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IAAF to face new challenge as British Parliament holds inquiry into blood doping in athletics

  • Athletics

Athletics could be put further under the microscope tomorrow at an inquiry on blood doping in the sport

held by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the British Parliament, with World Anti-Doping Agency

David Kenworthy, the chief executive and chair of UK Anti-Doping.Also present will be Australian anti-doping

which experts claimed showed abnormal results for a number of endurance runners.The inquiry on blood doping

IAAF) failed to follow up test results from some prominent athletes which raised suspicions that blood doping

whole of athletics on their own shouldersAugust 2015: Bach "would still support" lifetime bans for doping

but admits they are not legally realisticAugust 2015: Bolt "sad" that doping controversy has overshadowed


Russian Sports Minister Mutko elected President of country's Football Union for a second time

  • Football

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has returned to the role of President of the Russian Football Union (RFU) after being unanimously elected by its members.

allegations.Related storiesAugust 2015: Athletics Kenya and Russia’s Sports Minister Mutko deny latest doping

Sports MinisterApril 2015: Mutko hopes for end to SportAccord-IOC rift while defending Russian anti-doping


German debutant Jung makes flying start at Burghley Horse Trials

  • Equestrian

Reigning Olympic and European champion Michael Jung of Germany holds the lead after the opening day of dressage on his debut appearance at the Burghley Horse Trials near Stamford, England.

lifts Paget's provisional suspensionApril 2014: FEI disqualifies Paget from Burghley Horse Trials in doping


Duncan Mackay: Elections of Coe and Martin testament to great success of London 2012 and Glasgow 2014

  • Inside the Blogs

Louise Martin's election here as the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) capped a productive couple of weeks for British sport administrators, following, as it did, Sebastian Coe beating Sergey Bubka to become head of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in Beijing last month. 

Besides Martin and Coe, Sir Craig Reedie is President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, as well as being


Froome crashes out of Vuelta a Espana contention on day of Astana success

  • Cycling

Italy's Fabio Aru has taken the overall lead of the Vuelta a España after Astana team mate Mikel Landa won a gruelling stage 11 today and Britain's Tour de France champion Chris Froome crashed out of overall contention.

third.Aru, whose Astana team were only awarded a licence to compete this year in April follow several doping



Former doctor of Lance Armstrong called to give testimony in Italian doping hearing

  • Biathlon

Armstrong, has been called to give evidence to the Italian National Olympic Committee's (CONI) anti-doping

prosecutor for allegedly aiding the illegal doping of a biathlete. 

1999 to 2005, initially on a secret basis, and has been frequently cited as a key figure assisting his doping

2000s.He was banned for life by the Italian Cycling Federation in 2002 and by the United States Anti-Doping

criminal charges of distributing banned products to athletes.But his name has frequently been linked with doping

in December he was implicated in the Padova investigation where it is alleged he was involved in the doping

He also denies these allegations.Related storiesDecember 2014: IBU begins investigation into alleged doping


Coe appoints defeated rival Bubka as senior IAAF vice-president

  • Athletics

Sebastian Coe has appointed Sergey Bubka, the man he defeated to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), as the world governing body's senior vice-president.

possibility of establishing a new over-arching integrity unit for athletics which would house an anti-doping

operation with greater independence and have access to a newly formed independent tribunal to hear doping

cases of international-level athletes and support personnel.Establishing an independent anti-doping

Related storiesAugust 2015: Coe defends IAAF on anti-doping at conclusion of "amazing" World ChampionshipsAugust

shears as China sees fruit of its laboursAugust 2015: Bach "would still support" lifetime bans for doping


Bird’s Nest electrified as Zhang and Huihui earn final silvers for China

  • Athletics

The storm which had turned the track into a stream two hours before the final session of the 15th International Association of Athletics World Championships may have passed, but electricity remained in the Bird’s Nest stadium tonight as Chinese athletes, perhaps inspired by the unlikely silver earned by their men’s 4x100 metres sprinters the previous night, added two more of the same colour.

and Bolt has last wordAugust 2015: Race walking world champion to skip World Cup because of Russian doping


Coe defends IAAF on anti-doping at conclusion of "amazing" World Championships

  • Athletics

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), once again defended his sport against charges of widespread doping

Sebastian Coe, IAAF President elect, defended his sport over doping allegations once again today on the

day of "amazing" World Championships in Beijng ©Getty ImagesAsked how he proposed to act in the anti-doping

whole of athletics on their own shouldersAugust 2015: Bach "would still support" lifetime bans for doping

but admits they are not legally realisticAugust 2015: Bolt "sad" that doping controversy has overshadowed


Mike Rowbottom: Kenya on top, and Russia struggling in Beijing. So what’s that about?

  • Inside the Blogs

Two years ago, Russia concluded the Moscow International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in second place behind the United States, but with more golds - seven to six. Two years on, as the 15th World Championships here move into their final day, late golds by Sergey Shubenkov in the 110 metres hurdles and Mariya Kuchina in the women’s high jump have rescued the Russian cause from humiliation.

that should be the elephant absent from the room - there are no Russian walkers here, following the doping

walk champion Sergey Kirdyapkin - who has subsequently received a three-year retrospective ban for doping

from the Russian Anti-Doping Agency.But his wife Anisya Kirdyapkina took silver in the 20km race walk

They have too many doping rules violations as mostly all Chegin’s group tested positive for doping.

I’m sure that Russian walkers could be very good in future even without doping.


World record for Eaton as China take 4x100m silver and Bolt has last word

  • Athletics

On a night when Ashton Eaton of the United States beat his own world decathlon record with a score of 9,045 points, and Britain’s Mo Farah collected a seventh consecutive global title, Usain Bolt secured an 11th World Athletics Championships gold by anchoring Jamaica to victory in the men’s 4x100 metres relay.

Related storiesAugust 2015: Race walking world champion to skip World Cup because of Russian doping scandals


Chinese athletics opening itself up to a new world of achievement

  • The Big Read

So what the Chinese media questioner wanted to know of Su Bingtian, the morning after the night before, when he had become the first Asian to contest a men’s 100m final at the World Championships, was this:

He grew angry at suggestions of doping infractions, and cut the interview short.


South Africans to join country's top athletes to celebrate Olympic Day

  • ANOCA

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) are due to hold an event today to mark Olympic Day, where athletes about to set off for the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa and the All-African Games in Congo will join local citizens to celebrate the values of Olympism.

African women’s football team.They will take part in walks, various other sporting activities and doping


Race walking world champion to skip World Cup because of Russian doping scandals - as another fails test

  • Athletics

afterwards he will not compete at next year’s World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary because of the doping

“Secondly, because of many doping scandals around Russian race walk.

"They have too many doping rules violations as mostly all Chegin’s group tested positive for doping

"I’m sure that Russian walkers could be very good in future even without doping.

The latest Russian doping scandal was made known today by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).The

2015: IAAF will not "dance on grave" of Russia despite doping crisis, promises Coe