Lord Coe addresses MPs and stands by sentiments that doping investigation was 'war on our sport'
9 years, 3 months ago

Lord Coe addresses MPs and stands by sentiments that doping investigation was 'war on our sport'

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy IAAF president Lord Coe has regrets over the language used but not the sentiment when describing investigations into suspicious blood results as "a declaration of war on our sport". Coe was on Wednesday giving evidence to the culture, media and sport select committee investigating blood doping in athletics following revelations made in the Sunday Times in August. Coe struggled to recall when asked about his time as head of FIFA's ethics committee, which he put at "18 months, 15 months". Coe was asked by Ian Lucas MP why, as an "insider" of the IAAF and football's world governing body - "organisations which have been bedevilled by corruption," Lucas said - why he is the right man to lead athletics.

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World Athletics chief Coe happy with Kenya doping progress
3 weeks, 5 days ago

World Athletics chief Coe happy with Kenya doping progress

The Hindu  

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe said on Wednesday he was satisfied with the progress made by Kenya in fighting doping which had threatened to make the country a sporting pariah. Coe met with Kenyan officials in Nairobi and struck a more positive tone than his last visit in January 2023 when he warned the country faced a “long journey” to …

World Athletics has ‘responsibility’ to combat gender-based violence – Lord Coe
3 months, 2 weeks ago

World Athletics has ‘responsibility’ to combat gender-based violence – Lord Coe

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Sebastian Coe on Olympic gender controversy: ‘Women’s sport is sacrosanct’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sebastian Coe on Olympic gender controversy: ‘Women’s sport is sacrosanct’

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IOC calls tests that sparked vitriol targeting boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting impossibly flawed
7 months, 3 weeks ago

IOC calls tests that sparked vitriol targeting boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting impossibly flawed

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Lord Coe defends awarding of prize money in athletics at Paris Olympics
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lord Coe defends awarding of prize money in athletics at Paris Olympics

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Lord Coe believes IOC will ‘share in the principle’ of medal winner prize money
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Lord Coe believes IOC will ‘share in the principle’ of medal winner prize money

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Seb Coe as IOC president? ‘Haven’t ruled it in, haven’t ruled it out’
1 year, 7 months ago

Seb Coe as IOC president? ‘Haven’t ruled it in, haven’t ruled it out’

Associated Press  

BUDAPEST, Hungary — World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said “I haven’t ruled it in, and I certainly haven’t ruled it out,” when asked Friday whether he might try to become leader of the International Olympic Committee after Thomas Bach’s term ends in 2025. “There are lots of things we need to address and my focus is entirely on on doing …

Athletics will ‘ruthlessly weed out drugs cheats’, Sebastian Coe insists
4 years, 3 months ago

Athletics will ‘ruthlessly weed out drugs cheats’, Sebastian Coe insists

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World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe hails AFI for taking tough anti-doping stand
4 years, 4 months ago

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe hails AFI for taking tough anti-doping stand

India TV News  

World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe on Sunday appreciated Athletics Federation of India for its tough stand against doping, for improving its athletes performances in a number of events and for being in the forefront of keeping the sport active in these uncertain times. “Also, the tough stand that you are taking in doing everything you can to eradicate the …

World Athletics President Seb Coe Believes Sport Can Grow Further in Post-coronavirus World
4 years, 7 months ago

World Athletics President Seb Coe Believes Sport Can Grow Further in Post-coronavirus World

News 18  

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe on Monday claimed that more people took to running to stay fit during the coronavirus-forced lockdown, something his sport can capitalise on once the world is back to being normal. Some research even say there is 80 per cent increase at the global exercise pattern,” he said at an online media seminar organised by Asian …

Sebastian Coe re-elected for new term as IAAF chief
5 years, 6 months ago

Sebastian Coe re-elected for new term as IAAF chief

The Hindu  

Britain's Sebastian Coe was re-elected unopposed on Wednesday as president of the IAAF for a second term. Coe, 62, the former Olympic and world champion middle-distance runner, was named head of the governing body of world athletics in 2015 and receives his second mandate just two days before the World Athletics Championships opens in Doha on Friday. Coe, who took …

IAAF president Sebastian Coe says world governing body has made progress on Russian doping, leveling female playing field
5 years, 7 months ago

IAAF president Sebastian Coe says world governing body has made progress on Russian doping, leveling female playing field

