Lamine Diack

Lamine Diack, ex IAAF chief convicted of corruption, dies

By Babacar Dione And Graham Dunbar Dec. 03, 2021 05:19 AM EST

FILE - President of Brazil's Olympic Committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman, left, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, right, visit Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan. 22, 2014. Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, was sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for allegedly buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics. The ruling by Judge Marcelo Bretas became public Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Former Brazil Olympic boss sentenced to jail for corruption

By Mauricio Savarese Nov. 25, 2021 10:03 PM EST

FILE - In this July 21, 2021, file photo, the Olympic rings are seen at Yokohama Baseball Stadium as the field is prepared for softball competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Yokohama, Japan. From doping, to demonstrations to dirty officials, the Olympics have never lacked their share of off-the-field scandals and controversies that keep the Games in the headlines long after the torch goes out. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Olympic scandals march on long after torch goes out

By Eddie Pells Jul. 22, 2021 03:28 AM EDT

FILE - Ibn this March 30, 2020, file photo, Haruyuki Takahashi, executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games arrives at Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo, Japan. Takahashi says another delay should be sought if the games can't be held next year. The Tokyo Olympics were to be held this year but were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Tokyo Olympic board member would support another delay

By Stephen Wade Jun. 16, 2020 02:42 AM EDT

Brees' wife apologizes for husband's comments...Formula One’s Hamilton supports protests...Sports corruption goes on trial

Jun. 08, 2020 09:45 AM EDT
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Former president of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Lamine Diack arrives with his lawyer William Bourdon, right, at the Paris courthouse, Monday, June 8, 2020. A sweeping sports corruption trial opened Monday in Paris involving allegations of a massive doping cover-up that reached to the top of world track and field's governing body. Lamine Diack, 87, who served as president of the body for nearly 16 years, is among those accused of receiving money from Russian athletes to hide their suspected doping so they could compete at the Olympics in 2012 and other competitions. His son Papa Massata Diack is also charged in the case. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Massive sports corruption case finally heard at Paris trial

By John Leicester Jun. 08, 2020 04:44 AM EDT

Update on the latest in sports:

Jun. 08, 2020 12:46 AM EDT
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