London 2017 under threat after finance row between IAAF and UK Athletics

January 30, 2016 00:24

There are fears that next summer's world athletics championships could face a financial black hole amid an escalating behind-the-scenes row between the International Association of Athletics Federations and UK Athletics.

London 2017 has in recent weeks approached Sebastian Coe, the president of the crisis-hit governing body, for financial help amid fears that the negative headlines surrounding the sport have affected its ability to generate sponsorship income.

But the organising committee is believed to have been told that without reform of the London 2017 board, removing the UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner and chief executive Niels de Vos, it is unlikely it could receive money from the world governing body.

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