International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe today admitted he did not know if the investigation into his predecessor Lamine Diack would implicate further senior figures in the sport.

Future host cities of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships could be stripped of the events if allegations of corruption are proven, the sport's governing body have warned after reports emerged that French prosecutors are investigating the awarding of several editions of the competition.

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President, Lamine Diack, has accused French investigators of conducting a "witch hunt" against him and his father. 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission investigators are seeking to clarify reported evidence linking officials Lamine Diack and Frankie Fredericks to payments made in Brazil three days before Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda has been questioned in his home country on behalf of France over alleged “dubious payments” made by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic bid team.

Sebastian Coe, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President, today saw members of the Special Congress vote in his far-reaching reforms by 182 votes to 10 after urging delegates at the start of the meeting to protect the future of their sport.

As the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) website attests, the number of its affiliated federations has grown dramatically from the 17 founding members in 1912. "The total number of countries and territories currently affiliated to the IAAF stands at 214, which places the IAAF among the world’s largest sporting organisations, and with more members than the United Nations," it reads.

Valentin Balakhnichev, former President of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF), has denied involvement in new claims that six athletes from the country were involved in paying top officials from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to avoid having adverse doping results made public.

Qatar’s successful attempt at securing the hosting rights for the 2019 World Athletics Championships has come under further scrutiny today following allegations that a company linked to banned official Papa Massata Diack was paid nearly $3.5 million (£2.8 million/€3.3 million) by an investment firm with ties to the Government days before their failed bid for the 2017 event.

A campaign has been launched in Senegal calling for the release of former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack from house arrest in France.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said it will appeal after the High Court of Paris sentenced the organisation for an "infringement of the presumption of innocence" concerning Habib Cissé, the former adviser to the ex-head of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack.

The suspicious and allegedly corrupt payment of $2 million (£1.3 million/€1.7 million) made by Tokyo 2020 to the Singapore-based Black Tidings account was deemed “necessary” by the Bid Committee, Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda has revealed.

An investigation into suspicious payments made by Tokyo 2020 before their successful campaign to win the rights for the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be launched by the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), the organisation’s President Tsunekazu Takeda told the country's Parliamentary Committee today.

Tokyo 2020 bid chief Tsunekazu Takeda has refused to reveal any more details about the allegedly corrupt payment made ahead of the city being awarded the Olympic and Paralympic Games during a grilling at the Japanese Parliament today.

Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is assisting French investigators assessing possible fraud surrounding Tokyo’s successful bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.