AUGUST 24 – DAVID MOORCROFT (pictured) has resigned as the chief executive of UK Athletics because he did not see himself still being in charge when London stages the Olympics in 2012.

JULY 20 - SEBASTIAN COE, the chairman of London 2012, today helped David Moorcroft, the chief executive of UK Athletics, launch a new plan designed to help raise standards in the sport.

The "Power of 10" has been conceived in association with Vero Communications, the company set up earlier this year by London's former spin doctor Mike Lee.

APRIL 4 – BRITISH ATHLETICS was celebrating today after signing a record six-year £50 million sponsorship agreement with Norwich Union that will allow the country’s top competitors to prepare for the 2012 Olympics in London.

MAY 8 – BRITISH ATHLETICS has benefited from the London Olympic “effect” by signing another major sponsorship deal just a month after getting £50 million backing from Norwich Union. Vonage, an Internet telephone company, have signed up to become the official telecoms sponsor to UK Athletics and will set up Team Vonage to financially support a group of elite stars tipped for success in 2012.

By Duncan Mackay in Berlin

August 14 - Sebastian Coe's chances of becoming President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 2011 could be ended if Lamine Diack decides to stand again, even though he would be 78 by then.

August 13 - British athletes who win a medal at the World Championships, which open in Berlin on Saturday, will be given Alfa Romeo sports car as a reward, it was announced today.