Richard McLaren's final report into doping in Russia, commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), will be released on December 9 at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London, it was officially confirmed today.

exploring allegations of similar activities at other events held in Russia, including the 2013 World Athletics

"speed sprint" and an "elimination mile" have been confirmed as events for the newly launched Nitro Athletics

and field.Non-traditional events had been promised alongside those which are normally present on the athletics

This will be a different spin on traditional athletics and will include a mix of power, endurance, technique

and teamwork disciplines across sprints, distance, field and para-athletics events," event and competitions

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has promised anti-doping inspectors full access to military cities which are normally closed to members of the public on the same day as Presidential approval has been given to a law criminalising doping.

on a list of influential women following a poll conducated by the BBC ©Getty ImagesFormer All-Russia Athletics

Federation President and International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) treasurer Valentin

The mascot of the 2017 Youth Parapan American Games in Brazilian city São Paulo will be named Mona after the results of a public poll were revealed.

and 21 are expected for the Youth Games, from more than 20 countries.Twelve sports will be contested: athletics

Ben Ekumbo, Kenya's deputy Chef de Mission at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, will be detained for three days as an investigation continues after stolen sports kit was found inside his apartment.

 Police investigators allegedly recovered boxes containing athletics shoes, tracksuits and bags

A reintroduction of the controversial Osaka Rule, banning athletes convicted of serious doping offences from competing at the next Olympic Games, has been proposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be part of the World Anti-Doping Code.

their country at the Games.It was introduced by the IOC in 2007 during the International Association of Athletics

Honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Vitaly Smirnov claimed Russia "has never had a state-sponsored doping system" during a controversial progress update on the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s (RUSADA) bid for re-compliance here today.

blanket bans on Russian athletes competing at Rio 2016, handed out by the International Association of Athletics

presiding over London 2012 and then taking over as grand pooh-bah of the International Association of Athletics

The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) hosted a session of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athlete Career Programme.

Africa's Olympic rowing gold medallist Lawrence Ndlovu.Athletes taking part represented sports including athletics

Robert Evans is planning to continue the research he started at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Under-23 World Games, surrounding the effects of robotic walking.

team representing South Africa.Beack claimed the gold medal in the shot put event on his international athletics

It all sounds very familiar. Warnings about the lack of progress from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), disputes over venues, delays in construction, strikes by workers, health concerns and even a team of refugees. But this is not a tale from Rio 2016 but 60 years ago. 

financing of the Games, and the selection of other venues, presented a very negative picture.Australian Athletics

Qatar’s successful attempt at securing the hosting rights for the 2019 World Athletics Championships

to PSM four days before the vote for the 2017 World Championships.London was awarded the 2017 World Athletics

November 11 and Qatar was then given the 2019 event three years later by the International Association of Athletics

to warrant the Board re-examining the case.Qatar lost out to London in the race for the 2017 World Athletics

in brown envelopes from members of the Qatari team on the eve of Doha's unsuccessful bid in 2011.UK Athletics

October that they had been "unable to corroborate" the initial accusations made by Warner.The Qatar Athletics

Two Russians who won gold medals at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games have opted to appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after being retrospectively disqualified from Beijing 2008.

competitor each from Belarus and Greece.Of those sanctioned, nine were weightlifters, while four came from athletics

Former All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) President Valentin Balakhnichev has vowed to launch an

Balakhnichev, the former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) treasurer, told news

agency TASS that he had been through "hell" since he was exiled from athletics by the IAAF Ethics Commission

and there will be a decision in two or three weeks, as a rule," Balakhnichev, previously the national athletics

by clean ones at events including their home 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.It is possible that athletics

Another 16 athletes have been sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today, following positive retests from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. 

competitor from Belarus and Greece respectively.Of those sanctioned, nine are weightlifters, four come from athletics

having tested positive for stanozolol following a retest from the 2007 International Association of Athletics