Senegal
IAAF elects Diack as chief – then changes its name
The IAAF has elected Lamine Diack as its chief for another two years – the only candidate standing at the athletics governing body’s congress for president.
IAAF ELECTS DIACK AS CHIEF ? THEN CHANGES ITS NAME
The IAAF has elected Lamine Diack as its chief for another two years ? the only candidate standing at the athletics governing body?s congress for president.
DIACK MAKES BID FOR LEADERSHIP OF IAAF
Senegal lawyer Lamine Diack is present his case today to retain control of the world governing athletics body after the death of International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) president Primo Nebiolo this month.
WORLD CUP 2002 STADIA TO GET DEBUTS
Germany and Portugal are due to take part in a series of international friendlies in South Korea to open new stadiums for the 2002 World Cup.
BUBKA SET TO CLEAR NEW HEIGHT IN SPORT’S BOARDROOM
World record-breaking pole vaulter Sergei Bubka is set to clear another new height this week in his rapid rise up the ranks of world sport's administration.
SAMARANCH OUT OF INTENSIVE CARE
Juan Antonio Samaranch has left the intensive care unit of the Swiss hospital he has been in for a week after suffering from chronic fatigue.
SECURITY TO TOP IOC’S ATHENS 2004 INSPECTION AGENDA
An International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team for the Athens 2004 Games will take a hard look at security when they visit Greece later this week.
IOC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SENEGAL
The executive board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will hold its first meeting of the year 2001 in Dakar, Senegal.
PARIS-DAKAR RALLY RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS
The Paris-Dakar rally returns to its geographical roots in 2001 when the race starts from the French capital on New Year's Day before a 10,000-km trek across Europe and north Africa takes competitors to the Senegal capital.
IOC ETHICS COMMISSION SEEKS BAN ON ATHLETES’ BETTING
The International Olympic Committee's ethics commission has said it wants to ban athletes from betting on their own or their rivals' performances.
IAAF PRESIDENT WANTS SPORT’S WORLD CUP IN U.S
IAAF president Lamine Diack said Tuesday there are "serious possibilities" that track and field's 2002 world cup could be held in the United States.
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TO PROBE GOSPER CASE
An IOC ethics commission has decided to ask an independent investigator to probe allegations that IOC vice-president Kevan Gosper breached Olympic guidelines.