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Britain signs deal with Japan to secure pre-Games training facilities ahead of Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) - which will allow the former to use sports facilities in the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

facilities at Keio University, the International Swimming Pool and Todoroki Stadium,” said Sebastien Coe


IAAF President Coe holds meetings with Albanian Prime Minister in Tirana

  • Athletics

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has held meetings

Coe was accompanied in Albania’s capital by European Athletics counterpart Svein-Arne Hansen, later

2014, but the country has yet to win an Olympic medal of any sort to date.IAAF President Sebastian Coe

It has also been claimed that Coe was the "senior IAAF official" UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner was

by the Doha bid.It has been further alleged by the Daily Mail that it had two witness accounts of Coe

A spokesperson for Coe, however, has denied both allegations.


Weir urges Brazilians to get behind Paralympics to emulate London 2012 success

  • Rio 2016 Paralympics

Britain's six-time Paralympic champion David Weir has admitted it will be difficult for Rio 2016 to match the high of London 2012, claiming full stadiums are important to the success of the event.

London was a great success and I think that was largely due to the work of the organisers and Sebastian Coe


London 2017 considering attempt to remove IAAF branding from World Championships

  • Athletics

Organisers for the London 2017 World Championships are considering attempts to remove the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) brand from all promotion in order to separate themselves from the under-fire world governing body.

"Now is the time to hide it.”Sebastian Coe (left), pictured when London was awarded the World Championships

©Getty ImagesSuch a decision would require the backing of the IAAF, now led by Britain's Sebastian Coe


Coe embroiled in new controversy after claim he did know about bribes during bid process for 2017 World

  • Athletics

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has found himself at

It has been reported that Coe had passed on rumours of “brown envelopes” during the campaign in 2011

It has also been claimed that Coe was the "senior IAAF official" UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner was

A spokesperson for Coe, however, has denied both allegations.

the IAAF at a meeting in Monte Carlo ©Getty ImagesAs part of the row, insidethegames understands that Coe

Coe visited Qatar last week and claimed the Middle East is a key part of his plan to rebuild the sport


UK Athletics propose forcing athletes to agree to life ban if convicted of serious doping offences

  • Athletics

British athletes convicted of "serious" doping offences could automatically forfeit the right to future selection for all international competitions, UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner has warned.

alleged involvement in accepting bribes to cover up Russian doping failures, with his successor Sebastian Coe

Media and Sport/TwitterRussia was suspended from the IAAF in November at a Council meeting chaired by Coe


Alan Hubbard: Where are the young lions of sport governance?

  • Inside the Blogs

The English Football Association have just appointed Baroness Sue Campbell as their new head of women’s football. Now I have a lot of time for Sue, who has been one of the most formidable, influential and successful females in British sport.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have done so by electing as President Lord Coe


Adidas to end IAAF sponsorship in wake of doping scandal, reports claim

  • Athletics

Adidas is to terminate its sponsorship deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) four years early as a result of the doping scandal surrounding the sport, according to reports. 

blood transfusions.The withdrawal of Adidas is sure to be a major blow for IAAF President Sebastian Coe

©Getty ImagesThe withdrawal of Adidas is a major blow for IAAF President Sebastian Coe, who succeeded

the new leadership of the IAAF and the reform process being led by current IAAF President Sebastian Coe

"At the beginning of December 2015, Sebastian Coe visited Tokyo for a first meeting with Dentsu and


Coe asked British Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene in IAAF election

  • Athletics

The British Government ordered its embassies to lobby on behalf of Sebastian Coe ahead of last year’

the telegram, dated May 21, was worded as follows: “We request ALL posts to lobby on behalf of Lord Coe

Among related items also released was an email, which insidethegames has a copy of, suggesting that Coe

“Please see to follow BLACKED OUT response to this potential deliverable and his meeting with Lord Coe

talks with his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong shortly before the IAAF election, where Sebastian Coe

Singapore in 2010.For all athletics’ status as the bedrock Olympic sport, the IAAF Presidency that Coe


Russian bank threaten legal action against WADA after claims IAAF $25 million sponsorship deal was suspicious

  • Athletics

Russia's leading bank VTB has claimed that it is planning to sue the officials at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) behind its report into corruption in athletics after its relationship with the international governing body was questioned in a report published last week.

New IAAF President Sebastian Coe told insidethegames last week that accounting for the money was a key


Exclusive: Hickey hopeful of confirming Russia as 2019 European Games host by May

  • Minsk 2019

European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Patrick Hickey has set a tentative target of May for Russia to be officially confirmed as host of the 2019 European Games.

IAAF President Sebastian Coe is a member of the EOC Executive Committee but was not present for today's

meeting.Patrick Hickey (second right) and Sebastian Coe (right) pictured with IOC President Thomas Bach



European Athletics vice-president appointed interim IAAF general secretary and chief executive

  • Athletics

France's Jean Gracia has been named interim chief executive and general secretary of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) today as the process to select a full-time appointment begins.

help support the day-to-day operations of the world governing body.It comes as President Sebastian Coe

vast experience and will assist the continued smooth running of the association in the interim," said Coe


Paralympic long jump champion Rehm to collide with Rutherford in Glasgow

  • Athletics News

Olympic long jump gold medallist Greg Rutherford is set to collide with Paralympic champion Markus Rehm at the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix next month.

Championships against able-bodied competitors in 2014, said he had planned to write to IAAF President Sebastian Coe


Alan Hubbard: Coe must now show himself as the Caesar’s wife of sport

  • Inside the Blogs

I see that Lord Sebastian Coe has followed the hirsute trend of sporting celebs by sprouting a small

While no doubt the last thing Coe would wish to be lumbered with is the label of a Corbynista,  it is

Maybe Coe thinks the fashionable whiskery grey appendage will provide a bit of a cushion while he continues

In contrast pugilism seems a paragon which may be why Coe is such a fan.At least it seems that Coe

Someone close to Coe, whose integrity I respect, tells me that the double Olympic gold medallist was

So should Coe, who, if belatedly and seemingly reluctantly, forfeited his £90,000 ($129,000/€119,000