international federation, the federation order, the supporting body was looking after the dopers. >> sebastian coe has followed the recommendation to suspend russia. and the committee said that president coe can-- >> if there is a new way, the new drug, and the authorities, chemists don't know about it, they'll win. >> the ioc has started the process of making all dope processing independent and not the responsibility of individual countries. but the race to restore faith ahead of next year's rio olympics is one that they'll struggle to win. al jazeera. >> well, the former iaaf president has provisionally suspended as an honoree member of the international olympic committee. the former president is currently under investigation for corruption and money laundering and accused of taking $1.2 million to cover up doping tests in russia. an >> president of colombian football has resigned. he said he's stepping down for personal reasons. the move comes just two weeks after the federations cannot quit his job. top officials were arrested or implicated in the fifa scandal. but he was not named in the unit

was elected last summer and may regret th--the good thing for sebastian coe. he's new in the job. he has a lot of credit for his role as an athlete, his role with london 2012. he may hope that this dark day turns into an opportunity today to show that someone might do something about it. >> paul rhs for us in geneva with that report revealed now as we just heard russian athletes are heavily implicated in it. more the latest reaction from moscow let's speak to rory challands. it didn't take long for them to come back with a response in these accusations. remind us of what he said. >> yes, well, he said that well, essentially from the press here, the calls for russia to be banned from athletics not objective because the organizations management was changed in the spring after the cases were detailed in this report. while there have been cases of doping in russia athletics, he said he doesn't think this is systemic in nature. but he wasn't the first person to react to this from a russian federal organization. actually, the first body that came out to speak about

>> the man in the spotlight is sebastian coe head of world athletics. he's only been in the job a few months. he couldn't have a worse start. even fifa, the world is waiting for him to act. it's not easy to act where russia is concerned particularly when he needs to do something and he needs to do it quickly. i've been speaking with him during the last hour and this is what he's said. >> i've asked the russian federation, the athletic federation to answer the allegations made in the pound report. we will ruive what the review we said and then look at the next steps which could include sanction. >> can you see any option other than sanction? >> i'm not presupposing what my council will say but i can tell you i sought approval for them to write to the russian federation, asking for an explanation. and i know that they take this as i do, very seriously. >> would you agree there are no more serious allegations in the history of sport? >> i don't benchmark those types of remarks. what i will say to you is it is my responsibility to create a sport that is res

paul reese, al jazeera, geneva. >> iaaf president sebastian coe spoke to al jazeera. >> i've asked the russian federation, the athletics federation to answer the allegations made today in the pound report. i've asked my council to convene on friday this week. we will review what they have said. and then we will look at the next steps which could include sanction. >> can you foreis a a situation now where russia is suspended, can you foresee any other option other than suspension? >> i can't presuppose what my council will say. i sought the right to contact the russian federation about this situation and i know they take this very seriously. >> do you think this is the biggest situation in the history of sport? >> i don't benchmark issues that way. accountable dpm there are failings in our antidoping systems, we will fix them. if there are failings in the corporate governances, that allowed the criminal allegations earlier in the week to be made, i will effectivel fix those. >> how sure are you that these have gone beyond the athletes and the coaches and there has been cheating? >> this

india bowled south africa out, to earn a 124-run victory. >>> sebastian coe has stepped down from histh nike. it brings to an end of coe's 38-year career. however, at a press conference in monaco, he said the controversy wasn't good for athletics or nike. >> i ask the ethics committee to look very closely and clearly at it, and although they have concluded that it was not a conflict of interest, because i have always continued tofy identify that interest, i decided i did not need the distraction, we are focused here entirely on steadying the ship. i really wanted no -- no more distractions. >>> to football now. argentina beat river plate in the semis. richard parr has more. >> reporter: they hosted river plate with a 1-0 lead in this semifinal. they quickly extended their lead in buenos aires. this argentinian encounter appeared to be over, when this man scored his fifth goal of the game to delight fans young and old. that put the hurricanes up in the night. in the second half, river gave themselves a chance. moura scored twice to make it 2-2, 3-2 on aggregate. carlos sanchez was sent

sebastian coe called for the organization to consider sanctions that could involve a ban with questions of how widespread the problem is, coe faces a battle to lead the sport back into the light >>> we heard from a representative of russia's government in paul's report there. rory challands has more reaction from moscow. >> reporter: the first official response came from an agency that said wada's report was not based in reality. slightly more belligerent was made by the sports minister, he said, yes, russia has a problem with doping, and he never tried to hide this. as an example of russia doing its job properly, he gave a list of russian athletes, accused of using russian adjectives. rasada. is at the heart of wada's allegations. wadia says they've been compromised and wants them declared noncompliant. the president defends the agency, saying that it was created under the specifications spinulated by wada itself. now, it is fairly clear, i think, that vitali has not properly read the report, and says it has to be translated into russian before if can be digested and responded to. he a

