Athletics Ireland CEO John Foley says the association is deeply concerned about the allegations of widespread doping in the sport, reported in yesterday’s Sunday Times.

The World Anti-Doping Agency said it is alarmed by “wild allegations” made by two European media outlets of widespread suspicious drug tests in track and field, and is asking an independent body to investigate.

Athletics is set to be engulfed in a fresh doping crisis following the “biggest leak of blood-test data in sporting history”, the Sunday Times reports.

Athletics: Sergey Bubka, the IAAF vice president, said he is "deeply shocked" at the doping allegations against Russian athletes.

Athletes may soon have their hair tested to see if they are drug cheats, the new World Anti-Doping Agency president has warned.

Drug cheats will face a minimum four-year ban instead of two years after rule changes ratified by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The head of cycling’s governing body has been replaced on a key International Olympic Committee panel as he deals with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

Former world anti-doping chief Dick Pound stands by his view that dropping cycling from the Olympics on a temporary basis may be the only way to drive drug use out of the sport.

Former world anti-doping chief Dick Pound today stood by his view that dropping cycling from the Olympics on a temporary basis may be the only way to drive drug-use out of the sport.

England's proposed bid for the 2018 World Cup faces stormy waters ahead with the BBC planning to broadcast a 'Panorama' programme investigating senior FIFA figures.

International Olympic Committee member Craig Reedie has dismissed suggestions that London’s successful bid to stage the 2012 Games was the result of an IOC delegate miscasting his vote are “totally irrelevant”.

Formula One organisers today announced a minute’s silence will be held before Sunday’s British Grand Prix as a mark of respect to those who died and were injured in the terrorist attacks in London.

Asian leaders expressed shock and dismay today over the bomb attacks in London that killed dozens of people as the world’s most powerful leaders met at the G8 summit in Scotland. From China to Malaysia to Australia, leaders urged greater cooperation in fighting terrorism.

Sebastian Coe led a London charm offensive in Athens tonight as the battle to host the 2012 Olympic Games intensified.

BRITISH Olympic Association chairman Craig Reedie is frantically trying to salvage London’s faltering 2012 Olympic bid.

Security concerns for this summer’s Olympic Games intensified today after three bombs were planted at a police station in the host city Athens.

Security will be top of the agenda at two top-level meetings of international Olympic leaders this week, following today’s bomb blasts in Athens.

David Beckham is the star sports chiefs want to kick off next year's Commonwealth Games in Manchester.