Firstpost  

Coe, who won 1500m Olympic golds for Britain in 1980 and 1984, beat legendary former Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka to take over as head of the International Association of Athletics Federations from the now-disgraced Senegalese Lamine Diack in 2015. Zurich, Switzerland: Sebastian Coe admits that athletics’ world governing body was “crumbling” when he took over four years ago, but …

Sebastian Coe warned team behind London's 2017 World Championships bid that rivals were bribing judges
8 years, 5 months ago

Sebastian Coe warned team behind London's 2017 World Championships bid that rivals were bribing judges

Daily Mail  

London won the bid while Qatar won the right to host the event in 2019 The IAAF president appeared before a parliamentary select committee in December and denied having heard ‘any chat’ of bribes Ed Warner told the IAAF ethics board that Lord Coe issued the warning before the vote in Monaco in November 2011 The most senior official in …

Lord Coe to face parliament again as MPs probe what IAAF chief knew about Russian doping scandal
8 years, 9 months ago

Lord Coe to face parliament again as MPs probe what IAAF chief knew about Russian doping scandal

Daily Mail  

Lord Coe is being recalled to give evidence to parliament over what he knew about Russia’s doping scandal and to ascertain whether he deliberately turned a blind eye, or merely failed to register the seriousness of the situation. ‘There are clearly new questions now about what Lord Coe knew and when,’ said MP Damian Collins, a member of the Culture, …

Lord Coe in crisis: David Bedford reveals they talked about corruption claims
8 years, 9 months ago

Lord Coe in crisis: David Bedford reveals they talked about corruption claims

Daily Mail  

Lord Coe's position as the head of world athletics is hanging by a thread after his claims that he did not mislead Parliament were torn to shreds by new evidence. David Bedford, one of the most respected figures in athletics, revealed he told Lord Coe of his corruption concerns for the sport before sending him a crucial email. Lord Coe …

Russian doping scandal: Lord Coe accused of misleading MPs about knowledge of anti-drugs scandal
8 years, 9 months ago

Russian doping scandal: Lord Coe accused of misleading MPs about knowledge of anti-drugs scandal

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Stop doping or explain to grandchildren why medals were snatched: IAAF chief Sebastien Coe
8 years, 10 months ago

Stop doping or explain to grandchildren why medals were snatched: IAAF chief Sebastien Coe

Firstpost  

London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe said it would be “delusional” to think the Games may have been the dirtiest in history in the wake of positive drugs tests. London: London Olympics chief Sebastian Coe said it would be “delusional” to think the 2012 Games in the British capital may have been the dirtiest in history in the wake of more …

Sebastian Coe’s flaws mean he is the wrong man to clean up athletics
9 years, 2 months ago

Sebastian Coe’s flaws mean he is the wrong man to clean up athletics

The Independent  

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Athletics doping crisis: Astonishing that Lord Coe did not hear the whispers
9 years, 2 months ago

Athletics doping crisis: Astonishing that Lord Coe did not hear the whispers

The Independent  

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Athletic doping scandal: Wada chairman Dick Pound backs President Coe to clean up mess
9 years, 2 months ago

Athletic doping scandal: Wada chairman Dick Pound backs President Coe to clean up mess

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Athletics doping crisis: Lord Coe declared fit to clean up athletics – but was he part of the problem?
9 years, 2 months ago

Athletics doping crisis: Lord Coe declared fit to clean up athletics – but was he part of the problem?

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Lord Coe has to go: Second report into corruption at IAAF shows the new President is not fit to reform it
9 years, 2 months ago

Lord Coe has to go: Second report into corruption at IAAF shows the new President is not fit to reform it

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IAAF 'could not have been unaware of the extent of doping in athletics', claims second part of Wada report
9 years, 2 months ago

IAAF 'could not have been unaware of the extent of doping in athletics', claims second part of Wada report

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Dick Pound claims IAAF corruption was 'embedded in the organisation' in second report as Lord Coe suffers another blow
9 years, 2 months ago

Dick Pound claims IAAF corruption was 'embedded in the organisation' in second report as Lord Coe suffers another blow

Daily Mail  

Seb Coe will face fresh questions about how much he knew of the doping scandal in athletics after the second part of the independent WADA report questioned how members of the IAAF council 'could not have been unaware of the extent of doping' in the sport. Seb Coe will face fresh questions about how much he knew of the doping …

IAAF president Lord Coe’s aides tried to blow whistle on three drug scandal bigwigs who have now been handed lifetime bans
9 years, 2 months ago

IAAF president Lord Coe’s aides tried to blow whistle on three drug scandal bigwigs who have now been handed lifetime bans

