Five senior former Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) officials, including ex-president Dmitry Shlyakhtin, have been banned from the sport by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after a “major fraud” ant…
Ex-IAAF president Diack given prison sentence, fined $590,000 in corruption trial
Lamine Diack, the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has been found guilty of corruption following charges associated with the Russian doping scandal and…
IAAF finalises Russian inspection team, anti-doping body calls for Rio 2016 ban
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has today (Tuesday) further fleshed out the inspection team built to return the scandal-hit All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) to full membership, while the Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO) has called for Russian track athletes to be banned from next year’s Olympic Games.
Russia to conduct own probe into doping claims – Putin
Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has insisted that the country must carry out its own investigation into allegations of widespread doping amongst its athletes.
Hansen re-elected as European Athletics president
Svein Arne Hansen has been re-elected as president of European Athletics, with the governing body appointing only the second female vice-president in its 49-year history