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IT was the athletics rivalry that stopped a nation for a few days in the summer of 1980 in Russia. IT was the athletics rivalry that stopped a nation for a few days in the summer of 1980 in Russia. So ...

As London gets ready to host the 2012 Olympic Games, Steve Ovett, who has not often spoken of Sebastian Coe, opened up about the man who formed the other half of the most notorious British ...

Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt proved once again this week that the 100-meter sprint is the highest-profile track event in the world. But that hasn't always been the case. In the late 1970s and early ...

The controversial waves Steve Ovett gave to the crowds, as he raced for the line leaving rivals in his wake, were just a sign that he was enjoying himself. He did it several times during his career, ...

Long before Sebastian, Lord Coe, hit the giddy heights of presiding over London 2012 and then taking over as grand pooh-bah of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from Lamine ...

In 1980, Moscow was the scene of the famous Olympic showdown between Seb Coe and Steve Ovett. It was probably the most intense British athletics rivalry ever with both star turns battling each other ...

“Dead and buried” was pretty much the consensus on Sebastian Coe’s career following the 1980 Olympic 800m final. He’d been widely expected to win but although he’d taken silver, he’d run dismally. His ...

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