IAAF cancels year-end gala as scandal widens

Athletics lurched deeper into crisis on Friday with the showcase sport of the Olympics scrapping its year-end gala after French officials began investigating the ruling body's former president for corruption. Elsewhere, track and field glamour nation Kenya was warned that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was serious about a possible four-year ban unless athletics officials stepped up anti-doping efforts. A double Olympic champion also criticised the inaction of new IAAF president Sebastian Co