Daily Mail  

Two of Lord Coe’s closest aides have emerged as key witnesses in the corruption scandal that has now resulted in life bans for three senior officials and a five-year suspension for the former head of the IAAF’s anti-doping division. Former Russian athletics chief Valentin Balakhnichev was banned for life along with distance coach Alexey Melnikov and Papa Massata Diack by …

Lord Coe's key aide tried to bury Sportsmail story.... now our emails will be part of ethics probe in handling of Russia drugs scandal
9 years, 3 months ago

Lord Coe's key aide tried to bury Sportsmail story.... now our emails will be part of ethics probe in handling of Russia drugs scandal

Daily Mail  

Emails between the IAAF and The Mail on Sunday will be studied as part of a formal investigation into Lord Coe's right-hand man at the world governing body of athletics. Nick Davies, who was made Lord Coe's chief of staff earlier this year when Coe became IAAF president, faces an ethics commission hearing into the circumstances in which the ruling …

Lord Coe's IAAF election campaign partly funded by money from Roman Abramovich's Russian-owned Chelsea
9 years, 3 months ago

Lord Coe's IAAF election campaign partly funded by money from Roman Abramovich's Russian-owned Chelsea

Daily Mail  

Lord Coe's position as president of the crisis-hit IAAF is under fresh scrutiny after it emerged that his election campaign was funded partly by money from Russian-owned Chelsea Football Club. It was the Coe-led IAAF who decided to give the Russian athletics federation the chance to participate in next summer's Olympic Games despite an independent World Anti-Doping Agency commission uncovering …

Athletics doping crisis: New independent body would need powers that it cannot expect to be granted
9 years, 3 months ago

Athletics doping crisis: New independent body would need powers that it cannot expect to be granted

The Independent  

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Lord Coe to face MPs to answer questions over athletics doping scandal
9 years, 3 months ago

Lord Coe to face MPs to answer questions over athletics doping scandal

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IAAF statement is 'intended to muddy the waters', claims anti-doping expert
9 years, 4 months ago

IAAF statement is 'intended to muddy the waters', claims anti-doping expert

Daily Mail  

The IAAF has been accused of trying to 'muddy the waters' in the ongoing doping scandal by one of the experts at the centre of the case. Michael Ashenden, one of two anti-doping experts enlisted by the Sunday Times to analyse leaked data belonging to the IAAF, has issued a response to the world governing body's statement, released on Friday, …

IAAF doping row: Lord Coe must act over Lamine Diack cover-up claims, or he’s just another Sepp Blatter
9 years, 4 months ago

IAAF doping row: Lord Coe must act over Lamine Diack cover-up claims, or he’s just another Sepp Blatter

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Lord Coe called to Parliament after 'declaration of war' comments on alleged widespread doping in athletics
9 years, 6 months ago

Lord Coe called to Parliament after 'declaration of war' comments on alleged widespread doping in athletics

Daily Mail  

Sebastian Coe is to be called to Parliament to be grilled about his claim that media investigations into widespread doping in athletics were a 'declaration of war' on the sport. Lord Coe, the new IAAF president, is to be called to the next culture, media and sport select committee hearing into allegations that hundreds of athletes had suspicious blood results …

British Olympian Sebastian Coe is new IAAF chief
9 years, 7 months ago

British Olympian Sebastian Coe is new IAAF chief

CNN  

Story highlights Sebastian Coe -- a former Olympian -- headed London's successful Olympic bid in 2012 He starts the job with the IAAF battling against claims that doping in athletics is widespread A recent leaked survey revealed an 'extraordinary level of cheating' CNN — British former Olympian Sebastian Coe has been named as the new head of world athletics governing …

Lord Sebastian Coe blasts doping allegations against athletics as 'declaration of war' after claims of suspicious blood tests not being followed up by IAAF
9 years, 7 months ago

Lord Sebastian Coe blasts doping allegations against athletics as 'declaration of war' after claims of suspicious blood tests not being followed up by IAAF

Daily Mail  

The IAAF takes the allegations published by The Sunday Times and ARD very seriously and has investigated them thoroughly. Under its pioneering Athlete Biological Passport system, more athletes have been banned for cheating by the IAAF than all other sports federations and national anti-doping agencies put together. In their reporting, the ARD and The Sunday Times made allegations against the …

Coe supports tough stance by IAAF in doping 'war'
20 years, 3 months ago

Coe supports tough stance by IAAF in doping 'war'

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