NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frank Fredericks will stay on the IAAF Council while an ethics board reviews allegations that he accepted payments before the awarding of the 2016 Olympics to Rio, Sebastian Coe, the organisation's head, said on Tuesday. Despite the allegations, however, he will remain a member of the IAAF council while the ethics board determines if an investigation is necessary. Asked if he believed other IAAF council members could be caught up in the scandal, Coe said he had no idea. Despite the distractions Coe told an audience of influential sports business people that he remains focussed on restoring confidence and trust in athletics and returning the sport to its former glory. "You don't expect everything you see on the catwalk to ending up on coat hangers in retail stores," said Coe.

Source: The Star March 22, 2017 00:33 UTC