International Association of Athletics Federations

Ex-Head of World Athletics Diack Gets Jail for Corruption

PARIS—Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics' governing body, was convicted in France on Wednesday of corruption in a Russian doping scandal and sentenced to spend at least two ...

September 16, 2020BY Reuters

Why Athletics’ Doping Scandal Is so Much Worse Than FIFA Corruption

The litany that is FIFA’s ongoing corruption scandal continues to be one of the biggest investigative takedowns the ...

January 16, 2016BY Simon Chadwick

IAAF Officials Explored Covering Up Russia Bans

When the massive scandal of state-sponsored doping and cover-ups in Russia finally erupted with full force in 2015, ...

January 12, 2016BY The Associated Press

WADA Declares Russian Anti-Doping Agency Noncompliant

Leaders of the World Anti-Doping Agency declared Russia's anti-doping operation out of compliance Wednesday—a harsh, though expected blow ...

November 18, 2015BY The Associated Press

Athletics Doping Crisis: What Does It Mean for the Future of the Sport?

The revelations of doping in world athletics by the Sunday Times in the UK and German broadcaster ARD/WDR ...

August 5, 2015BY Paul Dimeo