By Liam Morgan at the Lemigo Hotel in KigaliA lack of suitable venues is costing the United States the chance to host major athletics events, International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack warned at the Africa International Sports Convention (CISA) here today.

Diack oversaw during his time as IAAF President, and he will be replaced by either Briton Sebastian Coe

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By Liam Morgan at the Lemigo Hotel in KigaliEvery African country should set-up their own anti-doping agency, International Association of Athletics Federations President Lamine Diack claimed at the Africa International Sports Convention (CISA) here today.

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By Liam Morgan at the Lemigo Hotel in KigaliOutgoing International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack will be honoured for his services to sport here this week at the Africa International Sports Convention (CISA).

-year old will step down from a position he has held since 1999 in August, with Britain's Sebastian Coe

By Nick ButlerHamad Kalkaba Malboum has been unanimously re-elected President of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) in Addis Ababa, to serve a third four-year term at the helm of the continental body.

Senegalese compatriot Lamine Diack set to end his 16 year term as IAAF President, with Britain's Sebastian Coe

By Mike RowbottomDahlan Al Hamad will serve for another four years as President of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) with unanimous support from all 45 Member Federations as he pursues his ambition of putting the continent "at the centre stage" in world athletics.

himself come ahead of a crucial IAAF election this August which will see either Britain's Sebastian Coe

DiackDahlan Al Hamad will seek re-election this summer as an IAAF vice-president, while Britain's Sebastian Coe

Neither did defiant luminaries including Sebastian Coe and Colin Moynihan, both later to become Tory

MPs and peers, and in Moynihan's case Thatcher's Sports Minister.Boycotts, argued Coe, have no place

By Duncan MackayJamaica has become the latest country to publicly back Sebastian Coe's campaign to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) following a visit by the double Olympic 1500 metres gold medallist to Kingston.

"The decision to support Coe was based on the fact that we support the pillars of his manifesto.

the change through innovation like the street festival and street athletics programmes [advanced by Coe

"We have to take the athletics to the people, the IAAF has to lead in this regard and Coe intends to

Lord Coe sees the importance of giving more power to the Federations and, importantly, maximising the

Coe estimates that he has already travelled 200,000 kilometres on the campaign trail but Blake claimed

British runners, it brings to mind for many followers of the sport the fabled rivalry of Sebastian Coe

end of the chapter covering the momentous events of the 1980 Moscow Games, where Ovett won the 800m Coe

was favourite for, and Coe responded by winning the 1500m most had foreseen Ovett winning.Sebastian

Coe has to settle for silver, behind British rival Steve Ovett, after the Moscow 1980 Olympic 800m final

Did Coe mean to be mean?

not a step the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) would consider, Sebastian Coe

quit his role after he was accused of being involved in a systematic doping system ©Getty ImagesBut Coe

This is not about tap dancing on the graves of Federations," Coe, currently vice-president of the IAAF

It depends how you define crisis," said Coe."

By Liam MorganSpanish Olympic Committee (COE) President Alejandro Blanco has received the highest honour

Vazquez Rana, and Carlos Padilla, President of the Mexican Olympic Committee were also in attendance.The COE

By Michael PavittSpanish Olympic Committee (COE) President Alejandro Blanco has awarded the Olympic Insignia

By Daniel Etchells at the British Olympic Association Headquarters in LondonBritain's Sebastian Coe has

Convention Centre in Beijing on August 18 to 20, where all 213 National Federations will vote.Speaking here, Coe

should be two four-year terms with the option for a third term and it should not exceed 12 years," said Coe

have probably put my hat in the ring for this had I not been through the London experience," added Coe

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By Mike RowbottomPutting Asia "at the centre stage" of world athletics is the ambition driving Dahlan Al Hamad, who has announced in Doha that he would seek re-election later this year as a vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and President of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA).

delivering a new athletics concept," said Al Hamad ahead of an IAAF election in which Britain's Sebastian Coe

By Michael PavittThe Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) has renewed a partnership agreement with the Trinidad

culture of endeavour in society through sport in the Valencian community and reached an agreement with COE

COE President Alejandro Blanco believes initiatives such as the All Olympic project are crucial for the

By Emily GoddardThe six nominations in seven categories for this year's Laureus World Sports Awards have been revealed following a ballot by the world's media.

Among those who could follow in the footsteps of such sporting greats as Usain Bolt, Sebastian Coe, Roger