April 16 : Eleven allegiance transfer requests to Turkey have been refused by the World Athletics Nationality Review Panel over what it called a "coordinated recruitment strategy" by the Turkish government to attract overseas athletes with lucrative contracts, the sport's governing body said on Thursday. The requests came from five Kenyan athletes, including former women's marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei, and four Jamaicans, including Olympic discus gold medallist Roje Stona and