‘It’s a very strange feeling’: can the man who won Olympic gold bring glory to the Paris Games?
2024 Games organiser Tony Estanguet tells how chats with British sporting legend Sebastian Coe have kept him on an even keel
May 2024
Coe warns potential drug cheats at Olympics that they ‘will not sleep easily’
Why sportspeople should stick to the pitch and stay out of politics
Andrew Anthony
April 2024
Gold medal for politics: why Olympic prize money is a smart move by Seb Coe
Sean Ingle
The $50,000 is unlikely to change athletes’ motivation while Seb Coe, the head of World Athletics, is a likely candidate for IOC president in 2025
February 2024
Sebastian Coe vows Enhanced Games athletes would be ‘banned for long time’
The World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hit out at plans for an Enhanced Games, that would allow athletes to take steroids
December 2023
Paris Olympics chief defends prices and insists tickets are cheaper than London
Coe sounds warning over Paris 2024 athletics prices with tickets up to €990
October 2023
Thomas Bach open to extending IOC presidency and denting Coe’s ambitions
International Olympic Committee rules state that Bach must stand down after 12 years as president in 2025 but he has refused to rule out standing again
August 2023
Coe applauds Budapest atmosphere claiming city is ready to host Olympics
Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, has hailed the ‘electric atmosphere’ in Budapest and says the city is ready to host the Olympics
World Athletics pledges to put crowds before cash at world championships
The World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe, has offered cautious approval to Saudi investment but believes fan engagement is more important
Athletics would be ‘insane’ not to change to attract new fans, says Seb Coe
Seb Coe, the World Athletics president, admitted that the sport was in a ‘race against time’ to stay relevant among young people
July 2023
Air pollution could kill London as a sporting capital, Sebastian Coe warns
The World Athletics president says the climate crisis and poor air quality may cause havoc to the sporting calendar
March 2023
World Athletics Council excludes transgender women from female events
World Athletics has confirmed that its council has voted to exclude transgender women from female events
January 2023
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World Athletics’ transgender regulations see scientific rigour give way to a fudge
Sean Ingle
Sebastian Coe promised to be ‘guided by science’ when it comes to sport’s most divisive issue. But World Athletics’ solution is clearly designed to protect it from legal action too
December 2022
Keely Hodgkinson’s hatred of losing will propel her to 2023 success, claims Coe
Sebastian Coe has said Keely Hodgkinson is primed for 800m world championship success in Budapest and that ‘I like the fact that she doesn’t like losing’
August 2022
Sebastian Coe inspired Commonwealth 1500m attempt, says Wightman
The world 1500m champion Jake Wightman has revealed he was dreading racing the distance again at the Commonwealth Games until a word of advice from Sebastian Coe
July 2022
Defiant Sebastian Coe flies flag for London Olympics with a murky legacy
Lord Coe maintains pride in what the 2012 Games gave UK sport and reveals Sir Alex Ferguson almost managed Team GB
Sebastian Coe hopes current athletes break 1980s records that ‘aren’t safe’
Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, admitted that sporadic drug testing in the 80s meant records in several events ‘may not be the safest’
Sebastian Coe tips Jake Wightman to challenge for unprecedented treble
Wightman is now aiming for Commonwealth and European gold, with Coe saying there’s ‘no reason’ the 1500m world champion can’t win both
June 2022
Coe hints athletics may bar transgender women from female competition
Sebastian Coe suggested his sport may follow swimming’s lead, saying ‘biology trumps gender’ and World Athletics’ policies will reflect this
