Sebastian Coe

India will host the 2028 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Odisha, marking its first major World Athletics event. Sebastian Coe said, "The future of the world indoor athletics championships is looking bright and assured." With events also planned in Ahmedabad, India is aiming to grow as a global sports hub.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hinted track and field could follow swimming in bringing in a tougher policy on transgender athletes competing in women's events. Swimming's governing body FINA announced on Sunday it intends to set up an "open category" to allow transgender athletes to compete in a separate class.

Sebastian Coe made a whirlwind trip to Jaipur, but didn’t leave without appreciating its beauty

While the IOC prevaricates about the “dilemma” of banning Russian athletes from the 2024 Olympics, World Athletics boss Sebastian Coe has made it clear that as far as his sport is concerned they remain very much on the outside, twice-over.

When it comes to words, Yohan Blake is like an NFL running back. He runs straight into issues and smashes them to smithereens. To say that the IAAF boss Sebastian Coe is destroying athletics is huge and Blake says the two-time 1500m Olympic champion is systematically doing it.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Friday he embraced new track technology that features pacemaking lights, a system used to great effect in two stunning world records last week.

Sebastian Coe's 1981 British 800-meter record of 1:41.73 is facing a potential challenge. World Athletics President Coe has publicly praised young Olympian Ben Hoggins, fueling belief that the long-standing mark could be broken. Max Burgin also came close at the 2025 World Championships, indicating the record is no longer untouchable.

Children will need more access to sport in the post-pandemic world and there is a pressing need to press authorities to stop school sports "withering on the vine", World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Friday.

Russia, racked by a doping and corruption scandal, made a last-ditch plea to IAAF president Sebastian Coe on Friday to lift its ban in time for athletes to compete at the Rio Olympics.

Sebastian Coe will visit India on October 5-6 and meet the top brass of the national federation and the Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on how to improve the profile of the sport in the country.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said reputation will not protect the sport's high-profile athletes from doping raps and warned that it would be harder than ever to get away with taking banned substances at next year's Tokyo Olympics.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe believes that track and field is well on course to becoming one of the top-four global sports in the next few years on the back of a slew of "innovations" effected this year and improved financial security.

"No athlete would prefer to compete without spectators", World Athletics boss Sebastian Coe said on Friday but left it on organisers to decide whether to let in fans or keep them out when the sport resumes in August.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has warned any athletes tempted to use doping substances during the coronavirus pandemic, when drugs testing is proving more difficult, that they "will get caught".

The Tokyo Olympics are not feasible at their current July starting date because of the coronavirus pandemic and must be delayed, World Athletics president said on Sunday.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Tuesday he wants the body to become a campaigning organisation" but stressed that he sees no point in boycotting China over human rights.

International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) president Sebastian Coe is principally in favour of the European Athletics Council's radical proposal to clean up the record book by erasing some of the most talked-about marks that were set before 2005.

IAAF chief Sebastian Coe empathises with the plight of Indian sprinter Dutee Chand, whose career has been hit by the controversial 'gender testing' issue, but insists it needs to create a "level-playing field" for all athletes.

Suresh Kalmadi, the Organising Committee chairman of CWG, recently hosted a special dinner and cocktail party to welcome the British Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sports, Jeremy Hunt and UK track legend, Sebastian Coe, to the capital

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe is still hoping that a belated outdoor athletics season can be staged from August to October this year, he said on Friday.

The agreement was signed during the Sebastian Coe's two-day visit to India to meet the top brass of the national federation and Sports Minister.

IAAF chief Sebastian Coe on Monday asked India to promote track and field sport at the school level if it wants to excel at the international stage.

Former 'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe is all set to play Sebastian Coe, Olympic gold medalist distance runner.

The 66-year-old, a two-time Olympic 1500m champion for Britain in 1980 and 1984, stood unopposed in the vote of the World Athletics Congress in Budapest, two days ahead of the start of the world championships in the Hungarian capital.

Beijing is selected to host the 2027 World Athletics Championships, showcasing China's commitment to major sporting events. The city previously hosted the event in 2015 and continues to strengthen its presence in international athletics with upcoming events. Asia's prominence in athletics is highlighted.

The 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships will be held in Ranchi from June 1-4 next year, the continent's governing body of the sport announced today.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Friday he was confident the Tokyo Olympics will take place next year -- but hopes a passionate crowd will be able to watch the events if Covid-19 precautions allow.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe on Tuesday said that India has the potential to make a mark in track and field events if it utilises the opportunities offered by its love of sport, its huge population and size of the market.

World athletics chief Sebastian Coe admitted on Thursday that the Tokyo Olympics could be moved to later in the year by the coronavirus outbreak, but said it was too early to make a definitive decision.