A Kenyan athletics official was detained on bribery charges

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A Kenyan athletics official was detained on bribery charges linked to the country’s doping scandal. He denied wrongdoing. (BBC).

Michael Rotich appeared in court in Nairobi on Wednesday

A Kenyan magistrate has ruled that the country's athletics manager can be held by police for four weeks as they investigate claims that he was prepared to warn coaches about drugs tests in return for £10,000 ($13,000).

Michael Rotich denies any wrongdoing, saying he wanted to protect athletes.

The allegations result from an undercover investigation by the Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARD.

Mr Rotich has already been sent home from the Olympic Games in Rio.

During the operation, Mr Rotich was approached by a supposed doping specialist hired to supply banned substances to a fictional British sports team, the Sunday Times reports.

In the film Mr Rotich appears to request a one-off payment to give athletes 12 hours' advanced notice of a pending drugs test because he knew the official anti-doping testers.

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