Nick Butler: Are Presidents too powerful in international sport?

Nick Butler: Are Presidents too powerful in international sport?

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.








Coe position as IAAF President under threat after Pound report claims "corruption embedded in organisation"

Coe position as IAAF President under threat after Pound report claims "corruption embedded in organisation"

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.