The number of abnormal test findings recorded by anti-doping authorities worldwide increased by more than 20% last year, according to a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

There were 5,962 adverse or atypical test results across all sports, compared with 4,723 in 2012.
The number of tests carried out rose by only 0.8% in the same period.
Sprinters Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell and tennis player Marin Cilic were among those to fail drug tests in 2013.
Among the findings contained in the report were:
Adverse findings are those that detect the presence of a prohibited substance. Atypical findings are those that necessitate further investigation by anti-doping authorities.
Atypical findings may correspond to multiple analyses performed on the same athlete.
The increase comes in a year in which sports such as football and tennis stepped up their use of the athlete biological passport programme, which allows authorities to collect and compare biological data and spot discrepancies over time that suggest possible doping.
Other sports, such as cycling, have stiffened the 'whereabouts rule' that requires athletes to provide the authorities with regular information about their location and possible windows for testing.
However, British 800m runner Jenny Meadows says drug-takers in sport are still getting away with it.
"People are still taking drugs and always will," she said. "The margin of error between coming first and third is so tiny that people will always looks for ways to break that down.
"You look at Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin lining up last week in the 100m (both men have served bans from athletics after failing drugs tests). It makes you feel sick because they are still getting sponsorship and prize money. It's not fair on the rest of us.
"I do think the sport is being cleaned up and these figures send out a message of 'we'll find you eventually' but unfortunately there are always sophisticated ways to cheat the system."
The report also reveals which national anti-doping authorities test their athletes most frequently. Russia and China lead the way, each testing more than 10,000 samples in 2013. UK Anti-Doping, the body responsible for testing British athletes, analysed nearly 5,000 samples.
By contrast, the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission, which was strongly rebuked by Wada for its lax approach, conducted just 294 tests, fewer than Hong Kong.
The national anti-doping body in Ukraine, two of whose athletes failed drug tests at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow, carried out just nine tests in 2013, according to Wada's report.
Andy Parkinson, chief executive of UK Anti-Doping, says testing in Britain is getting more sophisticated, but that it remains a major challenge to make sure sport is drug-free.
"The more sophisticated tests become, the more chance you will have of catching a cheat," said Parkinson.
"But although the analytical side of anti-doping and the science is getting better, at the same time you've got the industry and black market trying to design drugs that bypass the testing. So analysis is improving but so are the illicit substances.
"It is a big task to try and stay one step ahead, and also frustrating - but even more frustrating for the clean athletes."
Football was responsible for more than 28,000 tests, more than any other sport. Of those, 140 adverse samples were recorded, a ratio of 0.5%.
Cyclists were also subject to frequent testing, with more than 22,000 samples analysed in 2013 - 1.2% of those tests resulted in adverse findings.
However, there were also widespread adverse findings in sports without the stigma of cycling. Rugby recorded a rate of 1.3% adverse results from just over 6,000 tests.
Paralympic sport boccia had one of the highest rates of adverse results, with 11.1%, although that figure is skewed by the relatively small number of participants in the sport.
Of non-Olympic disciplines, chess recorded three adverse findings, while bridge returned one.
Parkinson added: "Elite athletes are under a great deal of pressure and their entourage is under a great deal of pressure and, as in any walk of life, there will always be someone who crosses the line.
"Our approach to serious dopers is that we are very firm and try and get the biggest sanction we can."
Sir Craig Reedie, the president of Wada, has previously warned that doping represents the biggest threat to Olympic sport. In November, Wada approved stricter punishments for athletes found guilty of doping, doubling bans to four years.


A stash of 27kg of gold worth more than $1.5m (£956,023) has been discovered hidden on a commercial plane in southern India, reports say.

The gold was concealed in mobile phones packed in boxes in the cargo of the plane at Chennai airport.
India is one of the world's main gold consumers and imports are seen as a major contributor to the country's account deficit.
It raised duty on imports of gold jewellery to 10% from 8% last year .
The government is trying to curb demand for the precious metal, which many Indians traditionally hoard in the belief it will bring financial security.
The central bank says gold imports amounted to $3.9bn during the quarter ending last December, down from $16.4bn in the previous three months.
It is not clear who the sender and the recipient of gold discovered at Chennai airport were, but officials said the plane arrived from Hong Kong.
Last November cleaners found a stash of 24 gold bars worth more than $1.1m in the toilet compartment on board a Jet Airways flight at Kolkata airport. The plane had arrived from Bangkok.


The meteor event in Russia on Friday is a sobering reminder that space is a busy place, and that space rocks can take us by surprise.

It stands in stark contrast to asteroid 2012 DA14, whose attention-grabbing but harmless pass on Friday evening GMT had been accurately predicted for months.
But take note of its name. Near-Earth objects like these have for a number of years been named starting with the year of their discovery; we only found out about this Olympic-swimming-pool-sized rock kicking around in our cosmic neighbourhood a year ago.
A month before that, one called 2012 BX34 whizzed by at a distance of 65,000km (41,000mi) - that one had only been discovered two days before.
And a few years before that, an 80-tonne space rock called 2008 TC3 ploughed into the Earth's atmosphere, largely burning up and scattering fragments over the Sudan - just 20 hours after it was discovered.
The list goes on. The point is that astronomers say that we don't know anything about 5 or 10% of the near-Earth asteroids that are larger than 1km in size - 20 times larger and radically heavier than this week's visitor. That's possible civilisation-ending stuff.
Below that 1km size, the fraction of as-yet undiscovered objects gets a lot larger.
"People think that in this day and age we've got this problem covered," said Stephen Lowry of the University of Kent. "We're far from covering this problem."
The good news is that below a certain size, depending on what they're made of, some near-Earth asteroids don't pose any danger, burning up as they pass through the atmosphere. Friday's example in Russia was not actually too far above that threshold.
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But there's still a considerable gap in our knowledge of space rocks that size and larger. The truth is, even if back in 1908 we had the current array of "surveys" that are constantly scanning the skies, we might well have missed the 100m-wide space rock that devastated a region in Siberia as large as Greater London - the Tunguska event.
"The key number is objects around a hundred or a few hundred metres," said Dr Lowry. "Those are the ones we need to be really worried about, and trying to observe the skies more so we can catalogue all of them. But we're quite a way off actually doing that."
Some help is potentially at hand - the dedicated Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System or Atlas, designed to give at least a few days' notice of impending asteroids by scanning the whole sky every night.
And as Alan Fitzsimmons of Queens University Belfast points out, the existing surveys are slowly chipping away at the problem.
"We must remember that the surveys that are going on are... doing a fantastic job, as we can tell by the fact that we're now at more than 800 new objects every year... without those, we'd know of very few of the more than 9,000 objects we have on our books," he told BBC News.
Yet, I ask, couldn't we be taken by surprise in the middle of the night by a completely devastating, completely unknown asteroid?
"Yes we could, and in fact the most likely scenario at the moment is that the next impact will occur with very little warning," he said.
Because the big ones are more likely to be known, the odds are in our favour on that one.
And any notice at all would help - thanks in large part to the contribution of amateur asteroid enthusiasts who plot out the precise paths of asteroids spotted by those surveys, we know a lot more about how to mitigate the effects of an eventual impact.
Prof Fitzsimmons recalled the situation with 2008 TC3, which hit less than a day after it was discovered.
"Although we couldn't do anything in terms of deflecting it - and didn't need to, it was only a few metres across - within a few hours the impact point and the exact time of impact were known incredibly accurately.
"What that did show us is that if we did spot one of these object on an impact trajectory, we do have the capability to assess its risk."
As Dr Lowry puts it, however, an eventual impact scenario, even if we know ahead of time, is inescapable.
"It is a mathematical certainty that one of these objects will hit at some point in the future - asteroids have been hitting Earth throughout its history, and we're fairly sure major impacts have been responsible for one major extinction," he said.
"Mankind has always had this gun pointed at its head; we're just lucky we're in a time when we have the technological capability to search for these things and try and develop a way of dealing with them.
"But don't lose any sleep about it."


Sir David Attenborough has opened the Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve in east London.

30 April 2016 Last updated at 18:37 BST
The naturalist said children - even in urban areas - are naturally drawn to the world around them.
BBC London's Sarah Harris reports.


An MP and council have rejected calls for a memorial to Fusilier Lee Rigby in the south-east London area where he was murdered.

Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the 25-year-old to be given a permanent remembrance site in Woolwich.
But local MP Nick Raynsford said a memorial would attract "undesirable interest from extremists".
The soldier was killed by two British Muslim converts on 22 May 2013.
Michael Adebolajo, 29, together with Michael Adebowale, 22, drove into Fusilier Rigby with a car before hacking him to death. Adebolajo was given a whole-life term and Adebowale was jailed for 45 years.
This week a number of religious groups including the Islamic Society of Britain and the Conservative Muslim Forum wrote to the Daily Telegraph to express support for a memorial in Woolwich.
They said: "If the family's desire is to have a memorial, neither they, nor the British public as a whole, should be denied the chance to commemorate Lee Rigby's service and sacrifice in a proper way."
Mr Raynsford, Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich, said: "It would not in my view be helpful for the site where Lee Rigby was murdered to be marked in perpetuity by a memorial, as this would be a continuing reminder of the brutal murder and might attract undesirable interest from extremists.
"It is worth remembering that the memorial to Stephen Lawrence, the teenager murdered during a racist attack in south-east London in 1993, has sadly been the victim of unwanted focus and vandalism on a number of occasions."
The MP added: "Lee Rigby, although murdered in Woolwich, originally came from Lancashire and this is where he is buried. His family, who have been amazingly brave in facing their loss, will be responsible for his memorial there.
"His regiment, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, has also made clear that Lee Rigby's memory will be honoured in perpetuity and I understand that his name is to be added to the list of fallen soldiers at the national arboretum."
A spokesman for the local council, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said it would only consider requests made via the Army.
"The Army have told us that Fusilier Rigby's immediate family have been closely involved in all the memorial plans to date and they are satisfied that his memory will be properly preserved," the spokesman said. "They are not seeking an additional memorial in Woolwich."


Newly-promoted Championship club Wigan have signed midfielder Alex Gilbey from Colchester United on a three-year deal for an undisclosed compensation fee.

Gilbey scored five goals in 37 League One games for Colchester last term, but could not prevent them being relegated.
The 21-year-old was described as "destined for the Premier League" by former U's boss Kevin Keen in January.
"Alex was one of the outstanding young talents in League One last season," Latics manager Gary Caldwell said.
"He's exactly the sort of player and person who suits this club and we're delighted to add him to the group for pre-season."
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A man who was killed by police had pinned his ex-partner against a wall at knifepoint when the shots were fired, witness statements have said.

Officers were called to Shepperton Road in Islington, north London, shortly after 23:00 BST on 5 September.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is investigating the incident, said two shots were fired.
Both the police officer who pulled the trigger and the woman said the 40-year-old man had a knife.
A post-mortem examination found the man died as a result of shock and haemorrhage caused by a gunshot wound to the the left chest.
He also suffered a bullet wound to his upper left arm.
It is the first fatal shooting by a Metropolitan Police marksman since the death of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, north London, in 2011.
During the incident, a police negotiator and firearms officers were called and shortly before 01:00 BST a number of shots were fired at the man by police.
He was pronounced dead en route to hospital.
The man has not been named as police are awaiting formal identification.
IPCC commissioner Cindy Butts said: "I have today met with members of the bereaved family, who are very distressed, to extend my condolences and to update them on the progress of our investigation.
"I would like to assure all those concerned that the circumstances surrounding this tragedy will be investigated thoroughly."
The IPCC is currently conducting door-to-door enquiries and has requested interviews with the officer who fired the shots and other officers who were present at the scene.
The police watchdog is also analysing CCTV and witness statements provided by the police officers.


Hamilton manager Martin Canning has a healthy squad available for Saturday's relegation battle with Motherwell.

Winger Louis Longridge should be back from a thigh knock which kept him out of last week's Scottish Premiership defeat by fellow  strugglers Inverness.
Well boss Stephen Robinson hopes Steven Hammell will be fit to play.
The left-back had to limp off last week against Ross County after suffering a burst blood vein in his leg but returned to light training on Thursday.
Young goalkeeper Russell Griffiths is set to continue in goal after Craig Samson was dropped for the Staggies defeat, while Stephen Pearson (groin) is also likely to miss out again, as will Jacob Blyth (ankle), Ross MacLean (shoulder), Stephen McManus, Richard Tait (both groin) and Jack McMillan (wrist).
The Lanarkshire rivals are locked on 32 points apiece, with Motherwell's poorer goal difference consigning them to the relegation play-off spot as things stand.
Both sides have suffered damaging defeats to bottom six counterparts in their past two matches - Well lost to Dundee, then Ross County, while Hamilton were Kilmarnock, then Inverness.
Motherwell striker Louis Moult: "We need to win the game - simple as. Every game now is massive and it has been all season.
"If we can keep a clean sheet, we're fairly confident we're going to score in the game. If we can try and be solid at the back, and then get a few goals, I think that's where we're strong.
"People have been saying we're too good to go down all season - it's all well and good having a good squad but you need to perform on a Saturday, and that's what we haven't been doing. I believe we can do it, everyone at the club believes we can do it, it's just up to us now.
"The boys are really, really eager to get out there and put things right."
Hamilton Academical midfielder Danny Redmond: "It is going to be massive. It is one of the biggest derbies I have played in up here.
"We know it is still in our hands, we have got three massive games and obviously we need to pick up as many points as we can. But they are going to be very tough as they are all fighting for points as well.
"As a footballer you want to stay at the highest level you can, so obviously staying in the Premiership will mean a whole lot to us, individually and as a club.
"We talk about it most days and we are good enough and we are capable of staying up.
"There is a group of experienced players in our dressing room, we know what it means and none of us want to be in that position to be relegated."


Former first minister Rhodri Morgan has accused BBC Wales of a "breach of faith" following the corporation's decision to relocate its headquarters to Cardiff city centre.

Mr Morgan claims the Welsh government spent £10m improving roads to Cardiff Bay on the understanding the BBC would build HQ premises there.
A BBC Cymru Wales spokesman said Mr Morgan was "mistaken".
The broadcaster announced this week it would move to Central Square by 2018.
In his weekly column in the Western Mail newspaper Mr Morgan claims the Welsh government agreed to invest £10m in new roads before building work on BBC Wales' Roath Lock drama village began.
He said the investment was agreed in a discussion with the former BBC Wales executive Nigel Walker.
Following that conversation Mr Morgan said he understood that at some point in the future BBC Wales would relocate its headquarters to the Roath Lock site - but admits he made no record of the conversation.
Nigel Walker was the project director the drama village development at the time, and has since left the corporation.
In an interview with BBC Wales Mr Morgan said the agreement was made when the BBC was considering two sites for its new drama village, at Roath basin in the bay, and the former Freeman's cigar factory site on Penarth Road.
"We agreed with the BBC that we would put money into covering the road access - about £10 million - because the Penarth Road site could not provide the basis of a Welsh media city," he said.
"Since we agreed that we would put the £10m in in order to create a Welsh media city - not just a drama village, there's been a breach of faith here," argued Mr Morgan.
"The BBC should look at its conscience and say - well we may be able to wriggle out of this legally - but actually we do owe £10m as well as an apology to the Welsh government and to the licence fee payers for choosing a more expensive option than the Freemans cigars factory for the drama village."
A spokesman for BBC Cymru Wales said Mr Morgan was mistaken and insisted no agreement, either formal or informal, was made between Mr Walker and Mr Morgan regarding the relocation of BBC Wales' HQ.
"The suggestion that a single individual in the BBC could make such a commitment doesn't stand up to scrutiny," the spokesman said.
"Our decision - announced this week - to relocate our HQ in Wales followed years of careful analysis by a wide range of staff across the BBC, and an open competitive tender process that included more than a dozen potential locations across Cardiff.
"We believe our decision to relocate to Capital Square will deliver a significant economic and creative dividend to Wales, strengthening Wales' credentials as a world class production centre."
The Welsh government did not wish to comment.
Mr Walker has also declined to comment.


In 2007, the acclaimed Brazilian movie director Jose Padilha pulled a daring stunt on the country's then Culture Minister, Gilberto Gil.

The filmmaker got word that Gil - also a famous musician - was hosting a prestigious viewing session of Padilha's first feature film "Elite Squad" at his house.
Padilha was furious, as his movie had just been released in cinemas. But a copy of the film leaked during post-production, and hit file sharing websites four months before its official release.
It became a piracy "super-hit" in Brazil. Some analysts estimated that more than a million people watched illegal copies of "Elite Squad" before the movie ever hit the big screens.
When Padilha heard that the culture minister was about to be part of that statistic, with an illegal copy of his movie, he evaded security and knocked on Gil's door demanding the pirate DVD be handed to him - which was promptly done by an embarrassed servant.
Brazil has long been a haven for movie piracy.
A government study found that 41% of Brazilian internet users have downloaded content illegally from the internet.
Piracy is also prevalent on the streets - with DVDs being openly sold in most commercial places and roads, and even outside movie theatres.
So Brazil is an unlikely place for movie subscription service Netflix to be successful.
Yet, since it was launched in Brazil in 2011, Netflix subscriptions have soared in the country.
The company does not release country-specific numbers, but two independent studies suggest Brazil has over the years become the fourth-largest market for Netflix - after US, Canada and the United Kingdom. The company has 69 million users worldwide.
Netflix's chief executive Reed Hastings - who usually refrains from commenting on countries - says Brazil is a "rocket ship" for its company.
When Netflix's Brazil and Latin Americas service started in September 2011 it was the firm's first venture outside of North America.
The region was chosen for three primary reasons - broadband penetration was considered big enough as a market, incomes at the time were rising rapidly, and there was an appetite for Hollywood content.
Netflix's chief communications officer Jonathan Friedland says there was another important reason that facilitated their entry.
"In Europe you have to buy individual content licences for every movie or TV show in each country, such as France, Germany or Spain," he says.
"In Latin America, you only need to two licenses - one for all Spanish-speaking countries and another one for Brazil."
Netflix's strategy against piracy was put to the test in Brazil, a country where users and sellers are rarely brought to justice for that crime.
The company decided to beat piracy by being competitive.
"If you offer good content at low prices and rapidly - releasing series in the same moment in Brazil as people are getting them in the US - that makes piracy less enticing," says Mr Friedland.
One of the key elements in its strategy is pricing. Netflix subscriptions in Brazil vary from 19.90 to 29.90 reais ($5 to $7.50; Â£3 to Â£4.60) a month. One movie ticket alone in Sao Paulo costs 30 reais ($7.50).
For that same amount of money you can buy about 10 illegal DVDs in the streets, but the quality is not always reliable.
And while many Brazilians illegally download films and TV shows, others are either not technologically savvy enough to do so, or are too concerned about computer viruses and malware.
For commentator Sergio Branco, director at the academic think tank Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro, Netflix's low prices is a key factor behind its success, making it more attractive to users than online piracy.
He also praises the firm's subscription-based model, which is mirrored at music streaming service Spotify, and online book provider Oyster Books.
Mr Branco says: "Instead of charging for a movie or a song or a book, these services charge a monthly fee for people to have access to a vast archive of cultural services."
Mr Friedland adds that when Netflix enters a country, the rates of internet file sharing drop.
"Most people don't want to steal," he says. "They don't want viruses in their computers, they don't want the hassle of it."
In addition to getting its pricing right, Netflix also had to work hard to adapt to local consumer habits, such as issuing pre-paid cards, and getting partnerships with local banks to allow payment for users who do not have credit cards.
Brazil's often low-quality internet connections also tested the company's adaptive streaming technology - that adjusts the quality of video transmission according to available bandwidth.
According to Netflix, Brazil's current economic woes is not hampering business there, as its product is seen by consumers as a cheaper alternative to going out.
Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings said earlier this month, in a presentation of the firm's latest results, that its base in Brazil is still growing, despite the economic contraction.
He said: "In Brazil, a value-based product that is very inexpensive is appreciated. Even though there are tight economic times currently, that has not held back our growth."
But what does hit Netflix is currency fluctuation. This year's appreciation of the dollar has made some international markets less profitable for shareholders in dollar-terms - particularly in Brazil, where the currency has lost 30% in value.
According to Mr Friedland, Netflix is still in "rocket ship" mode in Brazil, and now attracting content producers in the country.
Four years ago the company was approached by Jose Padilha - the same piracy-aggrieved movie director - who proposed a series about the history of cocaine in Latin America.
The Netflix original "Narcos" - based on the life of Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar - premiered in August and was an international success.
In Brazil, it went down particularly well, with national star Wagner Moura in the main role, and music by popular singer Rodrigo Amarante.
Now Netflix wants to draw content out of countries like Brazil and launch it globally.
The company recently  had a contest for young Brazilian filmmakers and gave global distribution to the winner's production. Next year it will launch "3%", a science-fiction series set and produced in Brazil and spoken in Portuguese.


A section of a Russian military barracks has collapsed, killing 23 soldiers, near the Siberian city of Omsk, officials say.

A further 19 servicemen were rescued. Some have been flown to Moscow for medical treatment.
All of those killed were conscripts, with some reports giving the age of the youngest victim as just 18.
Investigators are examining whether repairs carried out on the building in 2013 are linked to its collapse.
An investigation into possible negligence has been launched.
The soldiers, who were stationed at a paratrooper training camp, had just gone to bed when the wall fell down and parts of the roof caved in.
Russia's defence ministry has been quick to announce generous compensation payments for those affected, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Moscow.
But the barracks collapse will be a political blow for Mr Putin, she says, as he has invested heavily in modernising the military and burnishing its image.


A suspected World War II bomb found at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has been safely detonated, allowing normal operations to resume.

Bomb disposal experts had been called in to take the device away.
Earlier, the departure hall that serves most European destinations had been evacuated as a precautionary measure following the discovery of the 500kg German bomb during construction work.
Several flights were cancelled and dozens delayed.
The bomb was uncovered by workers digging near Pier C, which connects the main plaza with Departure Hall One, serving most destinations within Europe's 26-country passport-free Schengen zone.
Schiphol was used as a military airfield by Nazi Germany during the 1939-45 war.
It is now one of Europe's busiest airports, handling some 48 million passengers every year.
Unexploded bombs dating back to the war are still frequently discovered in Europe.
A 550lb (250kg) American bomb was detonated by a bomb disposal team in the German city of Munich on Tuesday.
A 1.5-tonne mortar bomb probably fired by Nazi forces was also safely removed from the Polish capital, Warsaw.


Train operator Stagecoach has failed to reach an agreement with the government over its renewal of the South West Trains rail franchise.

The company has been running services from Waterloo to the south coast, Salisbury and Reading since 1996.
Its contract expires in 2017 but it hoped to secure a further two years.
The Department of Transport confirmed it was unable to reach agreement with the company and said the franchise would go out to competition.
In a statement, Stagecoach said: "A significant difference has remained between both parties regarding the financial evaluation of the proposals.
"Nevertheless, as the incumbent operator with nearly 20 years' experience in growing and improving one of the most complex and busiest rail franchises in the country, we believe we are in a strong position to submit a powerful and attractive bid for a new South West Trains franchise."
Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin said he believed a franchise competition would achieve passenger benefits and better value for taxpayers.
Basingstoke MP Maria Miller welcomed the announcement, saying it could mean a "more modern structure to cope with what has been a huge increase in passenger numbers".
She added: "In our region we've seen the effect of that increase in numbers come out in congestion, which means that some peak time trains can frankly feel like cattle trucks at the best of times."
But the RMT's general secretary Mick Cash called the decision a "shocking indictment of government policy and the privatised railway that a company that has been running the franchise for 20 years is not entrusted with the service going forward".


Kalvin Phillips scored twice as Leeds United opened their 2017-18 Championship campaign with victory at Bolton Wanderers.

Leeds, playing under head coach Thomas Christiansen for the first time, went ahead through Phillips' smart finish.
Last season's top scorer Chris Wood then headed in for 2-0, only for Bolton forward Gary Madine to nod home.
But Phillips' tap-in quickly restored Leeds' two-goal lead, and they held on despite Adam Le Fondre's penalty.
The former Reading front man smashed his spot-kick down the middle, with Conor Shaughnessy having fouled Madine almost immediately after coming on.
But the headlines belonged to 21-year-old Phillips, who doubled his career tally for Leeds during the first half to put the visitors in control.
New Zealand forward Wood, who scored 30 goals last season as Leeds narrowly missed out on the play-offs, also opened his account with a clinical header in off the underside of the bar.
But there will be some concern over the fitness of defenders Gaetano Berardi and Matthew Pennington, who were both forced off injured prior to half-time.
Bolton, promoted from League One in May, were direct throughout but struggled to create anything clear-cut from open play - and also lost midfielder Josh Vela through injury at the end of the game.


Japan's Supreme Court is due to rule on two 19th century family laws which critics say are sexist and out-of-date.

16 December 2015 Last updated at 00:22 GMT
One bans women from marrying for six months after divorce, the other forces married couples to have the same surname.
The laws are also linked to a rule that children born within that six months are considered to be the former husband's.
The case was brought by three individual women and one couple in a civil partnership, who argue that the law is unconstitutional and discriminatory.
Two lower courts have already ruled against them and public opinion on the questions is split.


A Greater London Authority official has quit after he was questioned by officers over the alleged trolling of MPs through a Twitter account.

Principal government relations officer Greg Taylor quit after being interviewed under caution by Lancashire Police and suspended from his job.
Officers investigated tweets sent from the account @elithebarraboy, which has since been taken down.
Labour MP for Barrow and Furness John Woodcock had complained to police.
A City Hall spokeswoman said: "These are serious allegations.
"A member of staff was suspended pending an investigation and has subsequently resigned and has left the Greater London Authority with immediate effect."
A spokeswoman for Lancashire Police said: "A report of harassment was initially made to Cumbria Police, who traced the tweets to a Twitter account that was set up in Penwortham.
"Following our inquiries, a 35-year-old man from London was interviewed under caution. The investigation is ongoing."


The centenary of the the Battle of Passchendale has been marked by those on social media with tributes to family who fought and died at Passchendale.

The Battle, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, lasted from 31 July until November 1917, and led to the death, disappearance or wounding of 500,000 Allied and German soldiers.
Colonel Richard Kemp, the former British army commander in Afghanistan, shared his tribute to his great uncle Second lieutenant Philip Duncan, who was killed in the battle.
2nd Lt Philip Duncan was killed in action near Poelcapelle in Belgium during the Second Battle of Passchendaele on 30 October 1917 at the age of 26.
He died leading his men in battle just 21 days after joining his battalion on the Western Front.
Matt Pitcher remembered his great-grandfather, Sergeant William John Timbley, fought in the battle and survived to tell his story.
Matt told the BBC his great-grandfather was a career solider with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. He turned 38 a month before the first battle of Passchendaele and saw action in the Boesinghe sector in Poelcapelle.
Before he fought in the battle, he was one of just 200 men who survived the first Battle of Ypres in 1914. After the war, he didn't speak of his time in the army.
Sam Barnett's also posted about his great-grandfather, Private Maurice Walter Barnett, who was killed in the opening attack of the battle on 31 July 1917.
Private Barnett served in the 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment after a spell at the 9th Battalion. "It is hard to imagine what he went through, surviving Boar's Head and the Battle of the Somme," said Sam.
"It's easy for us to think of the casualties as just numbers of soldiers but, to Walter, they would have been his local shopkeepers, neighbours, and friends."
Russell Craig tweeted an image in remembrance of his great uncle, Private James Kelly, who was killed in the battle on 16 August 1917.
Kelly was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1897. He attempted to sign up for service with local military units, but he was rejected so he went to Randalstown in Ireland to enlist with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
His body was never recovered. His name is commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery alongside 35,000 other missing soldiers.
Paul Brown shared the story of his great-grandfather, Richardson Robson Flinn. He served with the Northumberland Fusiliers Labour Corps in 1914, then aged 22.
He was gassed during fighting in 1915 and recuperated in Britain before going back to the frontline at Passchendaele.
"Richardson made it almost to the German lines before being felled by gunfire, and lay wounded in a shell hole," said Paul.
"Once the initial chaos had subsided, German officers emerged waving red cross flags. One German gave Richardson some water from his canteen. Eventually, the wounded from both sides were evacuated.
"Richardson was discharged in December 1917 with a disability shot wound, although it was the gas that had done the worst damage.
"He returned home, but never fully recovered his health, and died young. Unfortunately, none of his living relatives ever got the chance to know him."
Twitter user @DaveVForce shared his memory of his distant cousin who was killed in the battle.
Gunner William Potterton enlisted for service on 11 July 1916 and served with the 72nd battery Royal Field Artillery.
He was killed in action on 19 October 1917. He has no known grave and his memory is also commemorated at the Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Complied by Paul Harrison, UGC and Social news team


A Celtic fan who made monkey gestures towards Rangers player El Hadji Diouf during an Old Firm game has been jailed for three months.

