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American sprinter Justin Gatlin it has been revealed is on a media black-out especially to British news houses and the BBC following “hurtful attacks” and “biased views” in reports.

Mo Farah etched his name in the pantheon of middle distance running greats and put a tough season opening behind him Saturday when he defended his 10,000m title at the world championships in Beijing.

Doping has overshadowed the build-up, with the ruling body IAAF and Russian Federation attacked by allegations in TV documentaries, and Farah’s coach Alberto Salazar also mentioned.

The Jamaican had struggled for form and fitness all season, stumbled his way through the semi-finals and got nowhere close to the times that his rival Justin Gatlin had been posting.

One of athletics’ nights to remember has seen Usain Bolt claim his third 100 metres World Championship title, edging out Justin Gatlin by a solitary hundredth-of-a-second – but Mark English and Thomas Barr both bowed out of their respective semi-finals.

Former Olympic 1500m champion Coe was voted in over Ukraine’s ex-Olympic pole vaulter Sergey Bubka by 115 votes to 92 at a meeting of the 214 athletics federations in Beijing.

The Ukrainian former pole vault world record holder, who was beaten 115 votes to 92 by Coe on Wednesday (August 19) before being successfully elected to one of the four vice-presidential positions, returned home the day after the vote.

Defending champion Bolt, however, was greeted with whoops and the Jamaican was seen nodding his head along to some piped Bob Marley music at the start before steaming home in a very comfortable 9.96sec.

Andreas Selliaas analyses Coe’s background and comments on his mounting challenges. In his victory speech he valued being elected president of the IAAF as the “second biggest and momentous decision” in his life.

That he should take charge of athletics at a time when it is in crisis as never before is not an accident. I have always done it together with you my friends.

Coe received 115 votes in the poll, 23 more than rival candidate and Ukrainian pole vault great Sergei Bubka, who later retained his position as an IAAF vice-president.

Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday gained the dismissal of a racketeering lawsuit by 15 Connecticut taxi and limousine companies looking for to cease the ride-sharing firm from doing enterprise within the state. Ultimately, U.S. District Judge Alvin Thompson, in Hartford,...

Asked what needs to change in the world of athletics, Farah said: “In my opinion, if we all did what we do in the UK in terms of how we do testing, if every country applied to that rule, it would change dramatically”.

“No consultation was held within the AASSE regarding the choice of the future President of the IAAF, and this is not the goal of this Association to host such consultations, ” Bernard Fautrier, vice-president of the Monaco Athletics Federation, told insidethegames.

But IAAF’s long-term storage and retesting strategy concerning IAAF Championships, which began in 2005 with anti-doping samples from that year’s IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, has led to disciplinary action being commenced against a further 28 athletes...