The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has recommended that Valentin Balakhnichev resigns from his position as an Executive Committee member after being named as a key figure in athletics' doping scandal.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe today revealed he is in the process of creating a new integrity unit, a key election manifesto promise, as he publicly unveiled an overhaul of the world governing body's advisory structures.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has come out in support of world marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe after she was  linked to doping by a British Parliament inquiry into blood doping on Tuesday (September 8).

The details of the three contentious blood test results which were used to cast doubt on the veracity of Paula Radcliffe’s athletic performances by two experts working with The Sunday Times have been revealed by Sky News - and she claims the evidence backs up her insistence she is a clean athlete

Athletics could be put further under the microscope tomorrow at an inquiry on blood doping in the sport held by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the British Parliament, with World Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman among the listed witnesses.

Germany’s Olympic discus champion Robert Harting, who led a group of athletes posting a YouTube message saying the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had “betrayed” them by failing to combat doping in the sport, has been invited by the sport’s world governing body to visit their headquarters in Monte Carlo and see for himself the work they are doing.

The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has become the latest organisation to hit out at the recent doping allegations to plague the sport, claiming “immense damage” has been caused to their athletes and that they are “disturbed” a lot of them are aimed at Kenyan athletes.

Having been in Rio de Janeiro for the last week, I have watched from afar at  every twist and turn as the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) fight-back against various doping claims brought to it by the unlikely Anglo-German alliance of the Sunday Times and ARD,

London Marathon chief executive Nick Bitel has said he is “very concerned” by the latest doping allegations published by the Sunday Times, which claims seven London winners in a 12-year period recorded suspicious blood scores, and he criticised the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) “failure to take effective action”.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has challenged what it describes as “a number of seriously incorrect assertions” by the two scientists who worked on the recent ARD television documentary alleging widespread doping malpractice in the sport between 2001 and 2012, and has condemned them for placing athletes under media pressure through their “analysis of incomplete data". 

The latest doping allegations over athletics, levelled by German TV broadcaster ARD and Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper, will be “urgently” investigated by the Independent Commission already set-up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - a move the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) claimed it “warmly welcomes".

Once, a long time ago, when I was helping Roger Black write his autobiography, the inevitable subject of doping came up.

Sergey Bubka today joined his rival to become the new President of the International Association of Athletics Federations, Sebastian Coe, in defending the sport's record on doping. 

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has described the most recent allegations of doping within the sport, made at the weekend by the Sunday Times and German TV company ARD, as "sensationalist and confusing" and based on data that was not conclusive in itself and was openly published by the world governing body four years ago.

Athletics Kenya has described media claims of widespread systematic doping among Kenyan runners as "suspect and ill-motivated", while Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has also reacted negatively to allegations made yesterday that most of his country’s medals between 2001 and 2012 have been won by athletes suspected of doping.