Sean Smith, 19, from Spittal, South Lanarkshire, taunted the West African striker as he took a corner kick at Celtic Park on 20 February.
He admitted committing a racially aggravated breach of the peace after being reported by fellow Celtic fans.
Smith was also banned from attending football matches for five years.
Sentencing him at Glasgow Sheriff Court, Sheriff Lindsay Wood told Smith he had pleaded guilty to "despicable racist behaviour".
"You thought you were making a fool of the player but you were actually making a fool of yourself.
"You have brought shame on the club you support and on Scottish football generally."
Sheriff Wood noted that Smith had been drinking before the game, but said this was "no way to go to a football match and appreciate it".
He added: "I have to look at these matters in the context of an Old Firm match where tensions are running high and I can see no alternative to a custodial sentence to mark the court's disapproval of such behaviour."
Defence lawyer Raymond McIlwham told the court that his client has received death threats as a result of what he did.
He also added that Diouf has a bad relationship with Celtic fans.
Mr McIlwham said: "The relationship between the player involved and the Celtic fans has been a difficult one.
"That in no way excuses Mr Smith's actions but it's conceivable that another player may not have roused that level of passion in a supporter."
The lawyer added that his client is ashamed and now "deeply regrets" what he did.


Hugs with Arnie, starstruck by Jack and missing Seve.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the BBC first broadcasting the Masters from the Augusta National in Georgia and some familiar names have shared their memories of playing in, watching and commentating on one of the world's most iconic sporting events.
Peter Alliss played in the first Masters covered by the BBC in 1967, having also contested the previous year's tournament and although he was initially unimpressed as a player, he has grown fond of the place since becoming a commentator.
Playing there wasn't a happy experience for me. I realised that you weren't really made to feel welcome back in the 1960s. That goes against everything they say today.
You had to have a local caddie. The locals didn't want to caddie as they felt you had little chance of doing well and hence they had little chance of getting a good tip. It was very overpowering. From my point of view, I was overawed by the whole thing.
But I have marvelled at the place since. It is fearless when it comes to innovation. And when you go out in front of the clubhouse where they sit under the big trees, you see the famous faces from days gone by. Some are missing, some new ones come, some never change.
Two years ago I was walking and the late Arnold Palmer was there. We were great friends since the 1950s. He gave me a big hug in front of hundreds of people, they had no idea who I was. It's just people. The people for me make it. There's just a general feeling that it's just different.
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One thing an interviewer should never be is starstruck. The other crime is failing to listen to what the interviewee is telling you.
I was guilty on both counts during my first visit to Augusta in 1993. It was under the famous tree outside the clubhouse where I first interviewed my all-time golfing hero Jack Nicklaus.
Among a scrum of reporters I thrust my microphone under the great man's nose and he explained that he would likely miss that year's Open because of an ongoing hip problem.
Agog at being in this position I was determined not to dry up so instead of listening, my mind was on what I should ask him next.  Sadly the question I chose was: "So will we see you at the Open in July?"
Naturally Nicklaus replied in the most clipped terms: "I just answered that."
End of interview, and very important lessons were learned via the greatest golfer of all time.
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The year 1957 was special for golf, not because of achievements in the sport but for the golfers who came into the world. Along with Sir Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer, Spaniard Seve Ballesteros made his appearance.
Sixty years on we remember Seve on 9 April which would have been his 60th birthday. Seve and Augusta were a match made in heaven, like strawberries and cream, leaving us with so many memories. His first green jacket in 1980 opened the doors for fellow Europeans to follow in his footsteps. And his second followed in 1983.
After retiring from playing he occasionally joined the BBC commentary team, bringing with him the same passion and enthusiasm that he had on the course.
On one of his visits to Augusta, I interviewed him for part of the BBC preview programme; he was staying in the house he had rented there for many previous Masters weeks. At the end of the interview his son surprised him with a birthday cake. He was obviously moved by the thoughtfulness.
We will all be thinking of him on Sunday as the final round takes place. I have no doubt he will be sharing some cake with Arnie and loving the golf. We miss you.
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There are plenty of memorable moments, not least watching Phil Mickelson threading his second shot between the trees off the pinestraw at the 13th on his way to his third Green Jacket in 2010. Wow, when that ball hit the green, I jumped so far out of my seat in the studio that I nearly landed in the azaleas bordering the set!
But one of the things that will always stay with me was when I first clapped eyes on Augusta National for real. It was a proper, 'pinch me' moment.
Off I strode and immediately sought out 'Sandy's bunker' at the 18th. That was where, in 1988, Sandy Lyle had driven his tee shot. He had needed a par at the last to force a play-off with Mark Calcavecchia.
I remember thinking back then in '88  that he'd blown it. But out came the famous seven iron, and Sandy would hoist the ball up and on to the green before sinking the putt for a birdie to become the first British player to win the Masters.
So years later, there I stood, looking into the impossibly white sand of that bunker and gazing up at the very large hill that lies in front of it up to the green. The contours of the course really don't translate properly on TV. So, standing there in person underscored to me what a fantastic shot it really was.
I had interviewed Sandy many times at other courses but to do so that year, in situ and with a bit of 'local knowledge' now in place, was a proper thrill.
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The first year I worked on the Masters was 2013, the year that Tiger Woods' ball hit the pin on 15 and rolled back into the water and he dropped in the incorrect spot. Tiger has long been one of my sporting heroes and I was shaking with nerves in anticipation of having to interview him, for the first time, on the Saturday evening with controversy surrounding his status in the tournament.
In the meantime I had entered the draw, open to members of the media, to play Augusta on the Monday after the event finishes and was waiting to find out if I was one of the very lucky few to be pulled out of the hat.
Tiger walked into the interview room and I said to my director: "Tiger's all set to go." I was told to ask him to wait for a minute so that we could broadcast the interview live. Tiger was happy but the wait seemed like an eternity and the director could tell I was nervous and uncomfortable.
So he started counting me down untilwe went live... 50 seconds, 40 seconds... when we got to 30 seconds he said: "Oh by the way Rish, the draw for the media day is out and you're in, you're playing."
I'd forgotten how nervous I was about interviewing the great man and was now excited about playing the greatest golf course in the world. I began to wonder how I would get my hands on a set of clubs and shoes to play.
Meanwhile, the countdown to the interview continued "10 seconds Rish... six, five, by the way I was just kidding about golf on Monday, three, two, one and cue Rishi, live with Tiger".
Naturally I fumbled my first question, although that doesn't make the cut in the video above!
My first, official, practice round in 2004 was with Jack Nicklaus. I'd known the Nicklaus family for a number of years but I was incredibly honoured for that invitation. Jack and I met on the practice ground and shared a few laughs before heading to the first tee. I recall the unrelenting enthusiasm from his fans and they even shared some excitement in meeting me.
I knew that I wasn't the star that day but everyone made me feel like Jack's equal. I knew better. The day was, mostly, like any other as both of us charted the course preparing like tour pros do.
Jack gave me advice and talked a lot about his last win in 1986. As we approached the green on 17, where the famous "yessir" call came, he told me that he hit the same putt in 1987 and it broke, surprisingly, a different way.
Upon completing the round we took pictures with my newly-born son, Dade, shook hands and said our goodbyes. To me, that was a once-in-a-lifetime moment. I'll be forever grateful for that April day at my first Masters.
The hidden secrets of Augusta National are many and you only realise the significance once you step foot on the grounds.
My first trip to the Masters was as a guest of friend and former champion Craig Stadler in 1995. Most, if not all avid golfers, grow up watching the Masters on television, and you think you know it from the years of watching the excitement. I can tell you that you cannot begin to imagine what it is like to see it in person.
The hills are larger and steeper than you thought, the colour of the flowers, azaleas, and dogwoods are more intense than you remember from the broadcasts, the green of the grass is like nothing you have ever seen before.
And the amazing thing is, I feel these same emotions every single year when I walk out to see the course on Wednesday morning of Masters week. It is a "pinch yourself" moment that you are so lucky to be there.


Getting children to play outside for 40 minutes a day could be a way to curb growing rates of short-sightedness, according to Chinese researchers.

They asked six schools to test the strategy over three years and it appeared to be beneficial.
The findings in Jama support the theory that children need to balance "close up" work, like reading, with activities that use distance vision.
Experts say although myopia is now very common, the cause remains unknown.
Short-sightedness or myopia is thought to affect up to one in three people in the UK and is becoming more common.
In myopia, the eye is unable to focus in the normal way which makes objects in the distance appear blurred.
It runs in families but environmental factors, such as spending lots of time on a computer or reading, have also been linked to the condition.
This has led researchers to question whether changing a person's early environment might cut their risk of myopia.
Dr Mingguang He and colleagues recruited 12 primary schools in China to take part in a three-year-long study to test this.
Six of the schools were asked to timetable a compulsory 40-minute session of outdoor play each day, while the other six stuck to their usual classes.
The children and their parents were also asked to keep a diary of how much outdoor play time they clocked up on weekends - this did not differ between the two study groups.
The researchers then set about testing the schoolchildren for any signs of myopia. At enrolment, fewer than 2% of children in each group had myopia.
Over the course of the study, 259 children out of 853 (30%) in the intervention group and 287 out of 726 (40%) in the control group were judged to have myopia - a refractive error of at least minus 0.5 Diopter on an eye exam.
Although this percentage difference is not huge, it is significant, say the researchers. And it remains even when you take into account other factors, such as family history of myopia.
"This is clinically important because small children who develop myopia early are most likely to progress to high myopia, which increases the risk of pathological myopia. Thus a delay in the onset of myopia in young children, who tend to have a higher rate of progression, could provide disproportionate long-term eye health benefits," the researchers say in Jama.
In an editorial in the same journal, Michael Repka from Johns Hopkins University, says more work is needed to confirm and understand the findings.
It may be that spending time outdoors limits how much time is spent doing "close up" activities, or that getting more daylight helps with eye growth and function, he says.


