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Former IAAF president Lamine Diack sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of corruption
•Diack was found guilty of multiple corruption charges and of breach of trust but acquitted of a money laundering charge.
Olympic champion Caster Semenya barred from competitions unless she lowers testosterone level, rules Swiss court
•The ruling means Caster Semenya cannot defend her Olympic 800m title at Tokyo 2020, or compete at any top meets in distances from 400m to the mile, unless she agrees to lower her testosterone level through medication or surgery.
Russia says World Athletics freeze over unpaid fine is 'catastrophic' decision for athletes
•Yevgeny Yurchenko said World Athletics had ignored the impact of the coronavirus pandemic when it held Russia to a Wednesday deadline for payment, which was missed.
World Athletics freezes two Russia panels after track federation misses deadline to pay fine
•Russia's track federation, known as RusAF, owes a $5 million fine and another $1.31 million in costs for various doping-related work and legal wrangles.
Former World Athletics chief Lamine Diack will die in jail if sentenced to prison term, defence lawyers tell court
•Lawyers for former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, who is on trial for corruption, on Thursday protested their client’s innocence and said the 87-year-old would die in jail if sentenced to a prison term.
Russia's sports ministry wants World Athletics to allow their athletes to compete even if $5 million fine isn't paid
•Russia edged closer to a new fight with World Athletics after the sports ministry said its leading athletes must be allowed to compete internationally even if a $5 million fine isn't paid.
Paris trial of ex-IAAF president Lamine Diack and son exposes dark backdrop of athletics' golden era
•The grim picture emerging from the corruption trial of the Diacks in Paris shows how the thrilling era for track fans was poisoned behind the scenes by a father-son partnership at the top of the IAAF
Lamine Diack corruption trial: Former IAAF president says he should have been more vigilant
•Diack is being tried on corruption, money laundering and breach of trust charges.
Former World Athletics head Lamine Diack says he slowed handling of Russian doping cases to save sponsorship deal
•Diack, 87, said he had not sought to protect the athletes caught up in the scandal, some of whom later competed in the London 2012 Olympics, but to ensure the cases did not come to public attention all at once
Former IAAF chief Lamine Diack's corruption case trial to begin on 8 June in Paris
•Prosecutors allege Diack solicited 3.45 million euros ($3.89 million) from athletes suspected of doping to cover up the allegations and allow them to continue competing, including in the 2012 London Olympics.