Tokyo Olympic organisers have denied any knowledge of a £1m payment allegedly made during their bid to win the 2020 Games. The Guardian newspaper reported that the Tokyo bid team or those acting on their behalf paid the money into a Singapore bank account.The paper claimed the account was linked to Papa Massata Diack, the son of disgraced former IAAF president Lamine Diack. French prosecutors confirmed in March they had widened their investigation into corruption at the IAAF to include Olympic bidding for the 2016 and 2020 Games.Tokyo 2020 spokesperson Hikariko Ono said in a statement that the committee has no means of knowing these allegations. We believe that the Games were awarded to Tokyo because the city presented the best bid. Papa Massata Diack is the son of former IAAF president Lamine Diack Lamine Diack resigned as an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee last year.He is under investigation by French authorities on charges of corruption and money-laundering related to the cover-up of Russian doping cases. Also See: Final medals table Olympics pictures Olympics video Team GB Walt Clago . JOHNS, N. Anthony Simmons . Walcott is available for Saturdays home match against Southampton as Arsenal looks to extend its two-point lead at the top of the Premier League. The Gunners are currently the second highest scorers in the league but Wenger insists Walcott will add something extra to his team. https://www.cheapnfljerseyschina.co/scott-gudmundson-jersey-for-sale/ . With their top three point guards and Kobe Bryant all sidelined by injury, the Lakers signed Marshall out of the D-League on Friday before their home game against Minnesota. Bill Mackrides . LOUIS -- Theres no telling how these wacky World Series games will end. Antonio Smith . -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville. A maiden ODI century by an Australian in Sri Lanka, an ODI series wrapped up 4-1 as stand-in captain, and an award for Australias best sports dad of 2016. It was a super Sunday for super dad David Warner, father to two girls, Ivy Mae and Indi Rae.The award for best sports dad was announced on what was officially Fathers Day in Australia - the first Sunday of every September. Warner, one among ten nominees for the award, will get to choose a charity to which AUD 10,000 will be donated.Warner, he of the infamous bar brawl with Englands Joe Root, credited his family for making him a calmer and more level-headed person. He said he had a sneaky suspicion he was nominated for the award by his wife, former ironwoman Candice, according to the Cricket Australia website.ddddddddddddYou look back five, six, seven years and you almost say, Could I have had kids earlier to settle me down? or Was that the thing that settled me down? Warner said. Fatherhood has helped me a lot with my game, and off the field it gives me something always to have as a responsibility.[Also] I think my wife has been a key factor of me being a little bit more tame and humble as Ive got older. I think she got me into a great routine coming from her sporting background. ' ' '