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London students to test stadium for Olympic Games

20.11.09
Britain's leading student athletes will be the first to use the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium in a rehearsal for the 2012 Games... more

BMW signs £40m deal to put the drive into London Games

18.11.09
BMW defied the global slump in the prestige car market by announcing a £40 million-plus deal to sponsor the London Olympics... more

Olympic sports chiefs fly in to break venue deadlock

08.10.09
Top officials from two sports will fly to London next week as 2012 chiefs seek to resolve a deadlock over Olympic venues... more

Lord Coe’s pay rises by a quarter to £357,000 for overseeing Olympics

19.08.09
Sebastian Coe saw his pay as head of the Olympic project rise by 25 per cent to £357,000 last year, it has emerged... more

Olympic chiefs set to scrap cheap tickets turn

28.07.09
London Olympic organisers could renege on promises to offer tickets for just £15 as organising committee considers a more expensive starting price in a bid to increase revenue - a decision which will disappoint many Londoners who will be priced out... more

Billions will be watching Coe’s flame roar to life

27.07.09
The countdown to London 2012 has started in earnest — exactly three years from today, 80 world leaders and 80,000 highly fortunate spectators will squeeze into the Olympic Stadium to see a lone torchbearer light the cauldron... more

Games will be the greatest event on earth, vows Coe

27.07.09
London begins three-year Olympic countdown with promises that capital will stage the most memorable Games in history... more

2012 and all that

15.07.09
Plans to stage the Olympic beach volleyball tournament at Horse Guards Parade are causing a headache for Games organisers... more

Just the right timing for Skatonics

15.06.09
The Skatonics gave a raucous, rollicking, heavy heavy monster of a gig at the Hope and Anchor.... more

Olympic Games bosses find jobs for only 115 of the unemployed

10.06.09
Only 115 unemployed east Londoners have had jobs on the construction of the Olympic Park, it has emerged... more

Young athletes given £1,000 to help realise Olympic dream

22.04.09
Hundreds of young athletes have been awarded £1,000 grants to help realise their dream of competing in the London Olympics... more

Bannister hails magic Mo as new Coe

11.03.09
Athletics: Sir Roger Bannister believes Mo Farah could bring the sort of excitement to track and field which British athletics has not seen since the days of Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett... more

Coe: Give tickets to sports clubs first

10.12.08
Members of sports clubs may get priority on tickets for the Olympics under a plan being devised by 2012 chiefs... more

Coe: Olympics can help capital beat recession

25.11.08
Olympics boss Sebastian Coe believes the 2012 Games can provide the economic boost to help London though a recession... more

Boris deputy attacks 'smoke and mirrors' of funding for Olympics

19.11.08
The political consensus surrounding the London Olympics appeared to crack amid a row over costs... more

Athletics chief's fury over legacy for stadium

07.11.08
The head of world athletics launched an extraordinary attack on International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge over the legacy of the London Olympic stadium... more

Race begun to save historic running stadium

29.09.08
A crumbling running track once used by Sebastian Coe and Linford Christie could be saved for the local community... more

Olympic celebration of arts in the capital

26.09.08
Hundreds of events over the weekend will kick off a four-year Olympic celebration of arts. Here are some not to miss.... more

Cultural Olympiad is up and running

04.09.08
Olympics chief and former athlete Sebastian Coe is to turn himself into a work of art... more

Promises made for 2012 bid: Can we keep them?

01.09.08
London clinched victory in a tough race for the 2012 Olympics thanks largely to a pledge that it would deliver a legacy for sport... more

Comment: Deliver a sports legacy for 2012

01.09.08
The conclusion of the Beijing Olympics has transformed the way we think about the Games and the London 2012 Olympics... more

Coe expects extraordinary weekend for the British hopes

14.08.08
Sebastian Coe has predicted an extraordinary weekend for Great Britain with the prospect of more golds in rowing, cycling, sailing and athletics... more

Comment: London's legacy stuck on starting blocks

24.07.08
For five years, the architects of the London Olympics have been claiming that the event has the power to turn Britain into a sporting nation... more

Idowu's one jump ahead of the field

11.07.08
Seb Coe is just one of the many people tipping star triple jumper Phillips Idowu for gold in Beijing... more

Video: Are the Olympics good for London?

09.07.08
Click on the links below for video highlights of the Evening Standard's Influentials debate on 'Are the Olympics good for London?' featuring Tessa Jowell, Will Self, Andrew Gilligan, Sebastian Coe and Kate Hoey...... more

2012 Games 'will fail to boost grassroots sport'

09.07.08
The London Olympics may fail to deliver on its key pledge to boost the nationwide popularity of sport, it has been claimed... more

Lord Coe: Olympic Games legacy is your job now, Boris

11.06.08
Olympics boss Sebastian Coe hits back at Boris Johnson's claims that the Games legacy is being neglected... more

How 2012 can be white hot for the City

08.05.08
The first London Olympics were in full swing 100 years ago and Sebastian Coe believes much can be learned from 1908. ... more

Brit athletics coaches are failing to hit gold standard, warns Coe

08.05.08
Sebastian Coe fears British athletics will be on trial at the Beijing Games... more

Coe warns: Olympics is toughest task ahead

06.05.08
Sebastian Coe has warned Boris Johnson that the London Olympics will be on a "different planet" from any other responsibilities he has as Mayor.... more

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