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Former IAAF President Diack facing additional "breach of trust" charges in France

  • Athletics

Disgraced former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack is facing additional charges in France for allegedly favouring his son in negotiations for sponsorship and TV right deals.

reportedly brought on June 26, according to AFP.The IAAF, now led by Diack's former vice-President Sebastian Coe


David Owen: Death of Mike Lee provides sad coda to end of Olympic bidding's golden age

  • Inside the Blogs

It is a measure of Mike Lee's stature in the small, rather esoteric world that we and many of you inhabit that his recent death at the woefully early age of 61 serves to underline with sombre finality what we have known for a year now: that the golden age of Olympic bidding is over. 

the joint United States/Canada/Mexico bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.Mike Lee, left, and Sebastian Coe

remembered - the London 2012 Olympic bid.It is no coincidence, I think, that both he and Sebastian Coe



Coe welcomes IAAF Continental Cup as "great opportunity"

  • Athletics

Continental Cup, which takes place here over the weekend, was described today by IAAF President Sebastian Coe

that has been specially made in the Czech Republic out of Bohemian crystal.IAAF President Sebastian Coe

This is a great moment because it's the climax of what has been an outstanding season," said Coe at the


New DNA athletics format to be trialled in Minsk later this month

  • Minsk 2019

The newly-refurbished Dinamo Stadium is set to host a test event for Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) later this month, in an early trial for the new format that originators hope will appeal to a younger audience.

format has been mixed, but International Association of Athletics Federations President Sebastian Coe


Coe calls for WMA to resist "political interference" after Spain bans Gibraltar from competing under

  • Athletics

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe called for World Masters

We urge the WMA to stand strong against this political interference. https://t.co/peliuvkB5b— Seb Coe

(@sebcoe) September 4, 2018IAAF President Coe urged the WMA to resist the move and allow athletes from

to have its athletes compete under its nation's flag as they are a recognised European Federation,” Coe


Crisis-hit IBU preparing for crucial Presidential election in Poreč

  • The Big Read

Russia was reduced to the status of a provisional, non-voting member of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) on December 10 of last year. Yet it remains central to the prospects and fortunes of this beleaguered international sports federation which has, in the space of the last three years, plumbed depths unmatched - as yet - by any other.

the election hold only insofar as one candidate was from western Europe, namely Britain's Sebastian Coe

, as events were shortly to confirm, at a crisis point over doping and corruption issues.Given that Coe

maximise commercial revenue, and increased grants and assistance for national federations.As far as Coe

Coe and Bubka conducted their campaigns with decorum and virtually no reference to each other, although



Mike Rowbottom: Zurich working hard for its Weltklasse status

  • Inside the Blogs

Zurich’s main station concourse was packed last night, for the fourth year in a row, with people watching a pole vault competition.

crowd ©Getty ImagesFor International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe


Inaugural IAAF Trail and Mountain World Championships to be held

  • Athletics

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the International Trail Running Association (ITRA) and the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) have partnered to host the IAAF World Trail and Mountain Running Championships in 2021.

Championships but this will become biennial under the new agreement with IAAF.IAAF President Sebastian Coe

IAAF President Sebastian Coe welcomed the partnership ©Getty ImagesThe sentiment was echoed by both the


Tanzania Olympic Committee secretary general makes call for more coaching

  • ANOC News

Former 1,500 metres world record holder Filbert Bayi, secretary general of the Tanzania Olympic Committee (TOC), has called upon sports associations in the country to make sure they have coaches capable of finding and developing new talents.

players who had never been discovered.Tanzanian children practise athletics in 2012, watched by Sebastian Coe



Spanish Olympic Committee sign extension to agreement with Trinidad Alfonso Foundation

  • EOC

The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) has signed a one-year extension to its partnership with the

The deal was penned by COE President Alejandro Blanco and Trinidad Alfonso Foundation director Elena

organisations continue to work together through to the end of the 2018 to 2019.The agreement will ensure the COE

COE.It is is expected to reach 80 schools in Castellón, Valencia and Alicante.The deal was penned by COE


Nick Butler: Farewell after five years at insidethegames

  • Inside the Blogs

Tomorrow will be my last day at insidethegames, which, after five years and having never left anything more than a summer job washing up in a café before, feels very strange.

I was awestruck when we bumped into Sebastian Coe on the way to the Olympic Stadium and, as we chatted