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Lee Wellings
Sport Correspondent | United Kingdom
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I'm the London-based Sports Correspondent. I joined in May 2011 and have had the chance to work on some major sports news stories, such as FIFA and cricket corruption. Leading figures interviewed include Sepp Blatter, who told me that players should 'shake hands' if there has been any racism, causing worldwide controversy. A big part of my 2012 will be the Olympics in London.

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By Lee Wellings in Europe on February 9th, 2012
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The temperature outside the IOC headquarters in Lausanne is minus 12, but Olympic president Jacques Rogge is warming up as he talks about the challenges ahead, the London games approaching, and even taking on the mafia.

The 69-year-old Belgian has been in charge for almost a decade, managing to avoid the drama and controversy that has plagued the world's other major sports association - FIFA.

Intelligent and careful, his words are measured. but a flash of intensity surfaces when he maintains security remains the IOC's number one priority.

And then we move on to the dual threat from drugs and corruption.

Is corruption, in the form of illegal betting, REALLY a bigger threat than drugs?

By Lee Wellings in Europe on January 25th, 2012
Cheik Tiote of Newcastle United and Ivory Coast [GALLO/GETTY]

Poor old Newcastle United. Always the victims.

No team in the English Premier League is unduly suffering because of the Africa Cup of Nations…apart from the long-suffering, ever-suffering black and whites from the north-east of England.

They are having to make do without the most influential player in the EPL (apart from Arsenal's Robin van Persie) at this crucial point of the season.

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Lee Wellings
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Based in London, I cover major sports news stories across the UK and Europe

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