in a bid to help with relief against the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://t.co/WBoB8Vb9jh— COE (@COE_es) April 6, 2020"And being sportsmen that are a little famous, the


World Athletics set 2030 target to become carbon neutral

  • Athletics

World Athletics has set a target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030 in its 10-year sustainability strategy.

for our organisation and our sport over the next decade," said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


World Athletics announces protected window for 2020 national Championships

  • Athletics

World Athletics has announced that the weekend of August 8 and 9 2020 is a protected window for national Championships.

Federations so they can begin to plan for the year ahead," said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

to figure out where they stand after the disruption of this year.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


Athletes respond to World Athletics' Olympic qualification decision

  • Athletics

Some of the world's most recognised athletes have responded to World Athletics' new Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification system, which prevents competitors from securing a qualifying time before December 2020.

table. https://t.co/MXyecRnTVk— Evan Jager (@EvanJager) April 8, 2020World Athletics President Seb Coe


World Athletics Championships in Oregon moved to July in 2022

  • Athletics

The World Athletics Championships in Oregon have been rescheduled to July 15 to 24 in 2022, World Athletics has announced.

This will be a bonanza for athletics fans around the world," said Sebastian Coe, World Athletics President

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe claims the three events will offer a bonanza of athletics ©Getty

Commonwealth Games Federation planning to stage the athletics programme towards the end of their event," Coe


World Athletics freezes Olympic qualifying window and places half of staff on furlough

  • Athletics

World Athletics has frozen its Olympic qualifying window in response to the coronavirus pandemic, while half of the staff at its headquarters in Monaco are to be placed on leave.

Council and Athletes' Commission, as well as the Presidents of its six Area Associations.Sebastian Coe

final date where results can count towards Olympic qualification.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

departments within the organisation will suspend activities, particularly those that are event-driven, but Coe

environment where due to COVID-19 crises, normal business practices are breaking down around the world," Coe


Two years on from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, sport needs to get the new tone right

  • The Big Read

Two years ago this weekend, the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games got underway. As the Commonwealth and the world stands now, it has the feel of a golden age.

aquatic equivalent of the athletics races at the 1980 Moscow Olympics between British rivals Sebastian Coe

and Steve Ovett.Ovett had won the 800 metres title expected to go to Coe, then the holder of the world

record, only for Coe to earn the 1500m title that his rival had been favoured to take.In Edinburgh,


World Athletics President Coe warns Tokyo 2020 over "perfect storm" of exhaustion and disappointment

  • Olympics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has warned the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee against what could

During a call with African and European media, Coe - who was President of the London 2012 Organising

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has spoken of the need to monitor morale among  Tokyo 2020

2021.The World Athletics Championships, which were scheduled for 2021, will now take place in 2022.Coe


Putting the Tokyo 2020 puzzle back together again - right down to the bedside lamps

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One of the reasons cited for not holding the Glastonbury Festival in 2012 was a very basic one. London 2012 organisers had already nabbed all the portaloos that could be had for their own visitors that summer.

Committee (IOC) on behalf of his own International Federation, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

London 2012 Organising Committee President Sebastian Coe, pictured left with Chief Executive Paul Deighton


Michael Pavitt: Could shedding sports ease pressure on hosts to deliver world's most complex event?

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Jigsaw puzzles have enjoyed a surge of popularity in recent weeks as people look to pass the time during lockdown periods.

having been waved through without debate a couple of years ago.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

rethink how it delivers events ©Getty ImagesWhile a letter from World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

“In sport we have a unique opportunity not to tip toe around things and tweak at the edges,” Coe wrote


Tokyo 2020 President Mori eyes summer dates for rescheduled Olympics

  • Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori has talked up the prospect of rescheduling the Olympic Games in the northern hemisphere's summer next year, with the official hoping to reach a decision in the next week.

Championships in Oregon in the United States from August 6 to 15.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


Coe says World Athletics Championships could move to 2022

  • Athletics

accommodate the rearranged Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, according to World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Coe said today that his sport’s flagship Championships, due to take place in Oregon from August 6 to

Nobody saw this problem (with the virus)...so the flexibility here is very important," Coe told Japanese

matter of speculation at this point.Speaking in a later teleconference with African and European media, Coe

on possibly holding the Tokyo Olympics outside the summer months, Coe said, "I don't want to speculate

have suggested holding the Games in spring as a means to avoid the sweltering Tokyo summer.However Coe