Researchers have identified a gene that may put people at greater risk of strokes and heart attacks.

Writing in PLOS ONE they say the gene fault may encourage the formation of blood clots - the ultimate cause of most heart attacks and strokes.
Scientists hope gene tests may help doctors one day to pinpoint individuals more likely to suffer these conditions.
But experts say lifestyle factors such as smoking and exercise have the greatest influence on risk.
Around one in 10 people in the Caucasian population carries this variation of the gene, named PIA2.
And researchers from King's College London reviewed more than 80 studies involving about 50,000 people - the largest analysis of this genetic fault to date.
They found individuals with PIA2 were more likely to have a stroke - caused by a blood clot blocking blood supply to the brain - than those without the gene.
Scientists calculate the gene increases a person's risk of having a stroke by 10-15%.
But how significant this increase is depends on an individual's baseline risk - influenced by factors such as smoking, diet, weight and exercise, the scientists say.
And for people with two copies of the gene the risk rises by up to 70% from this baseline.
In a second study published in the same journal, the scientists show PIA2 is also linked to an increased risk of heart attacks in people under 45.
More research is needed to see whether this holds true for the whole population, they say.
About 150,000 people have a stroke in the UK each year and more than 100,000 heart attacks are recorded annually.
Both thrombotic strokes (the most common kind) and heart attacks are caused by blockage of blood vessels in the heart and brain - ultimately through the formation of clots.
The faulty gene appears to affect a protein called glycoprotein IIIa - present on platelets, natural clotting cells in the blood.
Platelets help trigger the formation of clots to stop bleeding after injury. But scientists say carrying the gene may render them overactive.
They caution that overall the genes play a smaller role in risk than more established factors, such as high blood pressure and obesity.
But developing a genetic test could help predict people at highest risk, allowing doctors to suggest more potent medication or lifestyle changes, they say.
Prof Albert Ferro, of King's College London, who led the research, told the BBC: "We would now need to validate this test and see how useful it is in the clinical world."
Dr Shamim Quadir, of the Stroke Association, said: "These latest results are an important step forward in stroke research.
"We hope the findings from this study could lead to many more people who are most at risk of this devastating condition being identified.
"However, if you have a family history of stroke or have any other risk factors, this does not mean the condition is inevitable. Regular exercise, eating a balanced diet and stopping smoking can be important steps to significantly reduce your stroke risk."
Prof Jeremy Pearson, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "It is as yet uncertain whether a genetic test to detect a variation in this protein would be beneficial for patients in everyday practice.
"All patients who are at risk should be monitored to see whether or not lifestyle changes or medication have a positive impact on the more standard major risk factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol."


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his side emerged successfully from a crucial mental test as they came from behind to beat 10-man Premier League leaders Leicester at Emirates Stadium.

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Substitute Danny Welbeck scored an injury-time winner on his first appearance since April 2015 after Jamie Vardy's disputed penalty put the Foxes ahead before Theo Walcott equalised.
Now two points behind Leicester, Wenger said: "It was a serious mental test because we found ourselves 1-0 down against a team that defends so well."
Wenger celebrated on the touchline at the end while the Gunners players mobbed the returning Welbeck.
And the Gunners manager added: "We came back with relentless energy and took all the risks because we knew a draw wasn't good enough. It was down to our mental desire.
"It was a big mental hurdle for us because we were in shock at being behind at half-time. We didn't see that coming. It is not a coincidence Leicester are top.
"This strengthens our belief that we are in the fight. It would have been massive for us to lose because we would have been eight points behind and that is three games for us to win while Leicester would also have to lose three."
Welbeck's dramatic entrance came after two days in training that convinced Wenger he was fit enough for a place on the bench following knee surgery.
The manager said: "It was a great decision in the end because Danny Welbeck is a great player and everybody is extremely happy for him because he has been out for 10 months.
"He has worked very hard with our fitness team to come back so strong and he got a great reception from the other players in the dressing room. He is a great guy with a great mentality."
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri felt referee Martin Atkinson had been "a little bit severe" on his side.
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The Italian was still so pleased with his table-topping team, however, that he has given them a week off - with the club not in FA Cup action next weekend.
He said: "If I look at the game, I am angry because he gave two yellow cards for two normal fouls by Danny Simpson and the match was full of fouls. Maybe the crowd push and put him under pressure after the penalty. The referee was OK - but maybe a little bit severe on us.
"The players asked if they get nine points from our last three games could they have a week away? Now it is just six points but I am still so happy I told them to go away and we will see you next Monday.
"They gave a fantastic performance with a lot of force, soul and helping each other. I told them 'it's OK - we are still top.'"
From the moment Welbeck scored Arsenal's late winner, the England striker was trending in the United Kingdom. Former team-mates, ex-players and the public tweeted on what could prove a decisive moment in the title race.


A murdered teenager was beaten with a pole in an alcohol and drug-fuelled rage after being mistaken for someone else by his attacker, a court hears.

Conner Marshall, 18, from Barry, died four days after he was seriously assaulted at Trecco Bay caravan park in Porthcawl, Bridgend county, on 8 March.
David James Braddon, 26, from Caerphilly, admitted carrying out the attack.
He is being sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.


Former pharmaceuticals chief executive Martin Shkreli has said he would remain silent if called to testify at a congressional hearing on drug prices.

Mr Shkreli's lawyer informed the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, that he would invoke his right against self-incrimination.
The former hedge fund manager hit the headlines when his company raised the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000%.
He also faces separate criminal charges that he defrauded investors.
The committee sent a letter to Mr Shkreli requesting he testify about his former company Turing Pharmaceuticals' decision to raise the price of the drug Daraprim.
In a statement, Congressman Elijah Cummings, a member of the committee said: "If he [Mr Shkreli] plans on trying to use his own intentional inaction as some kind of bogus excuse for not showing up at Tuesday's hearing, people will see right through such a juvenile tactic."
On Wednesday, Mr Shkreli posted a picture of the subpoena letter on his Twitter account and wrote, "Found this letter. Looks important."
In December, Mr Shkreli was arrested in New York on charges he defrauded investors at a drug company he previously ran, Retrophin, and a hedge fund, MSMB Capital Management, where he was a fund manager.
He has denied the charges and was released on bail pending the trail.
The FBI allege Mr Shkreli "engaged in multiple schemes to ensnare investors through a web of lies and deceit".
The US Securities and Exchange Commission separately charged him with defrauding investors to hide poor investment choices.
Neither of those cases are connected to Daraprim's price increase or Turing Pharmaceuticals.
Mr Shkreli stepped down as Turing's head after his December arrest.


Some 17,000 education and training places could go  as a result of severe cutbacks, the Department for Employment and Learning has revealed.

It means that 1,500  jobs are at risk:  650 in higher education, 500 in further education and 400 civil servants.
About 1,000 places may be lost in universities but 16,000 would go from further education colleges.
The department is being asked to cut £82m or 10.8% from its annual spending.
Employment and Learning Minster Stephen Farry said the level of cuts proposed was "unprecedented".
Mr Farry said: "This document outlines the possible impact on a wide range of functions and services across the department and arms length bodies in response to the executive's draft budget.
"The level of cuts being proposed for the department is unprecedented and this will have far reaching and deep implications across all of the department's provision.
"The potential measures will impact on the universities, colleges and other sectoral training providers and will almost certainly result in a reduction in places offered to train and educate our young people."
The news comes a day after a senior official in the Department of Education predicted at least 2,500 job losses in schools over the next financial year.
The proposed cuts at the Department for Employment and Learning are contained in a draft savings plan that sets out the impact the 2015/16 budget will have on the department.
To date, the department has decided upon reductions of less than half of the required £82m.
BBC News NI education correspondent Maggie Taggart said:  "Some 17,000 fewer places in colleges and universities would be extremely damaging to the prospects of young people.
"71% of the department's budget goes on staff costs and more than 1,500 jobs are at risk."
Mr Farry has also decided to take more than £2m out of the budget for smaller teacher training colleges - a 20% cut.
"It is the money St Mary's and Stranmillis currently get because of their small scale," said our education correspondent.
"He says the payment called the 'premia' does not contribute to front line training  and if he did not remove it , he would have to make even steeper cuts."
NUS-USI president Rebecca Hall said the ramifications for students could be catastrophic.
"Government must make investing in our future a key priority. That means investing in students and in further and higher education," she said.
"Government simply must overturn the proposed cut to DEL funding within the draft budget."
A senior official in the Department of Education has predicted at least 2,500 job losses in schools over the next financial year because of cuts.
Trevor Connolly described the situation as "extremely bleak and difficult".
Mr Connolly said 1,000 teaching jobs and 1,500 non-teaching jobs could be lost and that that figure could rise. He said schools budgets could also be cut.
The Department of Education has to make cuts of £198m to its budget.
Mr Connolly made his remarks when he was giving evidence to the Education Committee at Stormont.
The draft budget is out for public consultation until the end of the month.
The assembly will debate the budget next month.


IAAF president Lord Coe is facing conflict of interest allegations after an email emerged suggesting he lobbied his predecessor over the hosting of the 2021 World Championships.

