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IAAF launch online portal for gathering information about doping

  • Athletics

A confidential online portal, able to handle six languages, has been launched today by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to encourage the collection of information about suspected doping and malpractice within the sport.

intelligence models.On the eve of this week’s two-day IAAF Council meeting here, the IAAF President Sebastian Coe


IAAF Athletes' Commission hails governance reforms ahead of crucial Monaco Congress

  • Athletics

The crucial governance reforms that will be voted upon during a special International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Congress in Monaco on Saturday (December 3) have received full backing from the IAAF Athletes' Commission.

final proposal for governance structure reform of the IAAF", the organisation’s President Sebastian Coe

 After the IAAF Council had approved the changes during Rio 2016, Coe said that the new proposals

would make "a massive difference" to the sport.The proposals put forward by IAAF President Sebastian Coe

indefinite amount of time to sort of sit there, sort of crafting this over five, six or 10 years," Coe


Sir Hugh Robertson elected to replace Coe as chairman of British Olympic Association

  • EOC

has been elected as the new chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) to replace Sebastian Coe

and Adam Pengilly, the four British members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), along with Coe

sure it is something we’ll look to proactively put out," a spokesperson told insidethegames.Sebastian Coe

 "I would like to pay tribute to my friend and predecessor Lord Coe for the positive impact he has

of the organisation for Pyeongchang [2018] and Tokyo [2020], that has already been started by Lord Coe




Jaimie Fuller: Moscow 1980 and two brilliant careers

  • Inside the Blogs

Long before Sebastian, Lord Coe, hit the giddy heights of presiding over London 2012 and then taking

Coe was short and assured, Ovett was tall and gangly. Coe was from the north, Ovett from the south.

Coe was comfortable and relaxed talking with media, Ovett was uncomfortable and prickly.

The 16-year-old Ovett came second with the 15-year-old Coe third.

Coe ran wide and relied on his trademark late kick to see him awarded the silver medal.

Ovett also credits Coe as one of the "all-time greats" of middle distance running.In total, Coe won two


Further payments relating to Qatar 2017 bid emerge, reports claim

  • Athletics

Qatar’s successful attempt at securing the hosting rights for the 2019 World Athletics Championships has come under further scrutiny today following allegations that a company linked to banned official Papa Massata Diack was paid nearly $3.5 million (£2.8 million/€3.3 million) by an investment firm with ties to the Government days before their failed bid for the 2017 event.

the Ethics Board that his source had been then IAAF vice-president and current President, Sebastian Coe

, although Coe denies saying this.The IAAF Ethics Board said in October that they had been "unable to


Van Niekerk and Puig scoop top honours at ANOC Awards Gala

  • ANOC News

South African 400 metres runner Wayde van Niekerk and Puerto Rican tennis player Monica Puig claimed the best male and best female athletes of Rio 2016 titles at tonight's Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Awards Gala here.

finishing second on the medals table at the Brazilian Games.British Olympic Association chairman Sebastian Coe


President Gebrselassie girds himself for Ethiopian Athletics Federation challenge

  • The Big Read

Haile Gebrselassie was at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center in Athens on Friday (November 11) night to receive a Lifetime Achievement award from the International Association of Marathons and Road Races (AIMS).

Looking forward to working with you".Coe expanded on his enthusiasm in an interview with Kenya-based

," Coe said.

We must make sure the people coming to our sport are the right people," Coe added."

Haile is the greatest distance runner as far as I'm concerned - of all time," Coe said.

Asked about Gebrselassie’s mindset, Coe responded: "Very difficult to answer because I see Haile and


Jaimie Fuller: At Sydney 2000, Cathy's race was our race

  • Inside the Blogs

It is challenging enough to be a favourite for a race, or for an athlete to be so finely tuned to peaking at the right time to achieve a personal best. What must it be like for those favourite to win before their home crowd? 

Jackson, Betty Cuthbert, Dawn Fraser, Shane Gould and Debbie Flintoff-King.Just as 1980 was seen as the Coe




Alan Hubbard: Are football hooligans ruining the legacy of London 2012?

  • Inside the Blogs

I would not call myself a current West Ham United fan - I haven’t blown a bubble at one of their games for several years - but I remain a long-time admirer of the football they used to play, and occasionally still try to do.

Stadium is fit for the purpose of football is really the nub of the question.In retrospect, was Lord Coe