Ex-IAAF boss under probe

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 last Tuesday, having offered to co-operate.

Athletics’ world governing body says it is “fully co-operating” and confirmed police had carried out searches and interviews at its Monaco headquarters.

Diack ended his 16-year reign as IAAF president last August, when Briton Coe, a double Olympic 1500m winner, was elected as his replacement.

The IAAF has previously denied claims of widespread doping in the sport.

The French financial prosecutor's office said Diack and his advisor Habib Cisse were arrested last Sunday and released last Tuesday, after being “interrogated” and put under investigation.