Sebastian Coe insists that Usain Bolt is already a legend – despite the president of the International Olympic Committee stating the Jamaican sprinter will need to star at even more Games before he can attain that status.

Widows of two Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Olympics pleaded with the International Olympic Committee to allow a minute’s silence at the London 2012 opening ceremony.

A minute’s silence was held in London’s Olympic Village today in memory of the 11 Israeli team members killed at the 1972 Games 40 years ago in a “spontaneous” tribute by the IOC.

IOC president Jacques Rogge has defended the Olympic movement's protection of their sponsors but insisted London 2012 spectators will not be prevented from wearing T-shirts bearing branding of rivals.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said yesterday he will keep up the pressure on Saudi Arabia, who has once again refused to send a women’s team to the Olympic Games.

BROADCAST revenues between 2014 and 2016 for the Olympic Games will exceed €2.79billion, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge confirmed in Durban yesterday.

IOC president Jacques Rogge has dismissed demands by Iran that the London 2012 Olympics logo should be changed.

Tottenham’s bid to take over the Olympic Stadium suffered a blow today when Jacques Rogge revealed he was against its demolition.

The Vancouver Winter Olympics, marred by early tragedy but destined ultimately to be remembered as a Games embraced by its hosts like few before them, drew to a close amid an unprecedented, country-wide party last night.

IRELAND’S Pat Hickey was last night unanimously re-elected President of the European Olympic Committees.

GOLF and rugby sevens face one last test on Friday if they are to be included in the Olympics from 2016. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board voted to include both at a meeting two months ago.

INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Jacques Rogge has said that those who hope for a 100% drug-free Olympic Games were ‘naive’ and that cheating was part and parcel of human nature.

THE president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, has warned the financial crisis poses a challenge for the London 2012 Olympics but is confident the Games will survive the test.

ATHLETICS Ireland chiefs confirmed yesterday that the Chair of High Performance, Patsy McGonagle is under investigation — as revealed in yesterday’s Irish Examiner.

Jacques Rogge has confirmed he will run for another term as president of the International Olympic Committee.

FORMER Olympic host cities are littered with “white elephants” built in the construction frenzy that precedes the Games, but Beijing is confident its sparkling venues will not meet the same fate.

China today deported a British woman and a German man who took part in a protest during the Olympic Games.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter admitted on Thursday the very future of the Olympic football tournament is under threat.

The Olympic flame approached the final destination of its long and sometimes contentious global tour today, greeted by rapturous crowds in the Chinese capital two days before it officially launches the games.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge was accused of backtracking on promises of press freedoms today and some internet sites remained blocked in China less than a week before the Beijing Olympics begin.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has conceded some Olympic endurance events could be affected by pollution in Beijing.

Security was tightened around San Francisco today as officials prepared for massive protests against China’s crackdown in Tibet during the Olympic torch’s only North American stop on its journey to Beijing.

The Olympic torch arrived in San Francisco today amid increased security after the chaotic scenes in Paris and London.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will consider scrapping the international leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay as a result of the anti-Chinese protests.

EUROPEAN athletes and officials demanded clearer guidelines yesterday on how free they will be to express opinions on human rights, Tibet and other issues at the Beijing Olympics.

China pledged strict security measures to ensure its segment of the Beijing Olympics torch relay will not be marred by protests similar to the one at today’s lighting ceremony in Greece.

The president of the International Olympic Committee today poured cold water on calls for a boycott of the Summer Games in Beijing over China’s crackdown in Tibet, saying it would only harm athletes.

The main Tibetan exile group said today Chinese authorities have killed at least 30 Tibetan demonstrators and injured many more during protests against Chinese rule in the Tibetan capital.

International Olympic chiefs have declared their intention to join the fight against illegal betting on sports events.

Marion Jones has been formally stripped of her five Olympic medals, but the IOC have postponed a decision on whether her relay team-mates will lose their medals.

PADDY BARNES went the full distance with the world champion, Shiming Zou from China, in their light flyweight quarter final at the World Championships in Chicago but his brave effort ended in the defeat.

Jacques Rogge has warned that rugby sevens faces “an uphill battle” to be included at future Olympic Games.

OLYMPIC chief Jacques Rogge says air pollution could lead to some events at the 2008 Beijing Games being postponed.

Tiananmen Square was the centre of celebrations today as the countdown to the Beijing Games reached the one-year mark, an event China’s communist government hopes will showcase the country’s rising political and economic clout.

A CHINESE academic credits an Irishman with China’s return to the Olympic fold thirty years ago.

Alex Lowe

Asian leaders expressed shock and dismay today over the bomb attacks in London that killed dozens of people as the world’s most powerful leaders met at the G8 summit in Scotland. From China to Malaysia to Australia, leaders urged greater cooperation in fighting terrorism.

SEBASTIEN COE was in a unique position to chair the London 2012 bid — it was a wonder that the authorities took so long to realise it.

Katie Fry, Singapore

Katie Fry, Paris

Olympic chiefs today expressed concern at a huge drop in the number of out-of-competition drugs tests.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge believes there will always be a doping problem but claims great advances have been made to stamp out cheating in sport.

INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has set up a disciplinary commission to investigate allegations against US sprinter Marion Jones.

IOC president Jacques Rogge has told the athletes of the world to reassemble in Beijing in four years’ time having promoted the message of clean sport.