Kenyan athlete Lilian Mariita has been banned for eight years after her second anti-doping violation, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has announced.

Four cities are in the running to host next year's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Race Walking Team Championships, while there is a sole bidder for the 2016 World Junior Championships.

Five members of Sudan's athletics team have reportedly been fined for training in "inappropriate dress".

The former head of the scandal-hit Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has claimed that 40 per cent of drug test violations in the country have come in youth sports.

Sebastian Coe's chief aide Nick Davies tonight temporarily stood down from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) while the Ethics Commission investigated allegations he suggested delaying naming Russian athletes who had tested positive for banned-performance enhancing drugs.

Former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack is now being accused of "active", rather than "passive", corruption by French magistrates.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) deputy secretary general and Sebastian Coe's chief of staff Nick Davies tonight denied he was involved in trying to delay the naming of Russian athletes who had failed drugs tests in the run-up the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. 

London 2012 Olympic champions Sergey Kidyapkin and Yulia Zaripova are among six leading Russian athletes who will find out the status of their doping suspensions in late February, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced today.

Whistleblowing couple Yulia Stepanova and Vitaly Stepanov believe it would be unfair on the rest of the world if Russia's ban from athletics is lifted before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Whistleblowers Yulia Stepanova and Vitaly Stepanov have been named as ambassadors for a new fair play programme unveiled by the organisers of the Weltklasse Zürich Diamond League meeting.

Former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack has reportedly admitted to French police he asked Russia for €1.5 million (£1.1 million/$1.6 million) to help him mount a political campaign in his native Senegal. 

There will be four candidates to become the new President of the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) when it holds its elections in Moscow next month as the organisation tries to rebuild following its suspension from international competition after allegations of systematic doping abuse.

Four members of the leadership at the under-fire Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) have resigned following the explosive reports of state-supported doping within the country's athletics programme.

Russia’s suspension from athletics competition will cost the country a total of eight Olympic medals if it is still in force during Rio 2016, according to Infostrada Sports’ Virtual Medal Table (VMT).

Renowned whistle-blower Betsy Andreu has told the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that athletics could be facing doping problems on a level worse than cycling faced post the Lance Armstrong era.