Back in December, I wrote a blog in the aftermath of the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston commending the sport’s world governing body’s decision to ban 11 Bulgarian weightlifters from competing at Rio 2016 after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol during a training camp for last year’s European Championships in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.

TwitterIt had been questioned prior to the Summit whether Bach would stand by IAAF counterpart Sebastian Coe

Dear Lord Coe,When it was announced that the Russian team will be banned from the upcoming Olympics last

my life every time old samples are retested.Sergej Litvinov has appealed to IAAF President Sebastian Coe

This is the financial reality of our event.IAAF President Sebastian Coe claims Russia has not enough

A set of guidelines for Russian athletes seeking exceptional eligibility to compete in international competitions, including this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, have been published today by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

where we are today, just days away from the European Championships," said IAAF President Sebastian Coe

Russian athletes and the  All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) will file appeals with Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne next week against the decision of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to ban them from this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

ARAF secretary general Mikhail Butov, right, pictured in Moscow during happier times with Sebastian Coe

Divisions remain over whether Russian track and field athletes approved to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be able to do so under their own flag, or under a neutral one.

Both Zhukov and IAAF President Sebastian Coe were present at the meeting, along with representatives

There are some occasions when you have to make a choice between two vastly different directions. When you make a decision which, while related to one specific issue, will have wide-ranging repercussions that will be felt for generations to come.

so long as they can prove they have been operating in an effective drug-testing system.Sebastian Coe

Paralympic and world champion long jumper Markus Rehm has been dealt a potentially fatal blow in his pursuit of a place on the German Olympic team for Rio 2016 after failing to prove his prosthetic leg does not give him an unfair advantage over able-bodied competitors.

Athletics Federations (IAAF) appear to have scuppered his chances completely as President Sebastian Coe

uses does not give him a competitive advantage and at this stage he has not been able to do that,” Coe

Any prospect of Russian athletics competitors competing under their own flag at Rio 2016 appears to have ended after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the eligibility of athletes in any international competition is a matter for the respective world governing body.

justice" will be tackled at the Lausanne Summit.It will be chaired by Bach, with IAAF President Sebastian Coe

at Rio 2016 for this reason.When asked if other world governing bodies should follow the IAAF lead, Coe

We will discover over the next few days what Thomas Bach really thinks “zero tolerance" on doping should look like. 

Now, though, he has his chance.Does he stand shoulder-to-shoulder with his old friend Sebastian Coe and

remember his stewardship of the Olympic Movement.Anything less than full unequivocal support for Coe

tomorrow to "discuss the appropriate next steps", which does not sound like they are planning to send Coe

When Coe meets Bach he reciprocates by calling him "professor".

 At that meeting, Coe addressed the problem of doping in sport and how it could destroy the Olympic

Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has vowed to appeal to human rights courts as backlash begins against the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) decision to uphold their ban on Russian athletics.

responsibility and individual justice".The meeting will be chaired by IOC President Thomas Bach, with Coe

Russia's suspension from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will remain in place after a failure to meet criteria required by the body's Task Force.

“I think our decision sends a very very powerful message," said IAAF President Sebastian Coe."

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has been accused of

decision is due to be made on whether to lift the suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), Coe

 Diack was believed to have been a supporter of Coe in the latter stages of his campaign, helping

The IAAF admit that Coe was forwarded emails and information regarding allegations of corruption

"This was enough for Seb Coe to forward the email to the Ethics Commission.

“The suggestion that Seb Coe was actively seeking Papa Massata Diack’s advice about his campaign is

There appears to be growing support for Russia's suspension from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to remain in place for this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

due to a conflict of interest, meaning there should be 24 voters, with the IAAF's President Sebastian Coe

 IAAF President Sebastian Coe will have the decisive vote at tomorrow's Council meeting if it is

Russia internationally, with an open letter sent today by Athletics Canada chief executive Rob Guy to Coe

Russia has increased its campaign to have its suspension from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) lifted ahead of the decisive Council meeting here on Friday (June 17).

on whether Russia has improved its anti-doping programme to the IAAF Council, chaired by Sebastian Coe

Princess Anne has been presented the prestigious Longines Ladies Award during a special ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London.

the 2012 Olympic Games and was a member of the Organising Committee.London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe