IAAF defends its anti-doping record after reports of widespread 'abnormal' tests

By Ossian Shine KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The head of world athletics vigorously defended the IAAF's anti-doping record on Monday, as global sporting bodies called for a thorough probe of the latest allegations to plunge international sport into crisis. Britain's Sunday Times newspaper and Germany's ARD/WDR broadcaster reported on Sunday they had obtained secret data from the IAAF, supplied by a whistleblower, that indicated suspicions of widespread blood doping in athletics. "