(FILES) -- A file photo taken on November 12, 2011 shows then IAAF President Lamine Diack speaking during a press conference before awarding the female and male athletes of the year 2011, in Monaco. Athletics is braced to be rocked on November 9, 2015 by a damning report into allegations of widespread doping and blackmail in a sport long-viewed as the flagship of the Olympic Games. Just 270 days out from the start of the 2016 Rio Olympics, an independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will release its findings into a scandal already viewed as more damaging than the corruption crisis engulfing world football governing body FIFA. French police last November 3, 2015 charged 82-year-old Diack with corruption over suspicions he took bribes worth over $1 million. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE