Sports Shorts: Vijender predicts more medals at Worlds

IMAGE: Vijender Singh during a live training session. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Eight years ago, he scripted history by opening the country's account in amateur boxing's marquee......

Coe denies Russian doping was covered up

  IMAGE: IAAF chief Sebastian Coe at a press conference in Monaco. Photograph: Jean-Pierre Amet/Reuters IAAF president Sebastian Coe says there has been no cover up of Russian doping cases......

IAAF under fire as more Russian doping allegations surface

IMAGE: A woman walks past the IAAF (The International Association of Athletics Federations) headquarters in Monaco November. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters Athletics' governing body came under......

3 top athletics figures get life bans for doping cover-up

Life bans for Balakhnichev, Melnikov and Papa Diack Most of the charges involved Russian former London marathon winner Liliya Shobukhova, who paid $600,000 (411,629 pounds) to have positive dope......

'To win the election, I needed about 1.5 million euros'

Diack says he asked Russia for money to fund Senegalese opposition IMAGE: Former IAAF President Lamine Diack, left, hands over the flag during the closing ceremony of the 15th IAAF Championships......