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President Lamine Diack inducted into Africa Sport Hall of Fame
27 December 2008 - IAAF President Lamine Diack was honoured during the 2008 Africa Sport Hall of Fame and Awards induction ceremony which took place on Saturday 20 December within the sumptuous premises of Bamako’s (Mali) Hotel Radisson.London Olympian Orn Clausen passes away
17 December 2008 - The Icelandic Federation have informed the IAAF of the sad news that Orn Clausen, has passed away at the grand age of 80 years on Friday 12 December.
African athletics mourns passing of Emmanuel Bitanga
11 December 2008 - African athletics is in mourning following the death after a along illness of the renowned Cameroonian coach Emmanuel Bitanga who was for many years the Technical Director of the International Centre of athletics of Dakar (CI...
2009 IAAF Wall Calendar - now available
10 December 2008 - Monte-Carlo – The IAAF is proud to present the 2009 IAAF Wall Calendar which features photographs of Olympic champions: Valerie Vili, Bryan Clay, Tirunesh Dibaba, Andrey Silnov, Barbora Spotakova, Dayron Robles, Yelena Isinbayeva, Usain Bolt...
Athletics family mourns passing of Commonwealth champion Kerryn McCann
8 December 2008 - Wollongong, Australia – The Australian athletics family are in mourning over the death this morning of Kerryn McCann, a triple Olympian and winner of two Commonwealth Games gold medals in the marathon.
Maria Mutola and Lamine Diack to be inducted into Africa Sports Hall of Fame
4 December 2008 - Maria Mutola of Mozambique and Lamine Diack of Senegal will be inducted into the Africa Sports Hall of Fame on 20 December.
1000 days to go! Countdown begins to Daegu 2011
30 November 2008 - Daegu, Korea - Today, at the Novotel Daegu City Center, where the offices of the Local Organising Committee of the 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Daegu 2011 are located, a celebration was held to c...
IAAF appeals decision on Russian athletes to CAS
27 November 2008 - Monte-Carlo - The IAAF has officially appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decisions taken by the All Russian Athletic Federation (ARAF) in the case of 7 Russian athletes (named below).
adidas and IAAF Announce Eleven Year Historic Partnership
23 November 2008 - Monte-Carlo, Monaco - adidas and the IAAF formally announce today a 11-year partnership agreement granting adidas the world-wide sponsorship rights for all IAAF World Athletic Series events until 2019.
