IAAF Boss Sebastian Coe Wants IPL-Style Athletics League

Published by the Daily Mail on October 6, 2015

Sebastian Coe has given his backing to the idea of an IPL-style athletics league in which star names like Usain Bolt and David Rudisha would compete representing some of the world's major cities.

The IAAF President believes the global interest created by athletics as a team sport would help it survive the "high-class problem" of its No 1 asset Bolt eventually going into retirement.

'I want to see an inter-city competition. I want to see the big global cities of the world competing against each other. I think it's a very good idea,' said the former double Olympic champion during a visit to India on Tuesday.