PARIS (AP) — Former IAAF President Lamine Diack has been placed under criminal investigation on corruption and money-laundering charges, suspected of taking at least 200,000 euros ($220,000) from Russia to cover up positive doping tests, French authorities said Wednesday.The French office that handles financial prosecutions said a legal adviser to Diack, Habib Cisse, also was placed under investigation by judges acting on evidence provided by the World Anti-Doping Agency.Diack stepped down in August after 16 years in charge of track and field’s governing body.With football officials at FIFA also facing criminal investigations for alleged corruption, two of the most powerful …read more
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