Fixer. Spiritual leader. Corruptor. But what secrets did Lamine Diack take to his grave?
Sean Ingle
Disgraced former world athletics chief Lamine Diack dies aged 88
September 2020
How Lamine Diack's 16-year reign in charge of IAAF led to a jail term
Lamine Diack found guilty of corruption and sentenced to two years in prison
January 2020
Trial of Lamine Diack put back after presentation of new documents
The corruption trial in Paris of Lamine Diack, former IAAF president, was postponed until June by the immediate presentation of new documents by his son Papa Massata, also on trial
September 2019
World Athletics Championships: $4.5m Doha cash plan investigated by judges
Leaked documents involve firm linked to Papa Massata Diack
July 2019
Former Rio governor admits to paying $2m in bribes for 2016 Olympics – video
IOC investigates allegations of bribery over Rio’s 2016 Olympic bid
September 2017
‘The biggest lie in the history of world sport’: Diack dismisses corruption allegations
Papa Massata Diack has rejected accusations he was part of a large corruption racket involved in determining the location of the Olympic Games
March 2017
Rio Olympics: Lamine Diack’s son ‘paid $2m by Brazilian’ as vote loomed
The French newspaperLe Monde has claimed that Papa Massata Diack, son of the now disgraced former IAAF president, was paid $2m by a Brazilian businessman just before the 2009 vote gave Rio the 2016 Olympics
November 2016
New evidence of corruption over Qatar’s bid for 2017 world championships
Papa Massata Diack, son of the former IAAF president Lamine, received two payments totalling $3.5m days before Qatar’s failed bid to host the 2017 world championships
May 2016
Questions over Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid are spreading far and wide
Tokyo 2020 bid committee says $2m paid into account linked to Diack son
Dick Pound promises IOC will not hinder Tokyo 2020 corruption inquiry
French financial prosecutors confirm investigation into Tokyo 2020 bid
Papa Massata Diack: Tokyo bid claims the latest in an avalanche of allegations
Tokyo Olympics: €1.3m payment to secret account raises questions over 2020 Games
February 2016
Papa Massata Diack interrogated by police in Senegal for seven hours
Papa Massata Diack, the son of former IAAF president Lamine Diack, has been interrogated for more than seven hours by police in his native Senegal
January 2016
Senegal refuses to extradite Papa Massata Diack despite wanted notice
Sebastian Coe must put money where his mouth is to justify Pound support
