Sebastian Coe said that a decision on Russia will probably be made when the IAAF Council meets In Monaco on Dec. 4.GETTY IMAGES
IAAF President Sebastian Coe said that a decision on whether Russia will have its ban from int'l competition lifted "will probably" be made in December. However, Coe admitted that "we will have to wait and see" if WADA was right to lift its three-year ban on the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. He said about Russia's reinstatement, "There'll be a meet in the coming weeks with the Russian Athletics Federation. As we have always done in the past, we will wait for the recommendations of the working group and the Council will deliberate according to my recommendation" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 10/11).
Sexual consent workshops will be given to cricketers at senior and academy level for the first time under an initiative delivered by the Professional Cricketers' Association. It comes as the issue of sexual consent is "at the forefront of public discussion in the wake of the Me Too movement and a series of high-profile sexual assault allegations and cases." A pilot session will be held with the England Lions squad at the end of this month before being "rolled out to all first-class senior and academy squads next summer" (London TELEGRAPH, 10/10).
Australia has "thrown its weight behind a radical revamp" of the int'l rugby calendar which would have the world's top 12 nations all playing each other once every year "in a bid to improve revenues." World Rugby CEO Brett Gosper said on Wednesday that the game's global governing body is "studying the feasibility of the proposal" that was revealed by Vice-Chair Agustín Pichot last month (REUTERS, 10/11).
