“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 ...

Continuing a series featuring AW content from years gone by, here is our magazine report of the men's 800m final at the 1978 European Championships Not for a long time had a confrontation been so ...

Matt Long ushers you to your seat in the Lenin Stadium, where Seb Coe and Steve Ovett ran the 1980 Moscow Olympic 1500m final 40 years ago today It’s the morning of Sunday July 27, 1980, and a 23-year ...

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 ...

“It’s amazing, crazy. I don’t think you’ll probably realise how good it is until it is done – that’s the sad thing,” says Jake Wightman, reflecting on a British middle-distance crop which, three weeks ...

The rivalry between British athletics legends Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett is to be made into a film by the BBC. The pair dominated middle distance running in the late 1970s and first half of the ...

BBC Films and AL Films are developing a film about the celebrated Olympic rivalry between middle-distance runners Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe. The pair famously clashed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics ...

Once upon a time, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach and Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, track and field’s global governing body, were the closest of friends. “Best ...