Diack

News of his passing was confirmed by Senegalese football club Jaraaf de Dakar where Diack was club president.A statement posted on the club's social media channels read: "Jaraaf de Dakar has learned with deep sadness of the death of Lamine…

DAKAR, Senegal - 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…

Lamine Diack, the controversial former president of world athletics, has died, his family said Friday. He was 88. "Yes, I confirm. My uncle Lamine Diack passed away Thursday to Friday night," Awa Diack, niece of the former world athletics…

Senegal's former World Athletics president Lamine Diack during his corruption trial in France in 2020The disgraced former head of world athletics' governing body Lamine Diack has died at home in Senegal, aged 88.Diack, who was convicted of…

Lamine Diack, the former president of the world governing body for track and field, who was convicted last year of corruption for receiving bribes linked to a Russian doping scandal, died at his home on Friday in Senegal. He was 88.His…