Russia's Ministry of Sport has urged the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to focus on "real facts and

Canada's International Olympic Committee member Richard Pound will help Russia to improve their anti-doping

state-sponsored Federal Security Service (FSB) were complicit in enforcing a culture of "systemic doping

Association of Athletics Federations), where the new President [Sebastian Coe] also has zero-tolerance for doping

Convention, claiming, "in the short-term, Russia has created a strong legal basis to fight against doping

corruption scandalNovember 2015: Diack son among group facing disciplinary action over Russian doping

First, we were shocked by the conflict between SportAccord and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in April. That was followed by a summer of scandal involving world football's governing body, FIFA, which flickered and intensified into an autumn of anguish.

with today’s latest revelations to emerge on the banks of Lake Geneva, this time concerning Russian doping

, where a "state-supported" doping programme has reportedly been orchestrated by a coalition of

sport, anti-doping and Government-affiliated bodies, all held together by the iron fist of the FSB secret

had rushed to book early morning flights to attend today's long awaited unveiling of the World Anti-Doping

Direct threats to doping control officers, as well to their family members; the alleged destruction

until the end of this week to respond to the publication of today's report published by the World Anti-Doping

Sebastian Coe, who admitted he is shocked at claims Russia has been running a "state-supported" doping

Commission revealed London 2012 was "sabotaged" by "widespread inaction" against athletes with suspicious doping

Russia's WADA-accredited laboratory in Moscow, Grigory Rodchenko, intentionally destroyed 1,417 doping

"If any infringements on the anti-doping rules by athletes and or their entourage should be established

programme and that athletics is not the only sport with an ineffective anti- doping programme," he said

By Duncan Mackay and Nick Butler at the Mandarin Oriental in Geneva 

Federal Security Service are accused of having played a major role in the covering up of "systemic doping

" in the country, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission Report published

Richard Pound, supports and goes beyond many of the claims first raised last December about "systematic" doping

the country's primary, WADA-accredited laboratory in Moscow.This included alleged direct threats to doping

Russia's state secret police, the FSB, is accused of being involved in systemic Russian doping in the

Getty ImagesIt adds: "The Moscow laboratory is not operationally independent from RUSADA (Russian Anti-Doping

Awards Gala as more Diack corruption allegations emergeNovember 2015: Russia bans five athletes for doping

Remember back in April at the SportAccord Convention when Marius Vizer had made himself the Olympic Movement's number one enemy following his explosive speech criticising Thomas Bach, who was it that was in the vanguard opposing this dangerous mutineer? It was Lamine Diack, then still the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

He denied any wrongdoing by his Federation, claiming that the IAAF “has done everything for doping control

the scandal involving his predecessor Lamine Diack, who allegedly accepted cash to cover up positive doping

Senegalese is alleged to have received “more than €1 million”  in bribes since 2011 to cover up positive doping

gold medallist added: “That people in our sport have allegedly extorted money from athletes guilty of doping

©Getty ImagesThe allegations are reportedly contained in a report to be published by the World Anti-Doping

that Grigory Rodchenkov, head of the WADA-accredited lab in Moscow, was involved in the falsifying of doping

scandal], you have people putting money in their pockets and also either delaying the processing of doping

In our world, most on-the-record interviews are notably restrained affairs. Respondents are invariably fearful of deviating from the script and offending others, and have PR assistants lurking ominously close-by to ensure the “key message” comes across.

assumed the Presidency in September 2012, so were issues closer to Eaton’s heart, such as combating doping

President Lamine Diack, where he is accused of accepting money as a bribe to turn a blind eye to Russian doping

bodies should not ultimately have control of any of the three broad integrity matters of corruption, doping

and match fixing, he claims.Organisations like the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) should also not

This, at least, is certainly a point accepted by others, with a WADA-led but fully independent anti-doping

Recent actions by Kuwaiti Sports Minister Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah are among the "worst cases of interference and non-understanding" experienced during the career of International Olympic Committee (IOC) deputy director general and director of NOC relations Pere Miró, the official has told insidethegames.  

mean the nation no longer complies with either the Court of Arbitration for Sport or the World Anti-Doping

A meeting has been held between the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) and the Presidents of National Federations as the country plots its preparations for Rio 2016. 

Essilfie. who briefed delegates on matters spanning accommodation, accreditation, arrivals and departures, doping

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Ethics Commission today confirmed that Papa Massata Diack, the son of former President Lamine Diack, is among four people facing disciplinary action in connection with helping Russian marathon runner Liliya Shobukhova avoid punishment after failing drugs tests.

a hearing in London scheduled for next month.Gabriel Dollé, the former director of the IAAF’s anti-doping

Diack, travelled to Russia and gave to the Russian Federation the list of Russian athletes suspected of doping

relation to the allegations concerning the Russian athlete Liliya Shobukhova and concealment of her doping

that Shobukhova and her husband paid the ARAF more than half-a-million dollars to cover up a positive doping

Awards Gala as more Diack corruption allegations emergeNovember 2015: Russia bans five athletes for doping

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has today confirmed it has cancelled the World Athletics Awards Gala in Monte Carlo because of the “cloud that hangs over our association” according to President Sebastian Coe.

the shock arrest of former President Lamine Diack on allegations of accepting bribes to cover up doping

serving an eight-year ban.She has also been stripped of her Olympic title.A report from the World Anti-Doping

following the arrest of former President Lamine Diack on allegations of accepting bribes to cover up doping

WADA due to be published next Monday alleges that Lamine Diack's sons offered to cover up a positive doping

establishing the Independent Committee.Diack's legal advisor, Habib Cisse, and the IAAF’s former anti-doping

Related storiesNovember 2015: Russia bans five athletes for doping as country distances itself from Diack

allegationsNovember 2015: WADA Commission to unveil report on Russian doping allegations on November

Lamine Diack accused of taking cash to cover up Russian dopingAugust 2015: Coe defends IAAF on anti-doping

The hurdles nominees for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athlete of the Year award have been named as Russia's Sergey Shubenkov and the Czech Republic's Zuzana Hejnova.

Year AwardOctober 2015: IAAF avoids repeat of 2014 Gatlin award controversy by ruling out serious doping

The All Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) has today banned five athletes for doping offences - while

placed under investigation in France where he is accused of taking money from Russia to hide positive doping

Agency (WADA) Commission, which has investigated alleged systematic doping within Russian athletics.A

chaired by Canada's founding WADA President Richard Pound, will present a report called "Top secret doping

of taking cash to cover up Russian dopingNovember 2015: WADA Commission to unveil report on Russian doping

testsAugust 2015: Race walking world champion to skip World Cup because of Russian doping scandals -