Lamine Diack and his son Papa Massata, the two officials at the heart of the corruption investigations surrounding successive bid races for the Olympic Games, have been accused of attempting to "lock" African votes in support of Tokyo in the final stages of their successful attempt to land the 2020 contest.

Russian race walker Alexey Bartsaykin and shot putter Maxim Sidorov have been banned for four years and one year respectively for violating anti-doping rules, it was announced today.

German javelin thrower Johannes Vetter and Greek pole vaulter Ekaterini Stefanidi have been crowned the respective men’s and women’s European athletes of the year at the Golden Tracks gala here tonight.

European Athletics’ Member Federations today unanimously approved all eight proposed amendments to the continental governing body’s Constitution, bringing it in line with changes made last year by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

European Athletics' Member Federations today voted unanimously to revoke the honorary Council membership of Valentin Balakhnichev, the former Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President given a life ban from the sport in January 2016.

Vivian Gungaram, President of the Mauritius Athletics Association (MAA), has been appointed as an interim member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ruling Council, it has been revealed.

By Daniel Etchells at the Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva in Vilnius

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen has today met with Belarus Athletic Federation counterpart Vadim Devyatovskiy and Belarus' Sport and Tourism Minister Alexander Shamko to discuss "future activities" in the country.

European Athletics' Council has made a proposal to permanently revoke the honorary membership of Valentin Balakhnichev, the former Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) President who was given a life ban from the sport in January 2016.

By Daniel Etchells at the Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva in Vilnius

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen has insisted that the sport is not dying and claimed that this year’s World Championships proved to doubters that it is still going strong.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Diane Modahl has said she is "tired of the cynicism" surrounding athletics and insists that is the reason why she became brand ambassador for the sport’s European governing body’s "I Run Clean" platform.

Richard McLaren's report into widespread doping in Russian sport has been given added credibility after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling on triple jumper Anna Pyatykh revealed it had been used in the decision to ban the athlete for four-years.