IOC investigates allegations of bribery over Rio’s 2016 Olympic bid
• Former state governor accuses nine members of corruption
• Sergei Bubka among those named by Sérgio Cabral
The International Olympic Committee has promised to investigate startling new allegations that nine of its members – including pole vault legend Sergei Bubka and Olympic swimming champion Alexander Popov – were bribed to vote for Rio’s successful 2016 Olympics bid.
The claims were made by the former governor of Rio de Janiero Sérgio Cabral, who told a court that he had paid $2m (£1.59m) to the former president of athletics’ governing body, the IAAF, Lamine Diack, to buy votes.