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IAAF President Coe set to be called to speak at British Parliamentary Committee hearing on doping

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International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe is expected to be called

Another is Coe, a former Conservative MP himself, who overcame Ukrainian rival Sergey Bubka in the race

Association: "The plan will be to hold another session in the next couple of months and to have Sebastian Coe

insisidethegames has contacted the IAAF to confirm whether Coe has been asked to speak but the governing

to face new challenge as British Parliament holds inquiry into blood doping in athleticsAugust 2015: Coe



IAAF accused of preferring not to expose doping cheats during Parliamentary hearing

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A prominent anti-doping expert claimed at a British Parliamentary hearing here today the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has done less to tackle drugs problems than the International Cycling Union (UCI).

New IAAF President Sebastian Coe was also accused of being naive due to his optimism in the commitment

athletes who submitted such samples.Speaking via video link Ashenden, dismissed as a "so-called expert" by Coe

to face new challenge as British Parliament holds inquiry into blood doping in athleticsAugust 2015: Coe

believe them and it's up to new President to restore trustAugust 2015: Non, je ne regrette rien, insists Coe


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

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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 director general David Howman among the listed witnesses.

doping had occurred.These allegations are strongly denied by the IAAF, now led by Britain's Sebastian Coe

Sunday Times report.Tomorrow could therefore mark a major test for the body early in the Presidency of Coe

at Portcullis House in London tomorrow, with more details available here.Related storiesAugust 2015: Coe

on anti-doping at conclusion of "amazing" World ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Mike Rowbottom: Bolt and Coe


Nick Butler: For Farah to be the greatest sporting Briton he has to do more

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BBC commentator Brendan Foster’s claim that Mo Farah is the greatest British sportsman of all time following his fourth and fifth world titles in Beijing last month has sparked a frenzy of opinions and arguments.

  Alan Hubbard plumped for Sebastian Coe for his all-round contribution, while in The Times this


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

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capped a productive couple of weeks for British sport administrators, following, as it did, Sebastian Coe

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

In fact, both Coe and Martin each used their close involvement in the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics

like Russia - were lobbied hard and relentlessly right up to the last minute by teams representing Coe

London 2012 head of communications Mike Lee, who had worked so hard on the successful campaigns of Coe

 Just like Coe did during the IAAF election, Martin is promising to help provide financial support


Alan Hubbard: Mo Farah is beaten to the tape in the race to be called Britain's greatest

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Is Brendan Foster right when he says that Mo Farah is now the greatest-ever British sportsman?

- Sebastian Coe wins the 1500 metres final at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 ©Getty ImagesSo how satisfying

irony cannot have been lost on new International Association of Athletics Federations President Lord Coe

But look, he is a wonderful athlete.”Naturally, Coe is too modest to say so himself, but there is a

British sportsman pinned to his own running vest.Perhaps I should declare a degree of bias here for Coe

For me Coe beats Farah to the tape in the race to be recognised as Britain’s greatest.


Coe appoints defeated rival Bubka as senior IAAF vice-president

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Sebastian Coe has appointed Sergey Bubka, the man he defeated to become the new President of the International

promote Ukraine's former world pole vault record holder was approved by the IAAF's ruling Council after Coe

Bubka tweeted his gratitude to Coe: "thanks @iaaforg Council & @sebcoe for honour to appoint me as Senior

to have been given an opportunity to lead our great sport into the new era that lies ahead," said Coe

2015: Mike Rowbottom: Coe prepares his shears as China sees fruit of its laboursAugust 2015: Bach "would

cannot take the whole of athletics on their own shouldersAugust 2015: Sebastian Coe to be limited to


Jesse Owens’ granddaughter presents Bolt and Co with golds

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Usain Bolt and his fellow members of Jamaica’s victorious men’s 4x100 meres relay team were presented with their medals here by Donna Prather Williams, granddaughter of the late and legendary four-times Olympic champion Jesse Owens.

Owens’ daughter and granddaughter met IAAF President Lamine Diack, IAAF President elect Sebastian Coe


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

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Sebastian Coe, President elect of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), once

Speaking shortly before he took over as President at the end of the Championships, Coe responded sharply

“It is ostensibly a clean sport,” Coe said.

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

history.”Lamine Diack (right) was performing one of his final duties as IAAF President ©Getty Images Coe

"This is a very good start.”Coe thanked the outgoing President for his “unflinching support and his


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

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Matej Toth, winner of the men’s 50 kilometres race walking world title here today in 3 hours 40min 32sec, said afterwards he will not compete at next year’s World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary because of the doping scandal involving many Russian walkers coached by the now suspended Viktor Chegin.

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


David Owen: Fajdek, Barber, Gao, Little, Jepkemoi. Could these be the saviours athletics has been looking for?

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No, Usain Bolt is not the saviour of athletics: he has been doing what he does since 2008, if not earlier, and the sport is at a much lower ebb now than it was then.

appealing impression that here are ordinary people doing extraordinary things.I just hope that Lord Coe

after all, is often, though not always, a symptom of lack of money; of all the tasks now confronting Coe


WADA praise global commitment after five new countries sign Convention against Doping in Sport

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World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Sir Craig Reedie has hailed international commitment to tackling sporting drugs problems after Djibouti became the fifth nation in the last three months to sign the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) International Convention against Doping in Sport.

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


Mike Rowbottom: Coe prepares his shears as China sees fruit of its labours

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The event officially opened here last Saturday by the Chinese President was not just the International Association of Athletics Federations’ World Championships – it was self-styled as the Green Championships, with concern for the environment being one of its key elements.

before, a peach-stone’s throw from the stadium at the Chinese National Convention Centre, Sebastian Coe

His shears will need to be sharp.IAAF President Elect Sebastian Coe meets the Chinese President Xi Jinping

Ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium ©Getty ImagesFollowing the latest elections at the IAAF Congress, Coe


Nick Butler: Usain Bolt - saviour of athletics or just a great champion?

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I had an exciting, if rather terrifying experience, today when called in to do a television interview on CNN’s World Sport programme about the weekend’s 100 metres showdown between Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin.

wrong to put the future of the sport on a single person’s shoulders, be it Usain Bolt, Sebastian Coe