Former head of world athletics Lamine Diack jailed for corruption
16 September 2020 - 16:42
Paris — Lamine Diack, the former head of the world athletics governing body, was convicted in France on Wednesday of corruption in a Russian doping scandal and sentenced to at least two years in jail.
Diack, 87, was found guilty of taking bribes from athletes in return for orchestrating the cover-up of test results that enabled them to continue competing, including in the 2012 London Olympics...
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