The journey of the Olympic flame around Brazil was always likely to turn into one giant carnival, and it has certainly been so in the first 14 days.

possible gold by an interloper on the course.Later in the day Joachim Cruz, the man who stopped Seb Coe

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has praised predecessor Juan Antonio Samaranch's "great legacy" to the sports world during a visit to Spain, where he also met the country's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

Bach travelled to the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) headquarters in Madrid during his visit in order

IOC members Marisol Casado and Jose Perurena were also present along with COE head Alejandro Blanco.It

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has predicted world

Coe was present to inspect the track along with Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman and executive director

for sport, Agberto Guimarães, formerly a rival middle distance runner who finished fourth - with Coe

the short distance to the venue - also known as the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange - on the subway, Coe

Americanos - the Rio 2016 test event for athletics #RioOlympics2016pic.twitter.com/31r7P8entA— Seb Coe

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko says his country is "sorry" for the doping crisis which has put the Rio 2016 participation of its athletics team at risk.

Rune Andersen - was charged with overseeing Russia's potential reinstatement with President Sebastian Coe

All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) being suspended from the IAAF have been well-documented.Sebastian Coe

Frenchman Didier Gailhaguet has upped the ante in the race for the International Skating Union (ISU) Presidency by launching a stinging attack on the credentials of Dutch rival Jan Dijkema.

Communications, the British consultancy that have successfully helped Brian Cookson, Sebastian Coe

At least one Brit named Khan scored a knock-out victory in a catchweight contest over a bigger opponent this weekend.

candidate for the Mayoral title when obviously a heavyweight was needed.One wonders whether Lord Coe

stepping into the viper’s nest that is the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).Coe

McEvoy wrote: “Lord Coe had previously lived a gilded life: double Olympic champion in the blue riband

Could IAAF President Sebastian Coe one day throw his hat into the ring for London Mayor?

For a brief, fleeting moment earlier this week, attention veered sharply from the troubles plaguing Rio 2016 to Pyeongchang 2018 following the shock resignation of Organising Committee President Cho Yang-ho.

Chief executive Paul Deighton was considered the linchpin of the organisation but let Sebastian Coe,

Federations, garner all the plaudits while carrying out the dirty work in the background.That is not to say Coe

South Africa’s former world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya used the opening International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha to lower her 2016 world-leading mark and throw down a further marker of her own towards what might be a controversial victory at this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 

governing body, which is now working towards appealing a decision which the IAAF President Sebastian Coe

the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League series – and Sebastian Coe

local clubs and feel that they want to be a part of the athletics movement.”IAAF President Sebastian Coe

ahead of her event in the opening Diamond League meeting of the season ©Getty ImagesSpeaking alongside Coe

Sebastian Coe has responded to a question about Qatar’s continuing ambition to host the Olympics by

season’s opening International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting, Coe

Getty ImagesOn the specific question of whether the climate in Qatar could be suitable for an Olympics, Coe

European Athletics have hailed their Running for All scheme after the initiative's 150th race took place in Ireland.

measurement and timing.International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe

Russia's Tatyana Andrianova will be allowed to keep the bronze medal she won in the 800 metres at the 2005 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships, even though she tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs when her sample from the event was re-analysed, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled today.

Embarrassingly for IAAF President Sebastian Coe, the decision was announced while he was visiting Minsk

Coe was forced to sit close to Devyatovskiy at an event to officially open the seminar as the 39-year-old

Belarus' Olympic hammer silver medallist Vadim Devyatovskiy has been cleared of serving a lifetime doping ban from all sports after a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Embarrassingly for International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe,

 Coe was forced to sit close to Devyatovskiy at an event to officially open the seminar as

over whether he could now be returned his 2005 World Championship medal.Besides Devyatovskiy, Coe

Kenya faces its latest examination in its bid to demonstrate improvements have been made to its drug testing programme during a meeting of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Compliance Review Committee tomorrow.

with the All-Russia Athletics Federation subsequently suspended by the IAAF.IAAF President Sebastian Coe

A special Russian award being presented to former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack and moving Olympic swimming venues south to Antarctica are among the more outlandish sporting April Fool stories circulating today.

Athletic Federation has since been banned by the IAAF - now led by Lamine Diack's successor Sebastian Coe