Coe’s pay on agenda

IAAF president Lord Coe succeeded in driving through all the reforms he wanted at the London Congress despite there being 43 amendments up for discussion. An age-limit proposal was knocked back, with Coe believing term limits are far more effective. However, Coe’s own pay has still to be decided, with an audit committee bench-marking a salary against other sports organisations.

lBIRMINGHAM’S

bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games looks to be a lot more realistic than that of rivals Liverpool, certainly as far as the main stadium plans go. Birmingham, who have added Brendan Foster to their team, are going to revamp established athletics location Alexander Stadium. Liverpool, with former FA chief executive Brian Barwick heading their campaign, want to drop an athletics track into Everton’s new stadium which has yet to be designed. Barwick should know better after all the problems Wembley had when incorporating a temporary running track. EVERYONE will know about British marathon runner Callum Hawkins now after his admirable fourth place in yesterday’s race, which was dominated by Kenya and Ethiopia. But his agent Malcolm Anderson, of Moyo Sports, was handing out his card the day before, convinced Hawkins was going to do very well in London. lTHE streaker who ran on to the track before the men’s 100m spent the rest of the evening, still minus his clothes, locked in a small room under the mixed zone where Bolt was being interviewed.