Coe beats Bubka to become world athletics chief

Britain's Sebastian Coe beat Sergey Bubka in a tight vote to become the new president of the IAAF on Wednesday at a time when the world athletics body is battling a series of doping controversies. Coe won 115 votes from the 207 voting member federations that make up the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), with Ukraine's Bubka receiving 92. Coe takes over from Lamine Diack, the 82-year-old Senegalese who is stepping down after 16 years in charge at the IAAF Congress in Beij