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World Athletics fines Russia's track and field federation $10 million for breaching anti-doping rules and caps at 10 the number of Russians allowed to compete as neutrals at the Tokyo Olympics. SOUNDBITE
The governing body of world athletics has maintained Russia's ban from track and field over mass state-backed doping, citing two conditions before the powerhouse can return to international competition. SOUNDBITE
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe lists sanctions applied to the Belarus Athletic Federation over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which "will take immediate effect and continue for the foreseeable future". SOUNDBITE
Lamine Diack, the Senegalese former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), leaves court during recess. The former anti-doping chief of athletics' world governing body faces a potential 10-year prison sentence on charges of accepting millions of dollars to cover up Russian doping tests. IMAGES
Former world athletics boss Lamine Diack arrives at the Paris court to be tried on an alleged corruption pact to protect doped Russian athletes. Two other alleged actors of this pact, Habib Cissé and Gabriel Dollé, also appear in court. IMAGES