Eugene, USA, was given the event without a bidding process, despite interest from the Swedish city of Gothenburg.
A BBC investigation has uncovered emails which claim Coe - an ambassador for sports giant Nike and then vice-president of world athletics - "reached out" to Lamine Diack with his support for Eugene's bid.
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The Oregon city, which lost out to Doha with a 2019 bid, is closely associated with Nike.
Leader of the Gothenburg bid at the time and former head of Interpol, Bjorn Eriksson, told the BBC that the conflict of interest allegations needed "an explanation".
When asked about the allegations, Coe told the BBC he "did not lobby anyone" over Eugene's bid, but "encouraged them to re-enter another bidding cycle as they had a strong bid".
The British former Olympic 1500m champion was elected as president of athletics' governing body in August. He received £63,000 from UK Sport to pay for his PR team as part of the election process and said the rest of his campaign was "privately funded".
Coe says that all of his interests were declared to the IAAF's ethics committee and that his views on all the bids for the 2019 World Athletics Championships and Eugene's 2021 bid "are all a matter of public record".
Senagalese Diack, 82, is being investigated over allegations he took payments for deferring sanctions against Russian drugs cheats.
After the World Anti-Doping Agency's (Wada) independent commission report recommended Russia's athletics federation be suspended from international competition, Coe said track and field faced a "long way back" from a "shameful situation" - but that he was "more determined than ever" to lead the sport.
The report's co-author Dick Pound will be publishing the second part of his report later this year, focusing on alleged IAAF corruption.
Coe had been on the IAAF evaluation commission which visited Doha, Eugene, and the other unsuccessful bidder for 2019, Barcelona.
After its disappointment, Track Town USA, the organisation behind the Eugene bid - which is closely associated with Nike - quickly turned its attention to 2021, and began lobbying the IAAF.
The efforts of Vin Lananna, Track Town USA's chief, paid off and in April this year at an IAAF meeting in Beijing, Diack announced a surprise vote on whether to bypass a normal bidding process, and simply hand the 2021 games to Eugene.
Several IAAF council members have told the BBC that Diack made clear his support for Eugene, and urged his fellow members to follow suit. The secret vote was carried by 23-1, with one abstention.
A bid process did not take place when the Japanese city of Osaka was awarded the 2007 World Championships.
Eriksson, the then head of Swedish athletics who was in charge of Gothenburg's bid, told the BBC he had been personally assured by both Coe and Diack that it would get a chance to bid for 2021.
"The idea we don't even get the chance to deliver an offer, we don't get the chance to be judged," he said. "That makes me still furious."
Eriksson is now demanding answers over whether Coe himself played any role in the process.
Coe told the BBC he believed the 2021 games would only be awarded after a bidding process until the IAAF council meeting in April, at which Diack told its members to award the event to Eugene.
Lananna is on record as saying that neither Nike nor Coe had anything to do with the bidding process, other than Coe's right to vote on it as an IAAF member.
The BBC has obtained an internal Nike email that could throw doubt on that claim.
The email, dated 30 January 2015, is from Craig Masback, director of business affairs for Nike's Global Sports Marketing, to Lananna and Robert Fasulo, both from Track Town USA.
Masback was chief executive for USA Track and Field (USATF) for more than 10 years before joining Nike in 2008.
The email, titled '2021' and in which Coe is referred to as "Seb", reads: "I spoke with Seb this morning. We covered several topics but I asked specifically about 2021.
"He made clear his support for 2021 in Eugene but made equally clear he had reached out to Diack specifically on this topic and got a clear statement from Diack that 'I am not going to take any action at the April meeting (in Beijing) to choose a 2021 site'."
Yet it was at that April meeting of the IAAF's council that Diack announced the surprise vote on giving the championships directly to Eugene.
Other emails seen by the BBC reveal that Lananna made at least one trip to Europe to visit Diack a few weeks after this email was written.
And by 15 April 2015, Track Town USA's campaign had paid off.
"We got 24 hours' notice of this vote and it was made clear to us what Lamine wanted - he wanted Eugene to get these championships," an IAAF council member told the BBC. The decision was announced on 16 April.
The BBC showed the emails to Eriksson, who is also the former president of international police organisation Interpol.
"It doesn't look good. It doesn't good at all. I would very much [like to] hear the explanation for this," Eriksson said. "I've never seen it before.
"I would very much like to hear how could this be explained. It is a very good question to Sebastian Coe. What is this?"
Asked how he felt about the whole 2021 process, Eriksson said: "It smells and it has to be investigated. That's for the sport, for everybody involved."
Eriksson also cautioned Coe on his association with Nike, which is reported to be worth around £100,000 per year to the double Olympic gold medallist.
He said: "I'd say it doesn't help at all, I'd say it's a major problem."
While Nike is not an official IAAF sponsor, it could benefit from the games being held in Eugene.
Nike is a global superpower in athletics - particularly in the USA where it has a sponsorship deal with USATF until 2040 - but came in for criticism when it re-signed twice-banned American sprinter Justin Gatlin.
It is also the kit sponsor for the Russian athletics federation - the subject of a recent, damning report by a Wada independent commission.
And earlier this year, the elite Nike Oregon Project training camp and its coach Alberto Salazar was at the centre of doping allegations by BBC Panorama, which have been denied, but remain the subject of a US Anti-Doping Agency investigation.
Q:        Did you lobby the IAAF and/or Lamine Diack on behalf of Eugene 2021? If so, given your role with Nike and Nike's close association with Eugene and Track Town USA, what would you say to those who would consider this to be a conflict of interest?
A:        No, I did not lobby anyone on behalf of the Eugene 2021 bid. After their narrow defeat for the 2019 Championships I encouraged them to re-enter another bidding cycle as they had a strong bid. My views on all the bids for the 2019 World Athletics Championships (including Eugene) are a matter of record as I was chair of the evaluation commission for those bids. All my interests were, and continue to be, fully declared to the IAAF ethics committee and listed at the House of Lords.
Q:        Did you ever discuss the Eugene 2021 bid with any Nike employee, official or executives? If so, with whom, and when?
A:        Not unless I was asked if Eugene should rebid to which I would have replied 'yes' given how close they came to winning and the strength of their bid. My views are all a matter of public record as the media covered this extensively at the time.
Q:        Did you tell any Nike employee, official or executive in January 2015, that you were in favour of the IAAF World Championships coming to Eugene in 2021? If so, given your position at the IAAF, what would you say to those who would consider this advance statement of support to be a conflict of interest?
A:      I have long believed we should have a World Championship for athletics in the USA given the strength and size of this market and have had discussions with US Track and Field, the USOC (United States Olympic Committee), and cities and states in the USA many times. It is up to those organisations to put forward the proposal of a city, not me.
Q:        The BBC has been told by Swedish Athletics that it was assured by you personally, as well as by Lamine Diack, that the 2021 games would only be awarded after a bidding process. Did you say this? If so, how do you then explain what happened?
A:        I would have done as that was my view right up to the council meeting in Beijing when president Diack told the council of 25 people there were political and financial considerations in terms of the way the funding package came together for Eugene that may not be present again and we should award 2021 to Eugene. The overwhelming majority of IAAF council members from all parts of the globe decided to take the world track and field championships into a market where we have never been before. The situation was unusual but not unprecedented. A bid process did not take place when Osaka was awarded the 2007 World Championships. The process for bidding is already being reviewed as part of a wide range of reforms currently being prepared.
Q:        The BBC understands that a significant amount of public money, via UK Sport, was made available to you to help fund your presidential campaign. In light of the events at the IAAF, which some say stands accused of being "worse than Fifa", do you believe this was good value for money for the UK taxpayer? If so, why?
A:        I am very grateful for UK Sport's assistance.  It was offered to me, and to others, as part of UK Sport's role to promote the UK's sporting interests internationally by assisting with the appointment of individuals into key international roles. Two thirds of the campaign was privately funded.
Q:        UK Sport has confirmed that it provided £63,000 worth of funding to pay for your PR team at Vero. Can you confirm how you funded the rest of the campaign? ie. travel and expenses?
A:        Two-thirds of the campaign was privately funded.


Northampton Town extended their lead at the top of League Two to five points with victory over 10-man York City.

York's Russell Penn had an effort cleared off the line by Lee Martin, before Martin's corner set up John-Joe O'Toole to head the hosts in front.
Marc Richards doubled the lead after the break when he collected Ricky Holmes' pass to fire into the net.
The Minstermen were then reduced to 10 men when Luke Hendrie was shown a straight red card for a foul on Holmes.
The result meant the Minstermen remain bottom of League Two, four points adrift of safety.
Northampton Town manager Chris Wilder told BBC Radio Northampton:
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"The conditions were unbelievable but we tried to get the ball down and play.
"As always the result was most important and we looked dangerous in real tough conditions.
"We are after points and we just have to keep rolling the wins out if we want to achieve."
York City manager Jackie McNamara told BBC Radio York:
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"I was disappointed with the goals we lost, one from their corner and one from a breakaway from our corner.
"Before both goals we had chances ourselves that were cleared off the line.
"It was never a red card. I've seen it back. I think the referee's decision was influenced by certain things going on."


People living in the Scottish Borders have seen the fastest rise in disposable incomes of anywhere in the UK, according to new figures.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the highest level of income growth in 2013 was in rural areas, especially in Scotland.
Disposable incomes grew faster in the Borders, West Cumbria and the Western Isles than in Kensington and Chelsea.
But residents of central London remain easily the richest in the country.
Westminster had the highest level of disposable income anywhere in the country, at an average of £43,577 per person.
Residents of the four wealthiest boroughs in London had more than twice the income of the average UK resident, which was £17,559.
Gross disposable household income (GDHI) per head grew by 5.2% in the Borders, and 5.1% in both West Cumbria and the Western Isles.
By contrast, residents of Kensington and Chelsea, like those in Hammersmith and Fulham, saw incomes rise by 3.7%.
GDHI measures the amount of income people have left after paying taxes and receiving benefit payments - the amount they can actually spend.
But many areas of the UK also saw falls in GDHI in 2013.
Parts of north-east London were the worst affected, including Redbridge and Waltham Forest, where incomes fell by 3.8%.
Other parts of the UK with fast-falling incomes were South Nottinghamshire, Manchester, Luton, Enfield and York. Residents of all these areas had a decline in incomes of more than 3% between 2012 and 2013.


Richard Johnson notched the 3,000th winner of his career as he continued his march to the champion jockey title with a victory at Ludlow on Monday.