. >>> the head of world athletics sebastian coe has vowed it will do anything it takes to rescue theion of his sport. but it has come too late for some athletes who say they already have been cheated out of medals. richard parr reports. >> reporter: at the end of the 2012 london olympics, russian athletes returned home with 17 track and field medals. three years later, an independent commission recommended that russia be banned from international competition for wide-spread doping. >> it resulted in some kind of a sabotage of some of the events in london, and the answer to that is, yes. >> reporter: retrospective action being taken is one result some athletes hope may happen. >> translator: sergei probably should have been banned, but they held off on banning him until after the olympic games, so effectively letting him race, and then he went on and beat me for the gold medal, so it's pretty devastating. makes you very angry just to know that your international federation, the federation or the sporting body that should be protecting athletes is looking after the dope cheats. >> repo

. >> you iwaf president sebastian coe may not thank seppelt but the investigating body can push into this. >> paul, what are the ramifications of this scandal? >> well, the ramifications are huge. russia is a big, big sporting country. one of the most successful in olympic history. hosted the sochi 2014 winter olympics, last year. those results are obviously called into question. but it does go beyond russia. the chair of this independent commission dick pound said during the press conference that he did believe that there were other countries, other sports involved, and we've already seen how the former president of the iwaf lamina diak has been investigated by french prosecutors, last week.that is ongoing. he's suspected of taking more than $1 million to cover up russian doping tests. and ongoing as well, we still not have the results of an investigation into leaked documents from the iwaf, with hundreds of abnormal blood levels from athletes from around the world. so the dust is settling here in geneva but it will certainly continue to fly at the head offices of the iwaf as they f

the president of the governing body, sebastian coe has given moscow to the end of the week to provide the evidence. another is under investigation. >> moving on, some 30 million voters turned out in burma on sunday in the country's historic elections. it looks like the democracy rty has achieved a landslide party. alexander has our report. >> the opposition party says it is on track to win 70% of available seats in burma's historic elections, giving it the majority it would snead to take power from the former military jump nta. they announced the first results on monday afternoon showing a clear victory for the national league for democracy party. he praised the way the vote has been run. >> the 2015 general election was a peaceful one, and it can be seen that it was held peacefully and successfully. >> a full nationwide count will take up to 10 days to be released. but one candidate has carballoly himmed at victory. >> the results have not been declared at the moment. i think everyone already knows or has guessed what the election result is. >> the democratic icon has urged her suppo

. >> convinced the new president sebastian coe will do what is necessary, and i think russia will cooperate. we will, once we get the relevant informations from i.a.a.f., withdraw and reallocate medals with regard to a rush judge athletes. >> batsman eunice kahn will have a last match. he played 267 odis, scoring 7,000 runs. the announcement comes as a surprise to see him recalled to the squad for the first time since march >>> the miami heat, star man chris bosh looking like he's hit top form after suffering from a career-threatening illness. he left due to blood clots in the lungs and averaged 16 points, but hit a season high 30. averaging a 101-88 win. >> the ranchers played the flyers. they made a massive storm. the game was in the n.h.l. >> i was a little nervous coming into the game. i'm out there and trying to play my game. and play it simple. and enjoy my time. it's awesome. >> baseball in venezuela has been elements cult-like following. stadiums have not been building up. the game has not escaped problems. affecting the country. >> in caracases many stadium, matches are drawing a c

. >> convinced that the new president, sebastian coe will do whatever is necessary, and then i think will cooperation. we will once we get the relevant information from iaaf, withdrawal and relocate medals with regard to russian athletes. >>> steward landcaster has resign ed a england's rugby coach. the union says landcaster who has been in charge since 2012 has stepped down by mutual consent. the move comes just a week after the world cup, where engineer lab failed to reach the knockout stage. lancaster was contracted to the end of the 1019 world cup. >>> eunice kohn is at the crease in his final one-day international innings. pakistan could do with a big knock from him after dismissing england for 216. they have lost two early wickets in their case. eunice announced his retirement before the match and is currently 8. >>> the miami heat beat the l.a. lakers on tuesday with chris bosh looking like he's in top form after recovering from a career-threatening illness. he missed part of last season due to blood clots in its lungs. only averages around 16 points, going into the game he hi