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Exclusive: Bubka ends 22-year spell with World Athletics after criticism of links with Russia

  • Athletics

Sebastian Coe will tomorrow be elected here unopposed for a third and final term as President of World

Coe was first elected to succeed Lamine Diack as head of the International Association of Athletics Federations

for a second term unopposed in 2019 when Bubka was also returned as senior vice-president, a position Coe

National Olympic Committee of Ukraine after 17 years in charge.Sergey Bubka, right, beaten by Sebasitan Coe

 Whoever is appointed as the new senior vice-president would be the most likely to succeed Coe as


World Athletics introduces new athletes' representatives licensing system and safeguarding reforms

  • Athletics

World Athletics' Council has approved a centralised licensing system including eligibility criteria for athletes' representatives and new safeguarding rules at its meeting before the World Athletics Championships here.

permitted to regulate World Athletics athletes' representatives.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

agents," the British International Olympic Committee member said.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe



Coe predicts Budapest can deliver "a World Championships for the Ages"

  • Athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe believes the World Athletics Championships that are due to start

Looking ahead to the event that will take place 40 years after the initial edition in Helsinki, Coe predicted

American shot putter Ryan Crouser is among the athletes that Sebastian Coe is looking forward to seeing

at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest ©Getty ImagesEveryone staying healthy is the key, Coe

“We will have around two-and-a-half thousand volunteers.," Coe said.

“It is a beautiful new stadium,” said Coe, who ran a lap in it on a recent visit to the Hungarian capital


Coe confident of “big moments” for the World Athletics Championships as celebrates 40th anniversary

  • The Big Read

When the 2023 World Athletics Championships get underway in Budapest on Saturday (August 19) it will be just over 40 years since the staging of the first edition in Helsinki.

talent in the sport ©Budapest 2023Towards the end of last year World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

It is an interesting one," Coe maintained."

Coe described the Eugene project as "a challenge."

Coe said the new competition that is currently being finalised and will be introduced to the programme

to the event in hand, Coe added: "I’ve never been more optimistic about the quality of our sport.


Budapest Mayor accepts invitation from Coe to attend World Athletics Championships after dispute settled

  • Athletics

A long running dispute between the Mayor of Budapest and the Hungarian Government which, at one point, threatened the staging of the World Athletics Championships has been settled a week before the event is due to begin.

the Hungarian capital ©Budapest 2023"Today, I once again had the honor (sic) of receiving Sebastian Coe

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is expecting a high-level event in Budapest ©Budapest 2023Coe

time in Budapest in the last year or so, there’s a level of excitement that I think will bode well," Coe


Duncan Mackay: IOC recognition and getting African support will decide whether or not World Boxing succeeds

  • Inside the Blogs

World Boxing’s announcement of its first six members yesterday demonstrated that the fledgling governing body still has a long, long way to go before it can claim to have fulfilled its main stated aim of ensuring it represents the sport in the Olympic Movement.

as the German’s replacement will likely be either someone who owes their loyalty to him or Sebastian Coe



World Athletics renews support for Ukraine World Championships preparations

  • Budapest 2023

World Athletics has renewed its support for the Ukrainian team prior to the World Championships in Budapest later this month by partially funding a training camp in Slovakia with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

since the start of the full scale invasion nearly 18 months ago.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

support the war in Ukraine and are not affiliated to the military.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

ImagesThe World Athletics Championships is scheduled for August 19 to 27 in Hungary's capital Budapest, and Coe


Duncan Mackay: How Sebastian Coe became the first athlete offered an Olympic wildcard by the IOC President

  • Inside the Blogs

Last week's promise extended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to allow Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan to compete at Paris 2024 even if she does not qualify was largely praised around the world.

world and split British sport down the middle.The affair had begun early in in August that year when Coe

discretionary slot for the 800m.Britain’s Olympics selectors voted unanimously to give the slot to Coe

His father and coach, Peter Coe, was not so forgiving, and described it as "a political decision" that

Sports Council, which Coe was vice-chairman of and led its powerful Olympic Review Committee in one

Coe had always been a personal favourite of Samaranch.


Staging of 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene wasn't ideal, says Coe

  • Athletics

Hayward Field arena in Eugene, Oregon - "wasn’t ideal", according to World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

But more than a year on, Coe did not appear to have a plethora of positive things to say about the wider

impact of the 2022 event.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, left, and USATF chief executive Max


Coe sticks by World Athletics ban on Russians and Belarusians, insisting "I am not a neutral"

  • Athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has strongly defended his federation’s decision not to allow

individual competitors were already taking part in international events without raising "security issues", Coe

pertain in order to release sanctions and reverse the exclusion.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Coe, who has hinted that he will run for the IOC Presidency at the 2025 election, added: "These are difficult



Coe outlines new "best of the best" athletics format due to make debut in 2026

  • Athletics

international calendar from 2026 has been described in more detail by the World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Speaking on a media call Coe said the new event would enable athletics to "keep momentum" by involving

calendar in 2026 will feature "the best of the best" according to World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Coe, who is due to stand unopposed for a third term in office at the upcoming World Athletics Congress


Ukraine's Kharlan assured of Paris 2024 Olympics place by IOC after handshake furore

  • Fencing

Ukraine's Olha Kharlan has been promised an "additional quota place" for the Paris 2024 Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if she does not qualify, after yesterday's highly controversial disqualification at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships.

have followed its lead, although athletics and equestrian led by IOC members in Britain's Sebastian Coe