Lamine Diack: Ex-athletics chief investigated in corruption inquiry

4 November 2015

Lamine Diack, ex-head of the IAAF, is being investigated over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against Russian drugs cheats.

French prosecutors suspect Senegalese Diack, 82, of receiving money in 2011.

The IAAF's new president Lord Coe was questioned by French police on Tuesday, having offered to co-operate.