The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Tuesday it was cooperating with French authorities investigating graft allegations against former world champion sprinter Frankie Fredericks. Namibia’s Fredericks, an IOC member since 2012, stepped down in March as head of the committee evaluating bids to host the 2024 Olympics after corruption allegations were reported in the French media. … Read more
Usain Bolt’s absence from the track at the end of the season will be a huge blow to the world of athletics no matter IAAF president Sebastian Coe’s protestations that other athletes are just as deserving as the spotlight. There can be no denying the worth the towering Jamaican has brought to the sport at … Read more
Kenya and their east African middle and long-distance running rivals, Ethiopia, will come face-to-face again at the 42nd World Cross Country Championships in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday. The two countries who have dominated the global event more than any other nation, have strong teams at this year’s event which is held at the … Read more
Papa Massata Diack, son of disgraced former IAAF chief Lamine Diack, slammed corruption allegations against him over the awarding of the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio as a “witch hunt”, in an exclusive interview with AFP on Monday. “Rio won fairly,” Papa Massata Diack, who rarely speaks to the international media, insisted to AFP, as … Read more
Former 100m and 200m champion Frankie Fredericks has decided to step aside from the five-member IAAF Taskforce coordinating the re-admittance process for suspended Russian athletes. Fredericks, Namibia’s only Olympic medalist in history, was recently implicated by a Le Monde report, which accused him of bribery to the tune of $245,000. “I have decided to step … Read more
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency has been under investigation by Wada since last year Russia will miss this summer’s World Championships after athletics’ governing body voted to extend their suspension from international competition for state-sponsored doping. However, some Russians may be able to compete under a neutral banner, if they can satisfy testing criteria. Russia was … Read more
England will provide one of five teams competing against Usain Bolt’s All-Stars in a new athletics event IAAF president Lord Coe says will “revolutionise” the sport. Jamaica’s Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medallist, will be the star attraction at the first Nitro Athletics event in Melbourne on Saturday. It includes both traditional and new events, … Read more