Seb Coe: Athletics will look very different in 2020
In an exclusive conversation with WION, two-time Olympic champion Lord Coe said that the safety of athletes is the most important guiding principle that World Athletics will follow as it plots a return to action in the COVID-19 era.
May 15, 2020, 22:38 PM IST
World Athletics Championships resheduled to avoid clash with Tokyo Olympics 2021
The Tokyo Olympics has been reschedule to July 23 to August 8, 2021 in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 09, 2020, 14:20 PM IST
Double Olympic 800-metres champion Caster Semenya says she is ''no threat'' to women's sport
Semenya also sought to differentiate her case from those of transgender athletes who were formerly male but have now entered the female sporting arena.
May 02, 2019, 18:13 PM IST
Double Olympic 800-metres champion Caster Semenya says 'no threat' to women's sport
The Court had been due to announce its decision on Tuesday but has postponed it until late April.
Mar 27, 2019, 17:50 PM IST
Sebastian Coe to stand for second term as IAAF chief
The 62-year-old Briton was elected to the position in Beijing in 2015 amidst a storm of doping scandals and has spent much of his term trying to battle the use of banned substances in the sport.
Jan 31, 2019, 14:47 PM IST
Russia making progress over doping, says IAAF chief Sebastian Coe
Russia has been banned from international athletics competition since November 2015 after doping issues. The country`s anti-doping agency, RUSADA, is also yet to be declared fully compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Dec 17, 2017, 19:10 PM IST
Doping as criminal offence: IAAF boss Sebastian Coe prefers sports bodies' control
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) chief said tackling doping should remain the sole prerogative of sports bodies.
Aug 09, 2017, 22:17 PM IST
IAAF boss Sebastian Coe hopes for respectful medals ceremony, for Usain Bolt's sake
Gatlin -- who served two doping bans -- has been roundly booed by the spectators at the London Stadium.
Aug 06, 2017, 23:52 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: Cultural extravaganza marks opening ceremony
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declared the Championships open at the Kalinga Stadium in front of a capacity crowd with international athletics federation president Sebastian Coe and Asian body chief Dahlan Al-Hamad in attendance.
Jul 05, 2017, 21:06 PM IST
Usain Bolt will retire as 'Muhammad Ali of track and field', feels World athletics chief Sebastian Coe
Coe was at Kingston`s National Stadium on Saturday to watch Bolt run his last race on Jamaican soil before he retires at the World Championships in London.
Jun 12, 2017, 09:18 AM IST
Frank Fredericks steps aside from IAAF role, says Sebastian Coe
Frank Fredericks has temporarily stepped aside from his duties on the IAAF Council pending the results of an ethics investigation, the governing body`s President Sebastian Coe said on Saturday.
Mar 26, 2017, 10:12 AM IST
Focus is on reinstating Russia, says IAAF`s Sebastian Coe
Revelations of a state-sponsored doping prompted calls for Russia to be banned from the Games altogether, but the International Olympic Committee allowed Russia to compete with a reduced team.
Aug 11, 2016, 04:13 AM IST
Rio Games 2016: Hopes rest on Usain Bolt to lead athletics out of doping darkness
Athletics is overseen by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), founded in 1912, which has been plunged into its worst crisis by doping and corruption scandals affecting several countries and former leaders.
Jul 28, 2016, 08:55 AM IST
Russia Doping: A chronology of major events
The CAS ruling effectively meant that Russian athletes, who were applying to compete in 2016 Rio Games, will not be going to the Olympics.
Jul 21, 2016, 16:51 PM IST
Rio Olympics: Sebastian Coe cool over injury-hit 'genius' Usain Bolt
Bolt is facing a race against time to be fit in his bid for an unprecedented third treble Olympic gold.
Jul 07, 2016, 21:56 PM IST
Russia in last-ditch plea to IAAF over 2016 Rio athletes ban
Coe, himself the target of allegations that he enlisted the help of the fugitive son of disgraced predecessor Lamine Diack to secure his election last year, is to give a press conference at the Grand Hotel Wien at 1500 GMT.
Jun 17, 2016, 20:15 PM IST
2016 Rio Olympics: Fears for Russia as IAAF extend ban
Russia`s Olympic quest will likely be decided in the May Council meeting.
Mar 12, 2016, 00:07 AM IST
Sebastian Coe says Kenya could be banned from 2016 Rio Olympics
This could serve as a big blow for the Kenyans.
Feb 18, 2016, 10:54 AM IST
IAAF chief Sebastian Coe denies he's source of 'bribery' claims
Ed Warner said there had been allegations of "brown envelopes" and bribe demands.
Embattled Sebastian Coe 'not in denial' of challenge facing IAAF
Coe served eight years as a vice-president under Lamine Diack.
Jan 19, 2016, 23:18 PM IST