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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has today (Thursday) appointed Brett Clothier as the first head of its recently-launched independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

As Max Siegel concludes his fifth year as chief executive of USATF, he tells Frank Dunne how he turned the organisation around and the personal cost of doing so.

The launch of the The Football Business Academy (FBA) has opened an exciting new channel to careers in the world’s biggest sport and promises to raise the bar on professionalism, ethics and best business practice.

Moritz Maurer, head of esports at Genius Sports, believes data and integrity will be at the heart of esports’ irresistible rise.

Riot Games, which publishes League of Legends, has unveiled a new franchise model for the esports North American League of Legends Championship Series.

Thomas Weikert has today (Wednesday) claimed a fresh term as president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) after seeing off the challenge of the sport’s former world No.1 Jean-Michel Saive.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has approved the applications of a further three Russians to compete as neutral athletes, but has rejected bids from a further 28, as two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva said she has resigned as chair of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada).

Ohio University's Master of Sports Administration has secured top position in the 2017 SportBusiness International Postgraduate Sports Course Rankings.

AFL Aussie rules football team the Adelaide Crows has reached an agreement to acquire a professional esports franchise, in a move that the club said sets a first for Australian mainstream sport.

The MotoGP motorcycling championship has announced the launch of an esports series, which will debut this year ahead of a full roll-out in 2018.

SportBusiness International reports on the NFLPA’s game-changing tie-up with Whoop and the implications for sport and the wearable technology sector.

As endemic and non-endemic brands rush into partnerships with esports properties, they need to ensure they don’t infringe publisher intellectual property rights. Reed Smith LLP counsel Christopher Hoffman and associate Michael Strauss explain the dangers.

Giovanni Malagò has been re-elected as president of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), while his counterpart at the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), Denis Masseglia, will serve a third term in office after seeing off rival candidates.

Fifa has today (Thursday) confirmed the new make-up of its Audit and Compliance Committee, Governance Committee and judicial bodies, along with rubber-stamping a fresh bidding process for the 2026 World Cup, as president Gianni Infantino hit out at the “fake news” and “Fifa bashing” surrounding world football’s governing body.

Lassana Palenfo has been re-elected as president of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).

Khalil Al-Mohannadi has withdrawn his bid to become the new president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) to throw his support behind Thomas Weikert’s re-election campaign.