The events in Eugene and Paris were due to take place on June 7 and June 13 respectively, while Oslo’s meet is scheduled for June 11
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Before the election, the IAAF voted overwhelmingly (164-30) not to reinstate Russia over reports that anti-doping data from a tainted Moscow laboratory had been tampered with before being handed over to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
The International Association of Athletics Federations has unveiled a new name and logo, `World Athletics’, saying it will make the sport more accessible to wider audience.
Double Olympic 800m champion, Caster Semenya says she is no threat to women’s sport in response to comments from Sebastian Coe.
The dates were scheduled for the top-tier outdoor and indoor competitions next year to give athletes more consistent competition as they prepare for the 2019 IAAF World Championships.
IAAF President Sebastian Coe made the assertion on Wednesday in Asaba while lauding the 16 athletes who were inducted into the African Athletics Confederation Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
Partnering with sports ministries, city governments, race organisers and member-federations around the world, the IAAF initiative incorporates races to be held in cities across 15 time zones.
An IAAF statement said a Russian hacking group known as Fancy Bears was believed to be behind the attack in February and it targeted information concerning applications by athletics for Therapeutic Use Exemptions
“I have decided to step aside from the task force so that the integrity of its work is not questioned due to the allegations made against me in Le Monde,” the 49-year-old Namibian was quoted as saying in an IAAF statement
He said: “The German sportswear company had reportedly decided to end its 11-year $33 million contract with IAAF, following publication of the second World Anti-Doping Agency Independent Commission report in January.”
The President of CAA, Hamad Kalkaba, on Saturday in Lagos said the body would support the building a High Altitude Performance Centre in the northern part of the country
Coe has come under increasing pressure to end his association with Nike – his ambassadorial role was believed to be worth around £100,000 a year – due to possible conflicts of interest arising
According to InsideGames, an online portal, Coe spoke to the British Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sports Committee during an inquiry on recent excessive doping cases in world athletics in London
It’s not uniquely a track and field problem,” Coe told reporters after meeting with the south Asian athletics officials in the Indian capital. “Every sport has global issues. We have them but we also resolve them. It is our responsibility to make sure that our systems are clear and concise and the protocols are uniform across the globe
Eighties sports icon, former member of parliament and the architect of the 2012 London Olympics, Sebastian Coe, on Wednesday succeeded…