THE president of the world athletics body, Lamine Diack, was among those yesterday to applaud a decision by the US Anti-Doping Agency to impose a life ban on former leading coach Trevor Graham.
THE leader of Britain's Olympic team, Simon Clegg, said yesterday that he believed the International Olympic Committee will permit Scottish marathon runner Hayley Haining to step in as a last-minute replacement for Paula Radcliffe.
Dwain Chambers enjoyed the best of times last night in his tale of two trials, and so did Scotland's Olympic aspirants who were in action at the Aviva UK Championships at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium.