International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe is expected to be called to speak at a future hearing of the British Parliament on doping in sport as the fallout continues from the first meeting yesterday.

Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), recalled his days as an Olympic athlete representative with Sebastian Coe here today as he said he was “absolutely sure” that, under the Briton's impending Presidency of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the two organisations would work “very, very closely together” to eradicate doping.

Usain Bolt has admitted he found the recent controversies about doping in the sport depressing - but has resisted the idea that he has sole responsibility for rescuing its reputation by winning clean in the Chinese capital against a field including the doubly sanctioned Justin Gatlin.

British supermarket giants Sainsbury’s have announced they have decided to end their sponsorship deal with British Athletics two years ahead of schedule owing to cost-cutting measures within the industry.

Cycling is not spending as much as athletics to combat doping, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has claimed following accusations from two-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome they should be doing more.

Elvan Abeylegesse stands to lose two Olympic silver medals, and one from the World Championships, after being officially named by the Turkish Athletics Federation as one of the 28 athletes for whom adverse findings were revealed by the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) recent re-testing of samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships.

The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has become the latest organisation to hit out at the recent doping allegations to plague the sport, claiming “immense damage” has been caused to their athletes and that they are “disturbed” a lot of them are aimed at Kenyan athletes.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has described the most recent allegations of doping within the sport, made at the weekend by the Sunday Times and German TV company ARD, as "sensationalist and confusing" and based on data that was not conclusive in itself and was openly published by the world governing body four years ago.

If Justin Gatlin wins the 100 metres and/or the 200m in the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Beijing then the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) - and their venerable outgoing President Lamine Diack - should hang their heads in shame.

A new raft of doping allegations may delay publication of the report by a three-man World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Commission into alleged widespread, systematised doping in Russia.

Sergey Bubka has pledged to work alongside the Pan American Games governing bodies to deliver an increased track and field quota at continental and regional multi-sport events should he be elected International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President in August.

Rules made by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) requiring female athletes with high levels of male hormones to obtain medical clearance to compete have been suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

I am writing this a couple of hours after posting a news story about the ongoing transfer of nationality involving three Jamaican athletes, including Olympic and world medallist Shericka Williams, who now want to compete for Bahrain.