The Irish Times

Ex-head of world athletics Lamine Diack jailed for two years over corruption

87-year-old found guilty of taking bribes for orchestrating cover-up of athlete’s doping tests

Wed Sept 16 2020 - 14:52

Sebastian Coe: ‘Change was turbo-charged because we needed it to be’

World Athletics president focuses on future after term dogged by doping scandals

Mon Dec 23 2019 - 06:00

Rio bribed committee to host Olympics, ex-governor claims

Sérgio Cabral says he was advised to pay $2m to avoid Brazil’s early elimination in voting

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 20:26

Caster Semenya insists she is 'no threat' to women's sport

‘She was born a woman, raised a woman, socialised as a woman, competed as a woman’

Wed Mar 27 2019 - 09:05

Caster Semenya accuses IAAF of breaching confidentiality

Olympian seeks to overturn regulations on hyperandrogenic athletes' testosterone levels

Mon Feb 18 2019 - 18:14

IAAF council to vote on lifting doping ban on Russian athletics

Russia must acknowledge findings of Wada report that doping was state-sponsored

Tue Dec 04 2018 - 01:00

What if a €250 running shoe can actually make you run faster?

Race data from half a million marathon and half marathon running times analysed

Fri Jul 27 2018 - 06:01

UK Athletics chairman unsure about IAAF’s new testosterone rule

Bowker says Semenya will be warmly welcomed to London World Cup event in July

Tue May 01 2018 - 22:29

Police raid home of Brazil Olympics chief over Rio 2016 vote-buying

Carlos Arthur Nuzman questioned about alleged $2m payment for vote of Lamine Diack

Tue Sept 05 2017 - 21:44

Paula Radcliffe condemns move to strike off records

European Athletics’ taskforce chair apologises for 'collateral damage'

Tue May 02 2017 - 17:06

World Anti-Doping chief calls for decision on Russia in Winter Games

Reedie says Russian athletes would have to pass vigorous testing before Pyeongchang

Wed Mar 29 2017 - 20:08

A spring in the step - The Nike dilemma

Sport’s level playing field is questioned

Fri Mar 24 2017 - 21:00

IAAF targets shoes putting spring in marathon runners’ step

Move coincides with Nike’s ambitious project to see two-hour mark for the race broken

Wed Mar 08 2017 - 01:00

Russia’s athletics ban to extend beyond World Championships

IAAF vote unanimously to prolong ban meaning nation’s athletes will miss London

Mon Feb 06 2017 - 21:19

Coe defies House of Commons over corruption scandal

IAAF president believes he has nothing further to add on Russian doping allegations

Tue Jan 10 2017 - 20:01

The world of sport reacts to Russian doping revelations

‘Ministry of Sports denies government programmes exist to support doping in sport’

Fri Dec 09 2016 - 17:18

Rob Heffernan savours Olympic bronze medal four years on

Cork walker becomes first Irish athlete to receive Olympic medal on home soil

Thu Nov 03 2016 - 20:27

Russia names Rio Olympics team hoping ban will be lifted

Yelena Isinbayeva and Ivan Ukhov among 68 athletes still hoping to compete at Olympics

Wed Jul 06 2016 - 09:03

Russian athlete Yulia Stepanova cleared to race as individual

IAAF accept doping whistleblower’s application to compete at continental championships

Fri Jul 01 2016 - 20:06

Russian Olympic hammer champion suspended for doping

Tatyana Beloborodova has been provisionally suspended by the IAAF on Tuesday

Tue Apr 05 2016 - 19:31

Blessed Among Women – An Irishman’s Diary about ‘Gentleman Jim’ McNamara

Sat Mar 12 2016 - 01:00

Three athletics officials appeal against life bans

Former Russian Athletics boss Valentin Balakhnichev, former Russian coach Alexei Melnikov and former IAAF consultant Papa Massata Diack have appealed to Court of Arbitration for Sport

Mon Feb 01 2016 - 17:13

Four senior IAAF officials banned amid doping cover-up

Former IAAF anti-doping director Gabriel Dollé was handed a five-year ban

Thu Jan 07 2016 - 17:33

Moscow court rules German documentary on doping false

ARD film’s revelations led to Russia’s suspension from international athletics

Wed Dec 16 2015 - 15:55

IAAF 2021 Eugene decision investigated by French authorities

Oregon city with close links to Nike was awarded World Athletics Championships

Thu Dec 10 2015 - 09:50

Roger Federer frustrated by tennis’ anti-doping programme

ITF record getting better and is open to external watchdog monitoring policy

Sun Dec 06 2015 - 21:22

Day of reckoning for Russia as IAAF ponder their options

Sebastian Coe will chair today’s meeting on whether or not to suspend Russia

Fri Nov 13 2015 - 09:37

IOC president refuses to rule out Russian participation in Rio Games

Thomas Bach says he thinks Russia will co-operate with anti-doping investigations

Thu Nov 12 2015 - 01:00

Can Sebastian Coe get the IAAF out of the gutter?

Russian doping claims pose major challenge for head of federation

Wed Nov 11 2015 - 08:45

Doping allegations ‘unfounded’ says Vladimir Putin’s spokesman

‘As long as there is no evidence, it is difficult to consider the accusations,’ he said

Tue Nov 10 2015 - 11:26

Wada commission recommends banning of Russian athletes

IAAF to seek approval over possible ban; Interpol to co-ordinate global investigation

Mon Nov 09 2015 - 15:30

Sebastian Coe says restoring trust in IAAF a priority after latest charges

Report to be published today reveals “whole different level of corruption” to Fifa scandal

Mon Nov 09 2015 - 07:48

Kenyans Koki Manunga and Joyce Zakary fail doping test in Beijing

Athletes have accepted provisional suspensions at the World Championships

Wed Aug 26 2015 - 12:42

Usain Bolt saddened by focus on doping ahead of World Championships

Jamaican’s 100 metres showdown with two-time drug cheat Justin Gatlin is the most eagerly-anticipated contest of Beijing event

Thu Aug 20 2015 - 16:31