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Lamine Diack

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Lamine Diack, ex IAAF chief convicted of corruption, dies

By BABACAR DIONE and GRAHAM DUNBARDecember 3, 2021 GMT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Lamine Diack, the controversial long-time leader of track and field who was convicted of extorting money from athletes and accused of taking bribes in an Olympic hosting vote, has died, his family said Friday.

Former world track chief Diack back in Senegal after release

By BABACAR DIONEMay 11, 2021 GMT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Disgraced former world athletics head Lamine Diack returned home to Senegal late Monday after a local soccer club paid a bond of just over $600,000 to allow him to leave France...

Olympic bid scandal linked to former IOC member’s son

September 21, 2020 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — A consulting company working for the Tokyo Olympic bid committee paid about $370,000 to the son of then-influential IOC member Lamine Diack before — and after — the Japanese capital was picked in 2013 to host the 2020 Games, news agency Kyodo reported on Monday.

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