Adidas ends sponsorship of doping-tainted IAAF

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AFP

Monaco (AFP) – German sportswear giant Adidas on Friday ended its sponsorship of the IAAF following a doping scandal that has rocked the world of track and field.

Adidas’s 11-year sponsorship deal with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was set to run until 2019.

But it has withdrawn after an unprecedented corruption scandal that has seen senior former IAAF officials implicated in widespread bribery to keep quiet on positive tests by Russian athletes.

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