The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has challenged what it describes as “a number of seriously incorrect assertions” by the two scientists who worked on the recent ARD television documentary alleging widespread doping malpractice in the sport between 2001 and 2012, and has condemned them for placing athletes under media pressure through their “analysis of incomplete data". 

Sergey Bubka has picked up his first public nomination in his campaign to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after Kazakhstan promised to vote for him at the election later this month.

Skateboarding and inline speed skating were the two disciplines put forward for inclusion at Tokyo 2020 today by the International Federation of Roller Sports (FIRS) during a crucial presentation, insidethegames can reveal. 

Russia and the United States have signaled they are backing Sebastian Coe in his campaign to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) by being among a group of countries prepared to waive or reinvest their entitlement of the Olympic Athletics Dividend he proposes to introduce if elected.

Nearly half of respondents to a survey conducted by a Hungarian pollster are in support of Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been announced, with 42 per cent in opposition.

Sergey Bubka today joined his rival to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations, Sebastian Coe, in defending the sport's record on doping. 

A final word, if I may, on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Vote-gate.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has insisted Rio 2016 will achieve a "great legacy" when asked about pollution concerns on Guanabara Bay here on the eve of celebrations marking exactly one-year until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games.

When Tony Blair became leader of the British Labour Party in 1994 he realised that, while his two predecessors had gone some way towards modernising the party from its socialist roots, too few people believed there had been genuine change.

His remodelled “New” Labour Party thus introduced some substantial measures, but was more than anything else a rhetorical device to hammer home this symbolic break from the past.

South Sudan has been rubber-stamped as the 206th member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) here today, with plans already in place to send a four-strong team to Rio 2016.

Independent testing for viruses in the waters of Guanabara Bay is to be undertaken by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) as part of a pledge to "make sure something actually happens" rather than just empty talk.

The race against time that Tokyo 2020 now faces to have its new National Stadium ready for the Olympic Games five years hence was underlined here today, when it was emphasised that certain groups would require access before the building was completed.

Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, today wasted no time in signalling that a significant revamp of the winning Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic project is probably in the offing.