The 38-year-old won the opening race at the Shropshire track on favourite St Saviour to reach his landmark.
"I really must say that I'm only as good as the horses I ride and the trainers and owners I've been associated with," said Johnson.
"I'd like to thank all the people I've ridden for over the past 22 years."
Johnson's tally is made up of 2,977 jump wins in the United Kingdom, 17 in Ireland, four flat and two international victories.
His 172nd winner of the season puts him 70 clear at the top of this year's standings as he looks to clinch the title dominated by 20-time champion AP McCoy prior to his retirement in April.
Johnson, from Hereford, has ridden in 16,744 races and needs four to reach 3,000 jump wins - a feat only McCoy has managed.


A soldier who died while training in Brecon, south Wales, had just finished an eight-mile fitness test, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Cpl Joshua Hoole, 26, of Ecclefechan, near Lockerbie, died during pre-course training for the Platoon Sergeants' Battle Course.
Ambulances were called to Dering Lines infantry training centre in Brecon shortly before 09:00 BST on Tuesday.
The MoD said he collapsed after arriving back at the barracks.
Cpl Hoole was serving in the Rifles regiment at ITC Catterick. The cause of his death is not yet known and police are investigating.
An MoD spokesman said: "It was a two-week course and they were on day two.
"They all did the annual fitness test which is an eight-mile route carrying 25kg in two hours. No-one can do the route in less than one hour [and] 50 minutes.
"The annual fitness test is the first thing you do. This test gets done all across the infantry and is not supposed to be taxing."
The spokesman said the officer in charge would have checked the weather conditions and the temperature as part of his duties, on what was the hottest day of the year so far in Wales.
"It was 17 degrees when they started and 21 or 22 degrees when they finished," the spokesman said.
He said the Army had looked at how training was carried out following previous deaths - including the three soldiers who died during a SAS selection exercise in 2013.
"Where practicable, every recommendation and report has been implemented in order to ensure soldiers training is made as safe as possible," he added.
Tributes have been paid to Cpl Hoole, who was due to get married and be the best man at his brother's wedding.
His grandfather, John Craig described him as a "beautiful grandson" and a "super fit boy."
He said: "He was a dedicated soldier," adding he "always wanted to be top dog".
His aunt, Morag Craig, told BBC Wales that the family will demand to know why he died.
"We are going to ask that question," she said.
She described Cpl Hoole as "absolutely fantastic" and "always there for any of us in the family".
"There was nothing he wouldn't do for you - he had a heart of gold."
"I think we are hoping that we'll wake up and someone has been playing a joke," she said, "but now it's starting to hit home."
His step mother Carol Jeffreys posted on her Facebook page: "Rest easy soldier. My beautiful stepson. Can't believe it. Will always love you.
"So very proud of you. Thoughts with your family and fiancee."
Friend Kyle Blackburn said: "We are all going to miss you, there was never a dull moment when you were around.
"Always had something to say to me even though it was cheek. Sleep tight, always be proud to call you my mate."
Dyfed-Powys Police said it was working closely with the MoD and Cpl Hoole's next of kin had been informed.
An ambulance service spokesman said it was called to the infantry training centre at Dering Lines "to reports of a medical emergency". The Wales Air Ambulance also attended.
The Health and Safety Executive said it had been informed of the death.
A spokesman added: "Dyfed-Powys Police are leading the initial enquiries into the soldier's death and HSE will not speculate at this stage on the exact circumstances of this fatal incident."
Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin told the House of Commons defence committee she wanted to express her sorrow at the "very sad death" and to "make the commitment that the Ministry of Defence will, of course, be undertaking a full investigation".
Cpl Hoole's death comes three years after three soldiers died during an SAS training exercise in the Brecon Beacons on 13 July 2013, one of the hottest days of the year.
L/Cpls Edward Maher and Craig Roberts died on the beacons after suffering heatstroke during a 16-mile (26km) SAS test march on 13 July 2013.
Cpl James Dunsby died from multiple organ failure in Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital more than two weeks later.
A coroner ruled neglect played a part in their deaths.
L/Cpl Dunsby's widow, Bryher Dunsby, offered her condolences to Cpl Hoole's family.
She said: "I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences and my love to Joshua's fiancÃ©e, family and friends following another tragic death in training at Brecon.
"I sincerely hope that all the inquiries into this incident are conducted promptly, with truth, integrity and total transparency by the MoD."
The Platoon Sergeants' Battle Course is a promotion qualifying course to the rank of Sergeant for Rifle Company Platoon Sergeants, the MoD website says.
It is said to be both mentally and physically demanding but students "receive the highest level of tuition and testing to ensure they are fully prepared for the rigours of command".


A security software firm has warned about a new strain of "ransomware" - while finding that even Russian hackers can be haggled down.

Ransomware is software which locks you out of your files until a fee is paid to the criminals behind the attack.
Checkpoint researcher Natalia Kolesova detailed information about Troldash, a newly-discovered strain.
Once it infects a machine, Troldash provides an email address with which to contact the attackers.
"While the most ransom-trojan attackers try to hide themselves and avoid any direct contact," Ms Kolesova explained, "Troldesh's creators provide their victims with an e-mail address. The attackers use this email correspondence to demand a ransom and dictate a payment method."
Troldash was distributed via a spam email - and once downloaded, immediately set to work encrypting files before placing a text file of ransom instructions on the target's computer.
Posing as a victim named Olga, the researcher contacted the scam artist, and received a reply with instructions to pay 250 euros to get the files back.
Suspecting the reply was automated, Ms Kolesova pressed for a more human response, asking more details about how to transfer the money, and pleading with the hacker to not make them pay.
Responding in Russian, the scammer offered to accept 12,000 roubles, a discount of around 15%. After Ms Kolesova pleaded further, the email response read: "The best I can do is bargain."
Eventually the unknown man or woman was talked into accepting 7,000 roubles - 50% less than the first demand.
"Perhaps if I had continued bargaining, I could have gotten an even bigger discount," Ms Kolesova concluded.
Ransomware is a particularly vicious problem for many victims around the world. One strain, Cryptolocker, was said to have infected more than 250,000 computers worldwide.
Another variant locked users out of their favourite games unless they paid a fee.
The company did not pay the ransom - and recommended that up-to-date security software designed to protect against ransomware and other attacks was a better approach.
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A fourth book detailing the trials and tribulations of Bridget Jones is to be published in October.

Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries by Helen Fielding will come out a month after a new film, titled Bridget Jones's Baby, hits cinemas.
Both follow the character's "somewhat bumpy journey into motherhood" after she gets pregnant, and the "terribly awkward" question of who the father is.
Bridget first appeared in a column in The Independent newspaper in 1995.
A book version of the fictional diaries became a best-seller the following year, and was followed by two more full novels and two films.
The most recent book, Mad About The Boy, came out in 2013 and revealed Bridget had married Mark Darcy and had produced two children - but Darcy was killed off in the interim between the second and third books.
Publisher Jonathan Cape said the new book would be set after the events in 1999's The Edge of Reason but before Mad About The Boy.
Fielding said: "At heart Bridget Jones is about the gap between how we all feel we're expected to be and how we actually are and - as Bridget discovers with her somewhat bumpy pregnancy - how we expect life to turn out and how it actually does.
The upcoming film, which is released on 16 September, will see Renee Zellweger return to the title role.
In the movie, Bridget becomes pregnant but does not know whether the father is Darcy, played by Colin Firth, or American billionaire Jack Qwant, played by Patrick Dempsey.
Hugh Grant, who played a love interest in the previous films, is not thought to feature this time.
The screenplay has been co-written by Emma Thompson, who also appears as a midwife.


League One side Oldham Athletic have released midfielder George Green by mutual consent.

The 19-year-old moved to the Latics in the summer on a two-year deal after his release by Everton, but has made his only start in the Football League Trophy at Shrewsbury.
He moved to Goodison Park from Bradford aged 15 for a reported fee of £2m.
Green made four appearances overall during his time at Oldham and is now a free agent.


The European Commission is to suggest using an EU-wide emergency fund as part of the Greek bailout - despite UK opposition.

EU officials said the commission had legal backing to use the fund for loans of 12bn euros which could be given to Greece in the coming weeks.
The final decision will be made by a qualified majority of EU countries, which means the UK could be outvoted.
But Chancellor George Osborne said the eurozone should "foot its own bill".
The debate relates to the European Financial Stability Mechanism (EFSM) which is a fund to support any of the 28 EU member states in financial difficulty.
It is funded by borrowing against the EU budget, to which the UK contributes.
The voting rules mean 15 countries representing 65% of the EU population would have to support using the fund - so the UK and the Czech Republic, which also objected, could be outvoted by the likes of France, which is in favour.
BBC Europe Correspondent Chris Morris said it was "certainly possible" that the fund would be invoked and there was "not much" the British government could do about it.
Prime Minister David Cameron said in 2010 he had won a "clear and unanimous agreement" that the EFSM would not be used for further eurozone bailouts, after it was used to assist Ireland and Portugal.
Instead, responsibility was meant to fall on member states using the single currency.
But a commission source told BBC Europe correspondent Chris Morris the 2010 agreement would not apply in this case, and that the fund could be used to provide bridge financing for about four weeks until a new permanent bailout for Greece could be fully negotiated.
Britain would be liable for roughly 15% of any request - in the form of a guarantee rather than a hard cash transfer, he said.
Downing Street said there was no proposal at the EU finance ministers' meeting for the EFSM to be used.
A source close to the chancellor told BBC political correspondent Chris Mason the British government was "immovable on the key principle" that "British taxpayers won't contribute to Eurozone bailouts".
When pushed about the prospect of the UK losing such a vote, he was told "we will cross that bridge when we come to it".
Speaking as he arrived in Brussels, Mr Osborne said: "It's in the interests of economic stability across Europe that this Greek deal is now signed and sealed.
"But let me be very clear. Britain is not in the euro, so the idea that British taxpayers are going to be on the line for this Greek deal is a complete non-starter. The eurozone needs to foot its own bill."


