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Snell tried to defy heart attack to attend World Athletics Heritage Mile Night

  • Athletics

New Zealand’s triple Olympic champion Peter Snell attempted to defy a serious heart problem in order to attend the World Athletics Heritage Mile Night event that took place here tonight.

Steve Cram, New Zealand's John Walker, Tanzania's Filbert Bayi and World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Thanks to Seb Coe and World Athletics for making it happen."

Armstrong, attended the event to accept the awards on their parents’ behalf.During the celebration, Coe

attraction is the Dream Mile, first run in 1976. which has seen three world records, one each from Britain’s Coe



Mike Rowbottom: World Athletics gets its title sorted, but fixing the Diamond League looks a little more complex

  • Inside the Blogs

Among the many advantages of the International Association of Athletics Federations becoming World Athletics is the fact that it is three fewer words to say - or type.

annual World Athlete of the Year Awards, Taylor is due to meet World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

can only damage this sport we all love," he said.That said, he doesn’t love the sport any more than Coe

injuries cut cruelly into his career.When Christian Taylor meets World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Greeks worked on for a few hundred years without gaining a definitive answer…)You have to feel for Coe




IAAF officially changes name to World Athletics

  • Athletics

World Athletics has been officially adopted as the new name of the sport's international governing body.

 The IAAF has been embroiled in scandal almost since Sebastian Coe was first elected President in


Public help choose 2020 IAAF Diamond League disciplines

  • Athletics

Market research, consumer surveys and clicks on social media have been used to help choose which events will be part of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League, it was revealed today.

league that will be the showcase for our sport," IAAF President and Diamond League chairman Sebastian Coe



Teenager latest Kenyan runner to fail drugs test

  • Athletics

Teenager Angela Ndungwa Munguti is the latest Kenyan athlete to fail a drugs test and face a doping ban.

to sidestep testing methods.International Association of Athletics Federations President Sebastian Coe


Mike Rowbottom: Mockery is the default - but the new Paris 2024 emblem excels. IMO.

  • Inside the Blogs

Once upon a time - and in fact many more times than that now I come to think of it - an Aussie mate and fellow sub-editor would say to me, as we mused over the world’s latest novelties: "You’ll find it very easy to mock."

organising logo, how multi-functional the clunking shapes and colours were.London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

Singapore about reaching out and engaging young people," said the then London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe


Nigerian Sports Minister approves overpayment refund to IAAF

  • Athletics

Sports Minister Sunday Dare claims he has approved the refund of a payment wrongly given to the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

which insisted it had "no intention" to suspend the AFN.The IAAF then claimed its President Sebastian Coe


ISU approve Centres of Excellence concept with nine entities entering pilot phase

  • Skating

selected to participate in the pilot phase of the International Skating Union (ISU) Centres of Excellence (CoE

The ISU CoE combines activities in key development areas.It is a hub where the education of coaches and

and off-ice facilities.Entities that fulfil and excel in those criteria and activities receive an ISU CoE

facilities offered to skaters, coaches and officials from ISU members.The selected entities for the ISU CoE

Training Center in Thailand's capital Bangkok and the Skating School of Switzerland in Champéry.An ISU CoE

order to test the concept and define the best way forward.It is also the objective to develop an ISU CoE


Gateshead to replace Birmingham in IAAF Diamond League for 2020

  • Athletics

Gateshead will replace Birmingham on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League circuit next year, it has been officially confirmed. 

fast, action-packed format that is commercially attractive to broadcasters and partners," Sebastian Coe


Tokyo 2020 marathon and race walks moved to Sapporo because of fears over heat

  • Tokyo 2020

The Olympic marathon and race walking events for next year's Olympic Games have been moved from Tokyo to Sapporo, it has been announced today.

 The decision to move the events has been supported by IAAF President Sebastian Coe."

the organisers to create the very best marathon and race walk courses for next year’s Olympic Games," Coe