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.

A friend asked me to provide a sporting quiz question earlier this week. Naturally, I decided to make it as tricky as possible for the part-time sports fan.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Budapest has emerged as the clear favourite to host the 2023 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships after it was revealed that a country from Africa will wait until 2025 to bid for the sport's flagship event.

A decision by the Slovak Athletic Federation (SAZ) to clear Olympic 50 kilometres race walking champion Matej Tóth of doping is set to be investigated by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). 

A total of 20 world champions - including a Russian athlete forced to compete as a neutral - have been nominated for the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athlete of the Year awards.

Ukraine's International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board member Sergey Bubka has "completely denied any wrongdoing" after reports of links of a financial relationship with officials at the centre of doping and corruption scandals.

Papa Massata Diack has strongly denied the allegations that he was involved in fixing the location of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games to Rio de Janeiro as "the biggest lie in the history of world sport".

Britain’s multiple world and Olympic champion Mo Farah signed off as a track athlete on a winning note in what was perhaps the closest race in his illustrious career at the first of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League finals at the Letzigrund in Zurich.