The Northern Ireland construction industry had its best performance in almost two years in the last quarter of 2014, official figures have suggested.

The value of work was up by 7% compared to the same quarter in 2013.
An increase in house building, up 10.5% on the same period last year, drove the improved performance.
However, the output of the industry is still dramatically below its peak in 2007.
The Construction Bulletin, produced by the Department of Finance, said that "over the last four quarters, construction output appears to have stabilised".
However, it added that it is "too early to say whether this is a part of a sustained recovery".
The bulletin also said that in the past two years, housing output "looks like it may have reached its lowest points".
House building is still around 60% lower than its 2007 peak.
Construction employers welcomed the rise and said it was "positive news for the local industry".
"Overall, 2014 marks the first year since 2007 in which output has not significantly declined year on year," they said.
"It is too early to say for certain, but we firmly hope that this means we have reached the bottom."


A two-year-old girl whose rare illness prompted a worldwide marrow donor appeal has died at home.

Margot Martini, who had two forms of leukaemia, "died peacefully and was surrounded by those who love her," her family said in a statement.
Margot, from Roehampton in London, had a bone marrow transplant in February but the cancer later returned.
Earlier this month her parents, from Essington, Staffordshire, said Margot was unable to fight an infection.
The appeal for Margot inspired "tens of thousands" of people to register as potential stem cell donors, a spokeswoman for Delete Blood Cancer UK said.
Richard Branson, Boris Becker and David Tennant were among those who backed the Team Margot campaign.
Tributes for Margot are being left on the Team Margot Facebook page, where people described the toddler and her family as "inspirational".
The statement from her parents Vicki and Yaser and their two older sons said Margot died on Monday morning.
"Thank you all for your love and support," it added.


Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said it is "disgusted" by Afghan government statements justifying an air strike on its hospital in Kunduz, calling it an "admission of a war crime".

The charity blames US-led Nato forces for Saturday's attack which killed at least 22 people, including MSF staff.
The US is investigating the incident.
Afghan government forces have regained control of much of Kunduz from Taliban fighters who overran the strategic northern city last week.
Sites that appear to have been retaken by government troops include the police chief's office, the central square and the governor's compound, where security forces were shown by local media carrying the national flag.
Residents were reported to be venturing out of their homes and shops reopening on Monday. However, there were still pockets of Taliban resistance on the outskirts of Kunduz.
US-led Nato forces provided back-up for Afghan troops last week as they battled to regain Kunduz.
On Saturday the Afghan defence ministry said "armed terrorists" were using the hospital "as a position to target Afghan forces and civilians".
MSF said in a statement: "These statements imply that Afghan and US forces working together decided to raze to the ground a fully functioning hospital - with more than 180 staff and patients inside - because they claim that members of the Taliban were present.
"This amounts to an admission of a war crime. This utterly contradicts the initial attempts of the US government to minimise the attack as 'collateral damage.'"
The Pentagon says a full, transparent investigation will be conducted into the incident. On Monday the top coalition commander in Afghanistan, Gen John Campbell, said it was Afghan forces that had called in the airstrike that hit the clinic.
Reversing an earlier Pentagon statement, he also said US forces had not been under fire at the time.
MSF has called for an independent investigation by an international body.
Twelve MSF staff members and 10 patients were killed when the hospital was hit.
Dozens were injured and the hospital severely damaged by a series of air strikes lasting more than an hour from 02:00 local time on Saturday morning.
On its Twitter feed, MSF said: "The hospital was repeatedly and precisely hit during each aerial raid, while the rest of the compound was left mostly untouched.
"Not a single member of our staff reported any fighting inside the hospital compound prior to the US air strike on Saturday morning."
But one local man, Mohammad Arif, who told the BBC he had been at the hospital with his injured son at the time of the bombing, gave a different account.
"The Taliban were pushed by the security forces and they ran towards the hospital and most of them went in to the lower ground floor. Some were outside and I could hear and see that both sides were firing at each other," he said.
MSF said it was pulling most of its staff out of the area but some medical staff were treating the wounded at other clinics.
"All critical patients have been referred to other health facilities and no MSF staff are working in our hospital," a spokeswoman for the charity told AFP news agency.
MSF says the hospital was a lifeline for thousands in the city and in northern Afghanistan.
US President Barack Obama has expressed his condolences and said he would await the conclusions of an inquiry before making a definitive judgement.
The UN called the strikes "inexcusable and possibly even criminal", with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for a thorough and impartial investigation.


The Welsh flag will be allowed to fly at the Eurovision Song Contest after organisers decided to "relax the flag policy".

It had been on a list of banned flags, along with ISIS, despite the UK entry featuring a Welsh singer.
Previously only flags of contest members and UN states were allowed due to the event's non-political nature.
Organisers have now agreed to allow the national, regional and local flags of the participants.
The Eurovision Song Contest announced that it had held "constructive talks" and that its proposal had been approved by its governing body, the Reference Group.
This means the Welsh flag can fly at the Stockholm final on 14 May in support of the UK entry, which features Joe Woolford from Ruthin, Denbighshire.
He will performing You're Not Alone with Jake Shakeshaft from Stoke-on-Trent.
Both singers were former contestants on The Voice UK.


The number of exotic pets rescued by the Scottish SPCA has increased by almost three-quarters in five years.

The charity is seeking new homes for the 265 reptiles - including snakes, terrapins and lizards - that it took in last year.
But officials said they received fewer inquiries for the creatures than they do for more "cuddly" pets like dogs.
Spokesman Mike Flynn said:  "With snakes especially, a lot of people are put off by their appearance."
But he added: "We know there are plenty of reptile enthusiasts out there who would appreciate them for the stunning creatures they are."
The charity revealed that 100 snakes and 95 terrapins were among the rescued pets.
Mr Flynn, a chief superintendent with the charity, said: "Lots of people know we rescue and rehome cats, dogs and other more traditional pets, but many might be surprised to learn about our more unusual creatures.
"Unfortunately we don't receive as many inquiries about our exotic residents."
The charity say they would love to hear from pet owners with the time, knowledge and resources to offer a home to an exotic animal.


A female from the first wild beaver colony in England for centuries has given birth to at least two young.

New footage shows the kits being helped through the water by their mother.
The images taken in Devon by local filmmaker Tom Buckley provide the first evidence of the new arrivals.
The Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) said the slowly expanding population would help to provide an insight into their effect on the surrounding River Otter system in east Devon.
The Angling Trust warned that a population increase could have detrimental effects on other wildlife.
Mark Elliott, from the DWT, said: "We are thrilled that the beavers have bred. The baby kits appear fit and healthy â€¦ This tells us that the beavers are very much at home in this corner of Devon."
The two females were found to be pregnant when they were taken in to captivity to be tested for disease. It's not thought that the other female has yet had her kits.
The colony of wild beavers was first spotted living on the River Otter in February 2014.
In January 2015, Natural England granted a licence to the Devon Wildlife Trust that allowed the beavers to remain on the river, as part of a pilot experiment.
This is the first time that an extinct mammal has been re-introduced to England. Other species, such as wild boar, have naturalised after escaping from enclosures.
Beavers were hunted to extinction in England and Wales for their valuable fur and glandular oil during the 12th Century and disappeared from the rest of the UK 400 years later.
Steve Hussey, from the DWT, said "We have no plans to tag them at the moment. If we do, it will just be for identification purposes. The less we disturb them the better.
"They are healthy beavers, so they will breed. But they are not like rodents, they only have one litter a year, and they take two to three years to reach sexual maturity. The river system in east Devon is nowhere near filled to capacity. "
Beavers are known as a "keystone species" because of the dramatic impact they have on their environment. They fell large and small trees, and create sophisticated dams that hold vast amounts of water. They use these lakes as "superhighways" to get to foraging areas.
Tom Buckley commented: "When I saw these new born baby beavers I was totally overwhelmed and I thought it was a miracle.
"One of the kits, however, seemed extremely unhappy to be out in the big wide world and as soon as its mother let it go, it rushed back to its burrow. Not surprising really - the world can be a very scary place."
Mark Owen, from the Angling Trust, said the fact the young beavers would not be tagged or tracked meant the trial lacked any "scientific credibility".
"There is an increasing prospect of a population explosion that could do considerable harm to other wildlife through the uncontrolled damming up of watercourses which can, among other things, prevent fish from reaching their spawning grounds," he said.
"This irresponsible programme should never have begun and it won't be long before the substantial sums spent in other European countries in dealing with problems caused by beavers will be required here in the UK."
But Friends of the Earth campaigner Alasdair Cameron said: "[Beavers] bring huge benefits to the countryside - boosting biodiversity and keeping the rivers clean - we're delighted that they are back and doing well."
The DWT is urging people not to search for the kits as they would be disturbed by noise and dogs.
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A decision on whether to allow fracking at a site in North Yorkshire will be taken on 20 May, the county council has said.

Third Energy submitted an application to extract shale gas at a site near Kirby Misperton in Ryedale in May 2015.
The authority said a report on the application had not yet been finalised but it had received more than 4,000 representations about the proposals.
Third Energy said it aimed to "minimise disruption to the local community".
Rasik Valand, chief executive of the company, said: "The hydraulic fracturing and testing is a key step towards determining the viability of producing gas from this hybrid sandstone and shale formation in North Yorkshire."
The county council's decision on the planning application had originally been expected last November but was delayed after the authority requested more information from Third Energy.
The council said it recognised there would be considerable public interest in the decision and was making arrangements to ensure the meeting, at County Hall in Northallerton, was managed "safely and effectively".
Environmental permits have already been granted to Third Energy by the Environment Agency.