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Coe accuses IOC of having 'no clear position' on boxing gender row

  • Paris 2024

Sebastian Coe has hit out at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not having a policy to deal

As President of the International Association of Athletics Federations, Coe stressed the importance of

will take on Turkey's Esra Yildiz Kahraman in the 57kg category on Wednesday.Anne Hidalgo, Sebastian Coe

sports such as triathlon and swimming have also adopted strict rules.Prince Albert II of Monaco and Coe

to get its act together if it wants the sport to be part of the Los Angeles 2028 programme.Sebastian Coe


Armand Duplantis: Pole vaulting sensation gripping the Olympics

  • Athletics

In the electrifying atmosphere of Stade de France, Armand Duplantis, the Swedish pole vaulting prodigy, defended his Olympic title with a stunning world-record vault of 6.25 metres. Duplantis showcased his unparalleled dominance in the sport, etching his name further into track and field history.

This sentiment was echoed by World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe, who has described Duplantis as a "rock


Man arrested for disrupting Olympic 100m final

  • Athletics

An Australian man was taken into custody on Monday after attempting to disrupt the start of the men's 100m final at the Paris Olympics, according to a French police source reported by AFP.

sprint star Noah Lyles clinching gold in the closest race in modern Olympic history, with Sebastian Coe


Spanish applause for He Bing tribute, Marin's serious injury confirmed

  • Paris 2024

Spain's Carolina Marín was greeted by dozens of fans at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport last Monday. The athlete arrived "devastated" after being forced to withdraw from the semi-finals of the Paris Olympics due to injury. It was later confirmed that she had suffered a new rupture of her anterior cruciate ligament.

Bing Jiao, la jugadora contra la que se lesionó @carolinamarín, recibió hoy su medalla con un pin del COE


Paris 2024: Five takeaways from Day Ten

  • Paris 2024

It's the tenth day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and while the likes of gymnastics, tennis, and swimming are coming to an end, various athletics events are underway, climbers have taken to the wall, and team competitions like hockey, basketball, and volleyball are edging closer to the finals.

into the semi-finals of the men's 200m and has some, including World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


Sebastian Coe: Noah Lyles returns athletics to "Bolt territory"

  • Athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe praised Noah Lyles for reinvigorating athletics like Usain Bolt

After Lyles' thrilling 100m win at the Stade de France, Coe emphasised how Lyles' victory is creating

Coe remarked, "I have to be relatively agnostic, but if I'm wearing a promoter's hat, then him winning

Coe noted that Lyles' appeal extends well beyond the athletics community.

 Sprint star Noah Lyles has been praised by Sebastian Coe.

Furthermore, Coe commended Lyles for embracing his role as an entertainer."

I've always said, performance is your passport, but promotion is everything," Coe added.


Giacomo Bertoletti: "Sport has become political"

  • Boxing

In an interview with Inside The Games on Friday, the sports adviser to Italy's Stampa di Lombardia and journalist with 50 years' experience gave his views on Algerian athlete Imane Khelif and the controversy surrounding women's boxing while addressing the IOC-IBA rift and blaming Thomas Bach.

rules, but he's more concerned with staying in power than letting (World Athletics president) Sebastian Coe


Sebastian Coe optimistic on Winter Olympics cross-country events

  • Winter Olympics

The President of World Athletics, Sebastian Coe, gave an update on his bid to include cross-country running

Coe, who won Olympic gold in the 1500m at both the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics and the 1984 Los Angeles

;While athletes at the Summer Games are more likely to focus on individual track glory according to Coe

and it really does give Africa an opportunity to be a really serious part of the Winter Games" said Coe


Sebastian Coe on the sporting impact of "Sprint" documentary

  • Athletics

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe praised the Netflix docu-series "Sprint" on Thursday, highlighting

It's been terrific," said Coe on the opening day of athletics at the Paris Olympics.

"There will be other seasons," Coe added, with the second series being filmed at the Paris Games.

both physically and mentally, to succeed in a world where your fate is decided in just 10 seconds,” Coe

Coe praised the series' "universality," contrasting it with other more monocultural sports.


Noah Lyles: "Rock star" of the track eyeing more medals

  • Athletics

Noah Lyles is set to exorcise his Tokyo demons as he heads into the Paris Olympics, aiming to fill the gap left by Usain Bolt. The 27-year-old made a significant stride toward this goal with a treble gold performance (100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay) at last year’s World Championships in Budapest. 

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe dubbed him an "absolute rock star," a fitting accolade for Lyles


With Bach’s future uncertain, VPs kick off IOC tenure

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee elected former Moroccan athlete Nawal El Moutawakel and Argentine Gerardo Werthein as its new vice-presidents at the 142nd Session held in Paris before the 2024 Games, supposedly the last for the German president.

Alejandro Blanco, who, although not a member of the IOC, as president of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE


Phoebe Gill: New middle-distance sensation arrives in Paris

  • Athletics

The British athlete is learning fast. Last spring, she broke the world under-18 world record in the women's 800m. As a developing athlete, she has plenty to look up to. One of them is Tom Daley, the British flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony, alongside with Helen Glover.

The duels between Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett in the 1970s and 1980s are still remembered.The British


IOC to elect Winter Olympics host and amend IBA oversight

  • Olympics

The 142nd International Olympic Committee Session will take place on 23-24 July at the Palais des Congres in Paris, with the first day of the session dedicated to reports of President Thomas Bach and on the activities of the Coordination Commissions on the next Olympic Games.

International Tennis Federation, David Haggerty, and the president of the World Athletics Sebastian Coe


Sebastian Coe: Doing the right thing over popularity

  • Paris 2024

Sebastian Coe has proven to be his own man throughout his life but he told Agence France-Presse he has

Actually, sometimes it's not easy leaving the herd," Coe said in an interview ahead of the Paris Olympics.World

Athletics chief Sebastian Coe: ‘It’s not about being popular, it’s about doing the right thing’ https

Coe, though, time and again took decisions that were not to the taste of the political establishment,

it was quite a bohemian upbringing, which some would say accounts for some of the things I do now," Coe

vote in Singapore four suicide bombers killed 52 people and injured over 750 across London in what Coe


Spanish Olympic Committee denies pre-1992 doping report

  • Olympics

The Spanish Olympic Committee has firmly rejected allegations that the government authorised doping practices ahead of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. They have stated that such claims are baseless and unsubstantiated, emphasising their commitment to clean sports.

In response, the COE issued a statement denying the accusations, asserting, "The commitment to clean

advantage of the passage of time, attempts to cast an unfounded cloud of suspicion before which the COE