(ATR)Sebastian Coe, president of athletics' world governing body, is taking swift action against the All Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) following a shocking 350-page report from the World Anti Doping Agency.
An independent commission formed by WADA delivered its report Monday that detailed widespread doping cover-ups in athletics.The commission, led by Richard Pound, WADA's first president and a Canadian IOC member, released its findings online and at a press conference in Geneva.
In the wake of what he calls an "alarming" report, Coe announced he is seeking approval from his fellow IAAF Council members to consider sanctions against Russian athletics.
Controversy mounting around world athletics dominated international headlines on Monday.
Allegations of bribery at the athletics governing body to cover up doping violations "undermine everything" and signal "a very dark day" for athletics,British Olympian Roger Black tells the BBC.
Daily MailSteph Cockroft says thatPound, who has spent 11 months working on the IAAF probe, warned the revelations in Monday's report were just the "tip of the iceberg." The British Daily also features coverage of anaddress made by Russian President Valdimir Putin just hours before the WADA press conference.
The staff of The Guardian covered WADA's doping report as it happened on Monday. Aside from live-blogging the press conference, The Guardian's writers highlighted some of the main findings of the WADA report.
The Associated Press is featuringcoverage of the IAAF investigation, updated almost every hour with new informationas the story develops.
In the lead up to the WADA presser,Deutsche Welle, Germany's state-run international broadcaster, published a timeline of the IAAF doping scandal story so far.
In an interview with AP writer Stephen Wilson on Sunday, Seb Coesaid his sport faces a "long way back" before it can restore trust and credibility amid the "dark days" of the bribery, extortion and doping cover-up charges shaking track and field.
Coe, who took over from Diack in August, is now forced to guide the IAAF in crisis mode following the arrest and inquisition of Diack by French police this week. He is under suspicion of corruption, receiving bribes to conceal positive doping tests while he was president.
Diack, 82, is free on bail and ordered not to leave France. An IOC Ethics inquiry is also underway as Diack is an honorary IOC member.Coe, who took over from former IAAF president Diack in August, is now forced to guide the IAAF in crisis mode following the arrest and inquisition of Diack by French police last week.
Diack is under suspicion of corruption, receiving bribes to conceal positive doping tests while he was president.
French dailyL'Équipe reports that Diack's family and friends are coming to the defense of the 82-year-old, saying that if Diack had a role in the cover-up, it was that of a "blind father".
The scandal dominated headlinesSports Illustrated'sheadlines on Monday.SIledes included:"WADA has recommended IAAF suspend Russia,""IOC recommends suspension of Lamine Diack,"and"Interpol joins investigation into IAAF corruption."
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