Athletics

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has launched a new online platform designed to encourage greater interest from cities in hosting events from its World Athletics Series.

Former Olympic pole vault champion Sergey Bubka today (Wednesday) confirmed he will stand for the presidency of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), settling up a duel with another of the sport’s all-time greats - Lord Sebastian Coe.

The IAAF, the global governing body of athletics, has admitted that the number of Russian doping cases emerging in the sport is a “major concern” after five race walkers became the latest athletes to be banned by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has revealed that the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has already taken around 3,000 samples from the country's athletes for testing as part of its investigation into allegations of widespread doping.

Dick Pound, the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has been appointed to lead an investigation by an independent commission into allegations of widespread doping in Russian sport.

Three senior IAAF officials, including the son of president Lamine Diack, have stepped down from their roles at the global governing body of athletics pending the outcome of a probe into allegations of widespread doping in Russia.

Valentin Balakhnichev, the head of the governing body for athletics in Russia, has stepped down from his role as treasurer of the IAAF, the sport’s global governing body, while allegations of systemic doping by athletes in the country are investigated.

Lord Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka, presidents-elect of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), have said the wave of allegations concerning systematic doping in Russian sport have presented serious problems for athletics.

Russian sport is at the centre of a major doping scandal following allegations of corruption and systematic doping, including the reported admission of drug use by an Olympic champion runner and cover-up and extortion involving a three-time Chicago Marathon winner.

Lord Sebastian Coe has unveiled his vision for the future of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) including reform of the global athletics calendar, the introduction of a ‘Street Athletics’ series and greater engagement with the youth market.

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has awarded its 2017 World Championships to the Egyptian capital of Cairo, while the evolution of the sport has continued with the introduction of a new fencing format.

Lord Sebastian Coe has confirmed he will run for the presidency of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) next year.

Qatari officials have maintained they complied with bid rules for the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) 2019 World Championships after details emerged of the offer of $37m (€29.6m) of new backing ahead of last week’s vote to award the event to Doha.

After years of success on the track, Jamaica is looking to its sporting stars to help create a new brand identity for the country. Rob Ridley reports.

Elisha Chauhan travelled to Doha to examine the Qatari capital’s formidable ‘athletes’ city’ concept, which will be introduced at its hosting of the 2019 IAAF World Championships.

Lamine Diack, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has agreed a deal for the global governing body to remain headquartered in Monaco.