The Irish Times

Former IAAF leader Lamine Diack dies at home in Senegal

Diack’s name became synonymous with corruption after involvement in Russia affair

Fri Dec 03 2021 - 11:20

Ex-head of world athletics Lamine Diack jailed for two years over corruption

87-year-old found guilty of taking bribes for orchestrating cover-up of athlete’s doping tests

Wed Sept 16 2020 - 14:52

Diack tells court he slowed handling of Russian doping cases to save sponsorship

Former IAAF boss facing charges of corruption, money laundering and breach of trust

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 16:40

Sebastian Coe: ‘Change was turbo-charged because we needed it to be’

World Athletics president focuses on future after term dogged by doping scandals

Mon Dec 23 2019 - 06:00

Doha World Championships present unique challenges

IAAF’s O’Callaghan confident event can deliver despite poor ticket sales and conditions

Wed Sept 25 2019 - 06:00

Rio bribed committee to host Olympics, ex-governor claims

Sérgio Cabral says he was advised to pay $2m to avoid Brazil’s early elimination in voting

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 20:26

Diack to face corruption charges in France

86-year-old former IAAF boss to stand trial In France

Mon Jun 24 2019 - 15:43

PSG president under investigation in France for alleged corruption

Nasser al-Khelaifi questioned in relation to Doha’s unsuccessful 2017 bid for athletics world championships

Thu May 23 2019 - 15:38

Japanese Olympic Committee head resigns amid bribery scandal

Takeda admits he signed over about 1.5 million yen to Singapore consulting company

Tue Mar 19 2019 - 11:10

Head of Japan’s Olympic Committee indicted for corruption

Tsunekazu Takeda is helping organise Japan’s hosting of the 2020 Olympic Games

Fri Jan 11 2019 - 10:25

Coe accused of misleading Russian doping inquiry

Report says IAAF had ‘apparent desire to suppress revelations about doping in sport’

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 19:50

Brazil police arrest Olympic committee chief in bribe scandal

Carlos Nuzman accused of failing to declare assets including bars of gold in Switzerland

Fri Oct 06 2017 - 14:30

Police raid home of Brazil Olympics chief over Rio 2016 vote-buying

Carlos Arthur Nuzman questioned about alleged $2m payment for vote of Lamine Diack

Tue Sept 05 2017 - 21:44

IAAF’s Nick Davies banned after cash payment cover-up

Athletics body’s former chief of staff admits taking payments to cover up Russian doping

Wed Feb 01 2017 - 01:00

New evidence of graft in Qatar’s bid for 2017 World Championships

Payments made to Qatari officials by Senegalese businessman’s firm, says ‘Le Monde’

Fri Nov 18 2016 - 19:37

International Olympic Committee backs IAAF over Russian doping

‘This is in line with the IOC’s long-held zero-tolerance policy’

Sat Jun 18 2016 - 17:16

Sebastian Coe knows banning Russia is right thing to do but is he compromised?

On Friday he will chair an IAAF meeting on whether to maintain Russia’s exclusion

Thu Jun 16 2016 - 12:16

Three athletics officials appeal against life bans

Former Russian Athletics boss Valentin Balakhnichev, former Russian coach Alexei Melnikov and former IAAF consultant Papa Massata Diack have appealed to Court of Arbitration for Sport

Mon Feb 01 2016 - 17:13

Integrity may prove good business for anti-doping Adidas

The sportswear firm is carefully managing its image as it chases revenue growth

Thu Jan 28 2016 - 05:00

Adidas to end IAAF sponsorship deal early, reports

Sportswear giant ending contract four years early in the wake of athletics doping scandal

Mon Jan 25 2016 - 08:48

Seb Coe to investigate bribery allegations over London 2017

Britain agreed to fund prizemoney to help bid to host 2017 World Championships

Mon Jan 18 2016 - 01:00

Does Sebastian Coe care or is he merely in love with own loftiness?

IAAF chief might have got job he wanted but he’s lost all prestige and popularity

Sat Jan 16 2016 - 08:30

Wada looks at relationship between Diack and Putin in 2013

Nine Russian athletes withdrew from World Championships in Moscow

Fri Jan 15 2016 - 01:23

Wada report registers qualified vote of confidence in Coe

Council, including Coe, could not have been unaware of extent of doping, report finds

Fri Jan 15 2016 - 01:00

Wada report says Seb Coe must have been aware of doping

Pound: ‘I don’t want to lay the failures of an entire council at the feet of one individual’

Thu Jan 14 2016 - 14:51

WADA report to say corruption was embedded in IAAF

Details of investigation into Russian doping have been leaked to Associated Press

Thu Jan 14 2016 - 11:33

A complex trail of corruption - the Russian doping scandal

There’s no hiding the fact that Thursday was another desperate day for track and field

Fri Jan 08 2016 - 09:39

Three senior IAAF officials banned for life for blackmail

‘They acted dishonestly and corruptly and did unprecedented damage to the sport’

Thu Jan 07 2016 - 13:21

Sebastian Coe defends IAAF Eugene 2021 decision

French authorities investigating award of 2021 World Athletic Championships

Thu Dec 10 2015 - 10:23

IAAF 2021 Eugene decision investigated by French authorities

Oregon city with close links to Nike was awarded World Athletics Championships

Thu Dec 10 2015 - 09:50

Roger Federer frustrated by tennis’ anti-doping programme

ITF record getting better and is open to external watchdog monitoring policy

Sun Dec 06 2015 - 21:22

IAAF confirms Kenya investigation

Allegations of doping cover-ups have been investigated since March

Tue Nov 17 2015 - 17:23

IAAF suspends Russia from all competitions

Vote is 22-1 to provisionally ban Russia for state-sponsored doping

Fri Nov 13 2015 - 22:39

Yelena Isinbayeva urges IAAF not to ban Russia

The Russain pole vault world record holder has penned an open letter to the association

Fri Nov 13 2015 - 16:30