the head of world athletics, sebastian coe, has denied he misled a british parliamentary committee investigatingefore it last december. new e—mails have been released which appear to show that lord coe was aware of corruption allegations in athletics, before they were made public. here's our sports editor dan roan. there's some flash photography in his report. as both athlete and administrator, lord coe has been at the very top of his sport for decades. but tonight fresh concerns over whether he misled mps about what he knew and when over allegations of a russian doping scandal. when he appeared in front of a parliamentary select committee in december, 2015 he was askedif committee in december, 2015 he was asked if he knew about the corruption crisis before it became public the previous year. corruption crisis before it became public the previous yearlj corruption crisis before it became public the previous year. i was certainly not aware of the specific allegations that had been made around the corruption of anti— doping processes in russia. but since then there's been evidence he may have no m

men who claimed to be on the side of the good guys like sebastian coe, andindeed the good guys like sebastianave the will capacity to take on state programmes devoted to doping? yes... and they definitely did not have the resources... do they have the will? i not sure. if they were better resourced that would have eager staff they probably would have better people and better protocols but the format director—general david holman once said, our annual budget is less than an annual wage. the entire agency budget for one year is less than one footballer, not even the highest, then his annual wages. that is what we think of doping. in other words, we are not concerned enough about doping to make a real impact. we are almost at the end, i want to start at the beginning again, about being a fan. 0ne beginning again, about being a fan. one person said when i watch cycling isimply one person said when i watch cycling i simply cannot bear to watch it any more, i cannot take it seriously, you certainly cannot be a fan. how can you still be a fan knowing what you know? that is my definition of cynicism.

head of the international athletics federation, sebastian coe, has given a wide ranging interview toe allegations he misled a parliamentary committee in 2015. lord coe had told the committee he knew nothing of russian doping allegations, despite emails that emerged recently suggesting he'd been made aware of the situation months earlier. it is something that lord coe denies. here he is with richard conway. ididn't i didn't mislead them, i didn't mislead any select committee. i have a global sport to run across 214 countries, they must write a report andi countries, they must write a report and i have furnished the committee with every piece of information they have asked of me. i appeared in front of it for over three hours not that long ago and this is a situation for me that is very important, that i can focus on the things we've talked about, the timelines, the task force, the transport of allegiance. lord coe also discussed the fact that russia would not be able to compete at this year's athletics world championships in london. a taskforce has recommended the earliest date of rei

today, the court heard, he used his friendship with sebastian coe till you're a boy to sheffield andg justice for decades, the 81—year—old was this afternoon sentenced to 16 yea rs was this afternoon sentenced to 16 years in prison. in the 1970s, used to work here, giving grants to sheffield students. he used the job to sexually assault some of the teenage applicants. decades later, his victims are speaking out. tragedy, his left hand started to feel its way towards myjeans pocket. —— gradually. feel its way towards myjeans pocket. -- gradually. this man was assaulted on his first visit with dodds and on other visits, too. he opened the door to this type of classroom, for want of a better word. i went in in front of him and remember turning around and looking at roger dodds with his big bunch of keys, locking the door. that was horrifying. in 1981, a raft of allegations were made against roger dodds. the council launched an enquiry. a colleague gave evidence, telling officials he had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by his manager over 18 months. the investigation led to sheffield

you're saying men that claim to be on the side of the good guys, like sebastian coe, who now runs the indeed the world anti—doping agency, you're saying either they don't have the will or capacity to take on state programmes devoted to doping. they definitely don't have the resources. do they have the will? i'm not sure. if they were better resourced they would have bigger staffs, they'd probably have better people and they would have better protocols. the world anti—doping agency, the former director—general, david howman, once said, "our annual budget is less than wayne rooney's annual wages." that is what we put into anti—doping. the entire world anti—doping agency budget for one year is less than one footballer, not even the highest—paid footballer in the world, is less than his annual wages. that's what we think of doping. in other words we're not concerned enough about doping to make a real impact. we're almost at the end. i want to start where i began, the idea of being a fan. you know what dick pound, the former chief of the world anti—doping agency, said to me not long ago on