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IAAF strongly denies forcing operations on DSD athletes as French Sports Minister investigates

  • Athletics

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has denied "in the strongest possible terms" allegations that it forced young female athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD) to have damaging sexual operations to reduce their testosterone levels.

could continue to compete in international women’s events.The letter, sent to IAAF President Sebastian Coe


Kenyan positives continue to mount with another marathon runner banned

  • Athletics

Marathon runner Philip Sanga Kimutai has become the latest leading Kenyan to be suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after testing positive for banned drugs.

Kenyan athletes and officials have found a way to sidestep testing methods.IAAF President Sebastian Coe



Coe refutes prosecutors' claims over London bid for 2017 IAAF World Championships

  • Athletics

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has been forced to

 London, whose bid was led by Coe, won in the second round of voting in November 2011 by 16 votes

 French prosecutors, investigating Diack and who interviewed Coe last year, claimed in documents

that London's victory "suggests that the benefits obtained from London were even more advantageous".Coe

Publicly, I did not support any candidacy but I voted for Doha," Coe told the authorities.

An IAAF spokeswoman confirmed that Coe had given evidence to French authorities.


Philip Barker: What modern sport needs is more Gladys and less White Stripes

  • Inside the Blogs

At the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athletics Championships, which came to an end last weekend, a son et lumiere with electronic lights flashing names around the Khalifa International Stadium accompanied the introduction of athletes before competition.

relay final, although not all athletics aficionados were quite as enthusiastic.IAAF President Sebastian Coe


Alan Hubbard: Running commentary over Salazar is bad for the image of the sport

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More years ago then I care to remember I was working as a young sub-editor on a British broadsheet newspaper when an agency reported that a spectator had been shot and wounded, thankfully not fatally, during a competition at Bisley, the famous UK shooting venue. 

forthcoming World Cup.Cram and Radcliffe were by no means alone in having a bad air day.Lord Sebastian Coe

Is she compromised as Coe once was, by being a Nike ambassador whose husband now coaches Farah?

sports - but is now among the most corrupt, whether wagon-circling Crammie, Radcliffe and even Lord Coe


BBC renew IAAF World Championships deal after attacked by Coe

  • Athletics

The BBC has secured broadcast rights to the 2021 and 2023 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships, it announced following the conclusion of this year's event here last night. 

years later by Budapest.The Corporation's coverage was last week criticised by IAAF President Sebastian Coe

Gabby Logan-type judgments over three or four days and clear off back to Match of the Day," an angry Coe

said.BBC presenter Gabby Logan was criticised by IAAF President Sebastian Coe for drawing attention




Lavillenie heads list of IAAF Athletes' Commission members elected in Doha

  • Athletics

France's Olympic pole vault gold medallist Renaud Lavillenie heads a group of six new members elected to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes' Commission, it was announced here today.

last two years and for his very significant contribution to the Council," IAAF President Sebastian Coe


Coe backs proposed Kenya bid for 2025 IAAF World Championships

  • Athletics

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has offered encouragement

We have always supported the idea of the World Championships being held in Africa," Coe told the Kenyan

September 2018.Currently, 42 Kenyan athletes are banned or suspended pending the outcome of cases.But Coe


Keeping an eye on things - AIU chief Howman's view of the anti-doping chess game

  • The Big Read

Last week's announcement that Alberto Salazar, the head coach at the Nike Oregon Project, had been banned for four years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency meant Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) representatives here in Doha had to serve immediate notices prohibiting athletes under his charge from further association.

As the IAAF President Sebastian Coe put it, the current AIU examination of the data from the Moscow Laboratory

David Howman says he would speak to IAAF President Seb Coe twice a year ©Getty ImagesThe situation was



Another top Kenyan runner suspended for doping

  • Athletics

Kenya's doping problems have deepened after another of its leading runners was suspended following a positive test for banned performance-enhancing drugs.

Kenyan athletes and officials have found a way to sidestep testing methods.IAAF President Sebastian Coe


Coe upset poor attendances, not great performances, focus at IAAF World Championships

  • Athletics

Sebastian Coe has claimed the media should be concentrating more on the quality of the competition at

sorts of Gabby Logan-type judgments over three or four days and clear off back to Match of the Day," Coe

Coe is frustrated that more attention is not being paid to some outstanding performances, including the

IAAF President Sebastian Coe has claimed he does not understand why the media are focusing on the poor

 Coe promised that the IAAF would not be afraid to continue exploring new markets to host its flagship