Seb Coe (now Lord Coe) and Steve Ovett were famed for their track rivalry. In 1980 they beat each other in the 800m and 1500m and won a gold medal each at the Moscow Olympics. The rivalry continued to ...

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 ...

“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 ...

SEBASTIAN COE and Steve Ovett, two of England’s top runners, each won his 1,500-meter semifinal heat to set up their first meeting on a British track in Birmingham. The two are competing in the ...

“Aye, aye! and I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up.” It was Christmas, 1979, but Sebastian Coe’s ...

Olympic legend Steve Ovett never knew his rivalry with Sebastian Coe was the talk of the jungle until he spent seven days exploring the swamps in Papua New Guinea. 1980 Olympic Games, Moscow: Gold ...

From a distance of 100 metres, the silhouette of the man in sunglasses and dapper jacket still looks identical - right down to the jet black floppy hair - as it did on the very same spot exactly 40 ...

Seb Coe can recall Steve Ovett unknowingly ruining his Christmas Day. The World Athletics president tells the story of how after watching Dambusters with his family one year, he forced himself to go ...

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 ...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 17: Daniel Radcliffe attends a screening of “Kill Your Darlings” during the 57th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon West End on October 17, 2013 in London, England.