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Olympic silver medallist joins Goalball UK Board

  • Goalball News

Olympic silver medallist Peter Elliott has joined the Board of Goalball UK, it has been announced.

Elliott was part of the golden era of British middle-distance running alongside Sebastian Coe, Steve


Nanjing awarded 2020 IAAF World Indoor Championships

  • Athletics

Nanjing was today named as host for the International Association of Athletics Federation’s (IAAF) 2020 World Indoor Championships.

All three bids were absolutely outstanding," said Sebastian Coe, the IAAF President."

Since succeeding Lamine Diack as IAAF President during the 2015 IAAF World Championships n Bejing, Coe

result of Olympic bid processes for the 2016 and 2020 Summer Games.In Monaco on December 3 last year, Coe


Russians in doubt for Birmingham World Indoor Championships as IAAF upholds doping suspension

  • Athletics

The ban on Russian track and field athletes from international competition has been maintained by the International Association of Athletics Federations Council (IAAF) meeting in Monaco today.

IAAF President Sebastian Coe also announced that Morocco would be removed from the IAAF watchlist of

Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya, Ukraine and Belarus.Describing them at the time as being “in critical care”, Coe

sanctions and none of was in any immediate danger of being banned from athletics or missing the Olympics, Coe


Coe says IAAF freeze on transfers of allegiance must be extended

  • Athletics

The transfer of allegiance system, which has seen many athletes switching nationality in recent years, will remain frozen while the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) working group continues examining the process.

competitions at stake this is not a process which should be rushed," said IAAF President, Sebastian Coe

events and Gdynia’s bid application was very comprehensive and to the highest technical standards," Coe


Barshim and Thiam are named IAAF World Athletes of the Year

  • Athletics

Mutaz Essa Barshim and Nafissatou Thiam have been named as the World Athletes of the Year at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) annual awards night here.

IAAF President Sebastian Coe added: "When we get it right, our sport is unassailable."



Punjab Chief Minister reviews progress on plans for Patiala Sports University

  • Universiade

Punjab's Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has been reviewing progress on setting up a Sports University in Patiala and has met the steering committee chaired by honorary International Olympic Committee member.

University.Punjab's Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has been asked to write to IAAF President Sebastian Coe

Victoria University, to help in planning the curriculum.The Chief Minister was asked to write to Sebastian Coe



Family of Lamine Diack step-up communications campaign to demand his release

  • Athletics

Family members of former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack have stepped-up their campaign to secure his release by distributing a brochure of achievements supposedly "patiently pursued by a man of conviction".

Diack, the 84-year-old Senegalese who was replaced by Sebastian Coe as IAAF chief in 2015, was charged

Lamine Diack" Facebook group, accessible here.Lamine Diack, left, with his IAAF successor Sebastian Coe


Coe concludes that IAAF Diamond League is still sparkling

  • Athletics

Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League series was given a vote of confidence by President Sebastian Coe

2017 season and the ongoing structure of the sport’s one-day meeting circuit from 2020 and beyond, Coe

evolves ©Getty ImagesWhen the changes to the IAAF Diamond League format were announced in December 2016, Coe

status quo of a one-day meeting format which has broadly remained unchanged since the early 1960s.”Coe


Mike Rowbottom: Paris 2024 follows through on the "athlete-centred" thing

  • Inside the Blogs

Want to bid for an Olympics - or come to that, a Commonwealth or European or Asian Games? Fine. So long as you understand that, whatever else you propose, it will have to be an "athlete-centred" event.

I seem to recall that Sebastian Coe did quite a bit for the London 2012 Games, for instance.


IAAF establish new world rankings system to help qualification for Tokyo 2020

  • Athletics

A new official world rankings system is to be launched by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) which, it is claimed, will help competitors and supporters understand the sport better. 

world rankings and the heritage department is part of the IAAF Reform introduced by President Sebastian Coe

 The new IAAF world rankings are part of the Reform introduced by President Sebastian Coe ©Getty

competition system including entry into the World Championships and Olympic Games," IAAF President Sebastian Coe