Part two of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Independent Commission report revealed a nepotistic cabal surrounding former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack, which, instead of taking on the parasitic culture of doping eating away at the sport, reacted by bribing and extorting their way to a personal fortune.It stuck another dagger into the already-punctured heart of athletics but also the entire structure of global sports administration.

after the report’s publication in Munich last week has been on whether Diack’s successor Sebastian Coe

Yet with Coe having retained the support of Commission chair Richard Pound as well as the wider athletics

Pound’s response when asked if he believed in Coe is revealing: “I think you’ve got to understand the

But this could also create problems for Coe, who, if he is to have a chance of being re-elected as President

something Bach is expected to take advantage of by appointing many allies this summer.In the case of Coe

Sebastian Coe today said he had "no suspicions" about Lamine Diack, the man he replaced as President

the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Independent Commission.Much of the focus has been on Diack, who Coe

criminal investigation in France which alleges that he took money to cover-up doping allegations but Coe

within Russian athletics while the second alleged that the IAAF Council under Diack, which included Coe

Despite being a member of the IAAF Council criticised by the Independent Commission, Pound backed Coe

 Coe dismissed a suggestion that he should take a lie detector test to prove he was telling the

Dmitry Shlyakhtin has been elected as the new President of the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) as the organisation looks to overturn its ban from competition in time for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

athletes will be prosecuted by the IAAF before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.IAAF President Sebastian Coe

Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has labelled a proposal to reset athletics world records, in response to the doping crisis in the sport, as “pointless”.

Commission's second report related to corruption within the IAAF on Thursday (January 14).Sebastian Coe

athletes suspected of having failed drugs tests.He gave his support, however, to IAAF President Sebastian Coe

Michael Ashenden and Robin Parisotto, the scientists who claimed the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had failed to act upon suspicious blood samples, have each accepted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission's dismissal of their conclusions.

encouraging aspects in the WADA report.Both concluded by tentatively endorsing IAAF President Sebastian Coe

 and Yulia Stepanova, then I am willing to join Dick Pound in crossing my fingers in hope that Lord Coe

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has promised to investigate

improprieties," claimed the Commission.The IAAF are, as of yet, unable to account for the payments, but Coe

company Deloitte in conjunction with leading legal firm Freshfields.Paul Deighton, who worked alongside Coe

must have had some awareness of what was going on.Paul Deighton (left), pictured alongside Sebastian Coe

Tokyo's victory in the race for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympic Games has been implicated in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) corruption scandal after it was suggested a sponsorship payment agreed between Japan and the the world governing body may have encouraged some International Olympic Committee members to vote for it rather than rival Istanbul.  

award certain cities and countries the IAAF Athletics World Championships".IAAF President Sebastian Coe

Sebastian Coe has effectively had his short-term future as President of the International Association

odd renegade acting on his own".He concluded that the IAAF's ruling Council under Diack, including Coe

involving Russian athletes suspected of having failed drugs tests.The Canadian nevertheless claimed Coe

right man for the job.He "cannot think of anyone better" to take the organisation forward.Sebastian Coe

m very grateful for the personal endorsement of Dick but he’s not somebody that pulls his punches," Coe

“We can’t just sit here and say we deserve trust," Coe said."We don’t - we have to win that back."

Sebastian Coe's position as President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is set to come under even more pressure when the second part of the report due to be published here later today by the World Anti-Doping Agency Independent Commission will claim top officials must have been aware of the growing problem with doping in Russia. 

Pound has claimed that he does not believe the IAAF's ruling Council, which included Coe, could have

“There is no cover up here,” Coe told the American news channel. 

Council at the time included Sergey Bubka, Ukraine's former world record holder in the pole vault, who Coe

legal counsel.Another is thought to be Thomas Capdevielle, an IAAF doping official who accompanied Coe

officials at the IAAF to avoid being banned for doping ©Getty ImagesWallace-Jones yesterday called for Coe

were involved in a scheme to avoid being banned after testing positive for drugs has claimed Sebastian Coe

Liliya Shobukhova because of his fears she was being blackmailed, believes it is too early to judge Coe

There have been many mistakes but it is my conviction that Seb Coe will do everything possible to clean

following the explosive first part in November ©AFP/Getty ImagesThe support from Wallace-Jones came as Coe

“There is no cover up here,” Coe told CNN.

AFP/Getty Images“One of the accusations is that I don’t sort of get the seriousness of this issue," Coe

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen has claimed a "cultural revolution" is needed to rectify the problems which have caused turmoil in the sport.

“We have full confidence that IAAF President Sebastian Coe is the right man for the current challenges

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) were tonight forced to deny allegations they considered hiding drugs cases involving Russian athletes from the public before the 2012 Olympic Games in London. 

Last month, Nick Davies, the chief of staff of new IAAF President Sebastian Coe, announced he was standing

There is no "systemic corruption" within the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the governing body claimed today as they prepared to face more allegations with the publication later this week of the second part of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission report. 

up.The employees are believed to be Huw Roberts, recently appointed by new IAAF President Sebastian Coe

legal counsel.The other is thought to be Thomas Capdevielle, an IAAF doping official who accompanied Coe

UK Athletics has called for all world records to be scrapped and started again in the wake of the doping crisis within the sport as part of its “Manifesto for Clean Athletics” released today.

in positive drugs tests being covered-up.The damning decision came after IAAF President Sebastian Coe

Russia will face its biggest test yet in its bid to convince the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) of its genuine commitment to remedying doping problems when Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko meets the IAAF Task Force in Moscow tomorrow.

athletes will be prosecuted by the IAAF before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.IAAF President Sebastian Coe