French prosecutors want ex-athletics boss Diack to stand trial: sources

French prosecutors have recommended that the former head of athletics' governing body IAAF, Lamine Diack, and his son stand trial for allegedly delaying doping sanctions against Russia in return for payment, sources told AFP Monday. Prosecutors have recommended that Diack, who was president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 1999 to 2015, be tried for corruption and money laundering.

The prosecutors want five other people, including Diack's son Papa Massata Diack, a former marketing consultant to the IAAF, to stand trial. Papa Massata Diack has refused to cooperate with French prosecutors.

The investigation began in 2015 when Britain's Sebastian Coe took over from Diack as IAAF president. 

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