When the results were made public Coe was nowhere, winning only eight votes out of 97 cast by the IOC’s members. Coe had lost the room. But then he never really held it.

The biggest name in the field and one of the favourites, Sebastian Coe headed into the IOC presidential race exuding confidence, yet the Briton suffered a heavy defeat as Zimbabwe’s Kirsty ...

This was Seb Coe’s only chance to claim the IOC presidency. He was already too old to run in this race, technically, although rules would have been bent for the 68-year-old had he been victorious.

Coventry was thought to be in a tight-run race with IOC veteran Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior and World Athletics president Sebastian Coe for the top job. However, to general surprise the race was ...

Princess Anne will celebrate her 75th birthday next Friday on a small yacht off the west coast of Scotland with her husband ...

Also in the race were four presidents of sports governing bodies: Track and field’s Sebastian Coe, skiing’s Johan Eliasch, cycling’s David Lappartient, and gymnastics' Morinari Watanabe.

Coe's World Athletics broke an Olympic taboo by paying $50,000 to track and field gold medalists in Paris last year. Samaranch promised to relax strict IOC commercial rules and give athletes ...

When the results were made public Coe was nowhere, winning only eight votes out of 97 cast by the IOC’s members. Coe had lost the room. But then he never really held it.