Monday 30 November 2015 16:38, UK
Three Kenyan athletics officials have been suspended after they were accused of subverting the anti-doping process and siphoning off sponsorship money from Nike.
The IAAF's ethics commission has banned Athletics Kenya president Isaiah Kiplagat, vice-president David Okeyo and former treasurer Joseph Kinyua for 180 days.
Okeyo - an IAAF council member - has denied any wrongdoing and said all funds had been fully accounted for by Athletics Kenya and audited.
An investigation is to be carried out and the outcome of that will determine whether disciplinary charges should follow.
The ethics commission has appointed Sharad Rao, the former director of public prosecutions, as its investigator.
An IAAF ethics commission statement said its chairman Michael Beloff QC had taken the step to suspend the trio.
It read: "The chairman has imposed these orders for provisional suspension having carefully considered the complaints, evidence and information referred to the ethics commission.
"[These] disclose prima facie cases, i.e. cases warranting investigation, against Mr Kiplagat, Mr Okeyo and Mr Kinyua in relation to (1) potential subversion of the anti-doping control process in Kenya and (2) potential improper diversion from Athletics Kenya of funds received from Nike.
"A prima facie case has also been found to exist in respect of Mr Kiplagat in relation to receipt, personally or by Athletics Kenya, of an apparent gift of two motor vehicles from the Qatar Association of Athletics Federation in the period 2014-2015."
