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Exclusive: IAAF in hunt for $25 million sponsorship payment from Russian bank

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International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has promised to investigate the whereabouts of a sponsorship worth $25 million (£17 million/€23 million)...

Second Independent Commission Report: Who declawed the tiger?

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© Copyright - 2015 - Athletics Illustrated Part two of WADA’s Independent Commission report was released January 14th near Munich. The IC panel of three...

Dishonorable Expulsion: Permanent banishment for drug cheats suggested

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I have been calling for the erasure of any and all athletics records that have been attained by athletes that have tested positive for performance...

French police urge people to come forward if they have paid bribes to the...

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The investigation into the International Association of Athletics Federation's (IAAF) malfeasance has just been stepped up to a new level. French police are asking...

IAAF should have acted quicker to deal with “19th century” governance structure, claims Pound

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International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) officials, including the body's current President Sebastian Coe, should have acted quicker to remedy problems in the organisation,...

Pioneer 8K just got an injection of speed

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© Copyright - 2015 - Athletics Illustrated The 37th annual Prairie Inn Harrier’s Pioneer 8K taking place this Sunday just got an injection of speed...

Switzerland’s Anti-Doping Agency Suspends Cooperation with IAAF

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Antidoping Switzerland has suspended its cooperation with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) following the recent drugs scandals which have rocked the sport. The...

Top Athletics Illustrated News and Interviews for 2015

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© Copyright - 2015 - Athletics Illustrated Top Athletics Illustrated News and interviews for 2015 This year was newsworthy in the sport of athletics mostly for...

Forty per cent of Russian doping failures in youth sports, ex-RUSADA head claims

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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...

Interview: Vitaliy and Yuliya Stepanov – Russian Whistleblowers

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See ARD TV's Sportschau Video interview, here>> Written version below, translated: On the way to visit Vitaliy and Yuliya Stepanov, the Russian whistleblowers that changed sport...