Sebastian Coe

The litany that is FIFA’s ongoing corruption scandal continues to be one of the biggest investigative takedowns the world of sport has ever seen. Blatter has gone. Platini has gone. Bin Hammam is gone. In fact, almost everyone who has sat at FIFA’s executive top-table over the last decade has gone. Yet, for all the carnage that lies in the wake of the bans and suspensions imposed upon football’s governors across the world, it is worth remembering that these sanctions have been enforced in response to off-field misdemeanours. Not so with athletics.

London’s Olympic organizers are facing scrutiny over empty seats during the games

India was furious over a mystery woman wearing red and blue who was walking alongside the country’s Olympic contingent during the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium on July 27, 2012 in London, England.