Another 13 countries today publicly backed Sebastian Coe's campaign to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). 

champion are from the North American, Central America and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC).Coe

US Virgin Islands.They join Canada and Jamaica, members of the NACAC who had already publicly backed Coe

Several other of the NACAC's 31 members are also expected to vote for Coe, including the United States

Sebastian Coe received his pledges of support from countries in the NACAC after addressing them during

It takes to 36 the number of countries who have publicly endorsed Coe, compared to five for Bubka. 

Elvan Abeylegesse stands to lose two Olympic silver medals, and one from the World Championships, after being officially named by the Turkish Athletics Federation as one of the 28 athletes for whom adverse findings were revealed by the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) recent re-testing of samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships.

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Sergey Bubka's campaign to be the next President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) gathered momentum today as four countries publicly promised to vote for him in the elections in Beijing next week. 

Sebastian Coe, his rival, however, also collected another endorsement as Ghana became the first African

Kazakhstan, who had said last week they would back him.Ghana, meanwhile, became the 23rd country to support Coe

the country ©Sergey BubkaThe backing for Bubka from the South American countries is no surprise but Coe

another boost for Bubka's campaign, the Monaco Athletics Federation revealed they have not promised Coe

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Sebastian Coe today insisted he stood by his claim that doping allegations levelled against athletics

athletes had recorded suspicious results which were not followed up.That drew an angry response from Coe

In a open letter of more than 2,000 words to Coe on Wednesday, Ashenden wrote: "Does the IAAF pursue

Coe, who is standing to be the new President of the IAAF at its Congress in Beijing on August 19, continued

"I was angered by the portrayal of my sport," said Coe. 

Scientist Michael Ashenden has written an open letter to Sebastian Coe criticising the IAAF's anti-doping

Switzerland has become the latest country to publicly declare it will vote for Sebastian Coe to become

Sergey Bubka, has so far received public backing only from Kazakhstan.The decision to support Coe

was made by Swiss Athletics following a meeting of its ruling Central Board.The were backing Coe, they

Olympic pole vault champion, for vice-president.Several more countries are expected to publicly back Coe

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in IAAF electionAugust 2015: Canada, Denmark and Hungary latest countries to back Coe to become

Germany’s Olympic discus champion Robert Harting, who led a group of athletes posting a YouTube message saying the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had “betrayed” them by failing to combat doping in the sport, has been invited by the sport’s world governing body to visit their headquarters in Monte Carlo and see for himself the work they are doing.

dopingAugust 2015: Bubka calls for athletics to lead way on tackling doping as another country backs Coe

There can be no slowing the pace of preparations with less than a year to go until the start of Rio 2016, the chair of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission, Nawal El Moutawakel, warned at the start of the penultimate inspection visit here today.

Federations Congress in Beijing, where he is one of two candidates, along with Britain's Sebastian Coe

Having been in Rio de Janeiro for the last week, I have watched from afar at  every twist and turn as the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) fight-back against various doping claims brought to it by the unlikely Anglo-German alliance of the Sunday Times and ARD,

sceptical.Strongest in his counter-attack has been Britain’s IAAF Presidential candidate Sebastian Coe

Now in defence of Coe, he has a strong record where fighting doping in sport is concerned stretching

“Sebastian Coe must take his head out of the sand on doping,” read one British newspaper editorial this

Whoever wins out of Sebastian Coe (left) and Sergey Bubka in the IAAF Presidential Election will need

In his 100-day plan manifesto, meanwhile, Coe speaks of an independent agency operating entirely separately

The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has become the latest organisation to hit out at the recent doping allegations to plague the sport, claiming “immense damage” has been caused to their athletes and that they are “disturbed” a lot of them are aimed at Kenyan athletes.

dopingAugust 2015: Bubka calls for athletics to lead way on tackling doping as another country backs Coe

Sergey Bubka today promised to give women a stronger voice within the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) if he is elected President later this month.

Bubka and Coe today both met America's Carl Lewis, the nine-time Olympic gold medallist, who is attending

Lewis endorsed Coe to be the next IAAF President more than four years ago."

publicly back Bubka in race to become IAAF PresidentAugust 2015: Russia and United States boost for Coe

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London Marathon chief executive Nick Bitel has said he is “very concerned” by the latest doping allegations published by the Sunday Times, which claims seven London winners in a 12-year period recorded suspicious blood scores, and he criticised the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) “failure to take effective action”.

dopingAugust 2015: Bubka calls for athletics to lead way on tackling doping as another country backs Coe

Britain’s most successful Olympian Sir Chris Hoy is one of eight former athletes who will take part in a Team GB Greats programme launched to help provide guidance to athletes in the build-up to Rio 2016.

year.As well as offering his support to the athletes, British Olympic Association Chairman Sebastian Coe

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has challenged what it describes as “a number of seriously incorrect assertions” by the two scientists who worked on the recent ARD television documentary alleging widespread doping malpractice in the sport between 2001 and 2012, and has condemned them for placing athletes under media pressure through their “analysis of incomplete data". 

dopingAugust 2015: Bubka calls for athletics to lead way on tackling doping as another country backs Coe

incorrect and based on published dataAugust 2015: Canada, Denmark and Hungary latest countries to back Coe

Sergey Bubka has picked up his first public nomination in his campaign to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after Kazakhstan promised to vote for him at the election later this month.

London 2012 gold medal-winning boxer Serik Sapiyev, remains confident he can beat Britain's Sebastian Coe

 Coe is widely seen as the favourite but Bubka, a member of the International Olympic Committee,

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IAAF electionAugust 2015: Canada, Denmark and Hungary latest countries to back Coe to become IAAF

Russia and the United States have signaled they are backing Sebastian Coe in his campaign to become the

Qatar have also announced they are backing the scheme - indicating that they also plan to vote for Coe

 Coe announced last month that the Dividend, which is in addition to all existing IAAF grants,

after several bigger and richer countries promised they would not take up their allowances.Sebastian Coe

the Olympic Athletics Dividend that they would have received if I am elected IAAF President," said Coe

Both [Coe and Bubka] are very deserving people and I will add the Swedish voice of Sebastian Coe," said