More than 12,000 runners across the globe took part in the inaugural International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Run 24:1 event, it has been claimed.

 IAAF President Sebastian Coe described it as "extraordinary".He said: "My sincere thanks go to

the route entered North America through Toronto before finishing in Vancouver.Summing up the event, Coe

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie has been awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the Queen's birthday honours list for services for sport.

then-International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, centre, and London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe

Twenty-four cities across the world are hosting races today as part of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Run 24:1 initiative on Global Running Day.

exceptional in offering to coordinate and organise this new global event," said IAAF President Sebastian Coe

The way elite sport is funded in Britain could be facing a major shake-up after the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo following the launch of consultation into how UK Sport distributes National Lottery money. 

 Former London 2012 and British Olympic Association chairman Sebastian Coe does not want a change

Sebastian Coe, the former chairman of London 2012 and the British Olympic Association, was among those

where you can genuinely point to something that you are better at than anywhere else in the world," Coe

capital, according to International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe

courses that show off the best of cities, are challenging for athletes and are fan friendly," said Coe

A new election must be held to choose a President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld an appeal by Cameroon's Hamad Kalkaba Malboum.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).The 67-year-old named IAAF President Sebastian Coe

A special partnership has been announced between the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and United Nations Environment in a bid to address air quality.

and communities around the world to help tackle this silent killer," said IAAF President Sebastian Coe

UNEP, in raising awareness and finding solutions to this silent killer. https://t.co/2vFZt3NS9j— Seb Coe

 "But this plan to get 1,000 monitors on tracks, support from greats such as Coe and [Ethiopian

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been called as a defence witness by disgraced Rio de Janeiro Governor Sérgio Cabral regarding the investigation into alleged bribes paid before the city was awarded the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

being called as a defence witness.Diack had been due to meet his IAAF Presidential successor Sebastian Coe

present International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Presidents Lamine Diack and Sebastian Coe

Diack, who led the world governing body from 1999 until Coe took over in 2015, remains under house

 Coe was one of Diack's vice-presidents at the IAAF between 2011 and 2014.Lamine Diack, left, and

Sebastian Coe, right, either side of IOC President Thomas Bach in 2015 ©Getty ImagesDiack, who denies

The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) has elected retired Alpine skier Carolina Ruiz Castillo to its Board

was selected by the organisation's Electoral Committee.Francisco Blázquez, the vice president of the COE

Stanislav Pozdnyakov and Alexander Popov have been confirmed as the two candidates vying to replace Alexander Zhukov as President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) at elections due to be held later this month.

after he cryptically warned International Association of Athletics Federations President Sebastian Coe

A sporting performance which caught my eye more than any other over the weekend was a superb 800 metres time of 1min 47.50sec in Manchester, clocked by Great Britain's Max Burgin eight days before his 16th birthday.

Many online posters spoke about the opportunity to finally produce another Sebastian Coe or Steve Ovett

 He talks about "old school training" and a cross-country running base in a similar vein to Coe

Dame Tessa Jowell, a former UK Minister for the Olympics, who helped pave the way for London 2012, has died aged 70.

time in office.She also remained on the 2012 Olympics Organising Committee under chairman Sebastian Coe

2012, and without Tessa they would not have been the success they were. https://t.co/WCMYq7ZzZJ— Seb Coe

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has begun its groundwork to challenge the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) rules on testoterone, in defence of star athlete Caster Semenya.

determined by talent, dedication and hard work rather than other contributing factors," IAAF President Seb Coe

Morning sessions have been scrapped at next year's World Athletics Championships in Doha to avoid the expected hot weather with organisers also confirming the event will feature the first midnight marathon.

We have some great World Championship firsts," said IAAF President Sebastian Coe.