Doping, FIFA scandal on IOC Executive Commission agenda

The doping scandal engulfing world athletics and FIFA's corruption crisis will be among the issues discussed during the International Olympic Committee's executive commission meeting in Lausanne from Tuesday to Thursday.
Good governance in sport will top the agenda with the worlds of athletics and football in turmoil just eight months to go before the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

"The theme of good governance will be the first topic discussed Tuesday by the Executive Board which will discuss the cases of the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)," an IOC spokesman said.

The IOC's German president Thomas Bach and the 15-member executive committee will also discuss the bombshell World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report which resulted in the IAAF suspending Russia following evidence of state-sponsored doping and large-scale corruption.

Russia -- whose anti-doping agency RUSADA and anti-doping laboratory have been suspended over the report -- has vowed to retrieve its IAAF membership in time for its track and field athletes to compete in Rio next year.

The second part of WADA's independent commission doping report, which promises explosive new revelations which could impact on the IAAF itself, is expected early in 2016.

In line with the IOC's Agenda 2020 recommendations, Bach has called for the transfer of anti-doping controls to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, rather than by individual sports bodies or WADA.

This will be one of the subjects discussed on Wednesday as the IOC look at how far they are towards the implementation of the Agenda 2020 recommendations.

Carlos Nuzman, president of the Rio 2016 committee and an IOC member, will also give the organisation a briefing on the progress of work for the August 5-21 Games.

Also on the agenda are progress for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, with Bach concluding the IOC's final meeting of the year with a press conference on Thursday at 1300GMT.
Source: AFP