http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics Sat, 25 May 2013 22:50:57 +0100 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014235-i-will-stand-for-iaaf-presidency-only-if-diack-steps-down-claims-coe http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014235-i-will-stand-for-iaaf-presidency-only-if-diack-steps-down-claims-coe By Tom Degun

May 15 - Britain's Sebastian Coe (right) has claimed that he will stand to become the new International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President only if current incumbent Lamine Diack (left) decides to step down when his latest four-year term ends in 2015, as he had promised.]]> tom.degun@insidethegames.biz (Tom Degun) Athletics Wed, 15 May 2013 22:22:22 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014226-eriksson-quits-as-uk-athletics-olympic-head-coach-after-just-seven-months-in-the-role http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014226-eriksson-quits-as-uk-athletics-olympic-head-coach-after-just-seven-months-in-the-role By Tom Degun

May 15 - Peter Eriksson has sensationally quit as British Athletics Olympic head coach just seven months after taking over from Charles van Commenee.]]> tom.degun@insidethegames.biz (Tom Degun) Athletics Wed, 15 May 2013 10:42:48 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014277-kiplagat-extends-long-reign-as-head-of-athletics-kenya-but-allies-beaten http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014277-kiplagat-extends-long-reign-as-head-of-athletics-kenya-but-allies-beaten By Duncan Mackay

May 14 - Isaiah Kiplagat has won another five-year term as chairman of Athletics Kenya, extending a run which started in 1992, but lost two of his closest allies when Joseph Kinyua and public relations officer Peter Angweyi were surprisingly voted out of office. ]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Tue, 14 May 2013 17:27:03 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014187-qatar-may-play-more-central-role-in-iaaf-diamond-league-sponsorship-and-broadcasting http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014187-qatar-may-play-more-central-role-in-iaaf-diamond-league-sponsorship-and-broadcasting By Mike Rowbottom

May 12 - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League, which is seeking a title sponsor following the ending of Samsung's connection with the event, may look to a Qatari business to fill the gap.]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Sun, 12 May 2013 19:23:42 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014169-kalmadi-to-be-challenged-for-head-of-asian-athletics-association-by-qatari http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014169-kalmadi-to-be-challenged-for-head-of-asian-athletics-association-by-qatari By Mike Rowbottom in Doha

May 11 - Dahlan al Hamad, President of the Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF), will seek to take over the Presidency of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) this year from the disgraced Indian Suresh Kalmadi, in order to set in motion a series of profound reforms in the region.]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Sat, 11 May 2013 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014165-rudisha-one-of-11-world-leading-athletes-as-2013-iaaf-diamond-league-gets-flying-start-in-doha http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014165-rudisha-one-of-11-world-leading-athletes-as-2013-iaaf-diamond-league-gets-flying-start-in-doha By Mike Rowbottom at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha

May 10 - The 2013 IAAF Diamond League got off to a flying start on a warm and balmy night here with a sequence of 11 world-leading performances, highlighted by a characteristically graceful victory by Kenya's Olympic and world 800 metres champion David Rudisha.]]> mike.rowbottom@insidethegames.biz (Mike Rowbottom) Athletics Fri, 10 May 2013 19:18:10 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014160-doha-bid-for-2019-world-championships-to-draw-on-lessons-from-london-defeat-says-head-of-qatar-athletics-federation http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014160-doha-bid-for-2019-world-championships-to-draw-on-lessons-from-london-defeat-says-head-of-qatar-athletics-federation By Mike Rowbottom in Doha

May 10 - Doha's bid for the 2019 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships, which seems certain to go ahead, will draw on the lessons learned from its defeat by London in the contest for the 2017 version, the Qatari Athletics Federation President Dahlan al Hamad said here today.]]> mike.rowbottom@insidethegames.biz (Mike Rowbottom) Athletics Fri, 10 May 2013 15:24:20 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014156-diamond-league-sponsor-not-life-or-death-says-iaaf-president-diack http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014156-diamond-league-sponsor-not-life-or-death-says-iaaf-president-diack By Mike Rowbottom in Doha

May 9 - The International Association of Athletics Federations would "welcome" a new title sponsor for the Diamond League following the withdrawal of Samsung after three years' commitment, but it will "not be a question of life or death", the IAAF President, Lamine Diack, announced here today.]]> mike.rowbottom@insidethegames.biz (Mike Rowbottom) Athletics Thu, 09 May 2013 16:45:31 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014100-jonathan-edwards-former-coach-given-new-role-in-british-athletics http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014100-jonathan-edwards-former-coach-given-new-role-in-british-athletics By Duncan Mackay

May 7 - Jonathan Edwards' former coach, Peter Stanley, has been appointed as the new strategic head of coaching and development in a joint initiative launched by UK Athletics and England Athletics. ]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Tue, 07 May 2013 10:00:00 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014093-italian-athletics-federation-choose-september-12-as-day-to-remember-mennea http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014093-italian-athletics-federation-choose-september-12-as-day-to-remember-mennea By Duncan Mackay

May 6 - September 12 has been desginated "Mennea Day" in memory of Pietro Mennea, the 1980 Olympic 200 metres champion who died earlier this year, by FIDAL, Italy's national athletics federation.]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Mon, 06 May 2013 18:37:21 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014077-double-olympian-re-elected-president-of-hungarian-athletics-federation http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014077-double-olympian-re-elected-president-of-hungarian-athletics-federation By Duncan Mackay

May 4 - Miklós Gyulai, who has competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympics, has been re-elected as President of the Hungarian Athletics Federation (MASZ) for a second four-year term.]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Sat, 04 May 2013 15:17:07 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014060-bulgaria-estonia-and-sweden-chosen-to-host-top-european-athletics-events http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014060-bulgaria-estonia-and-sweden-chosen-to-host-top-european-athletics-events By Duncan Mackay

May 4 - Samokov in Bulgaria, Tallinn in Estonia and Eskilstuna in Sweden have all been chosen to host European Athletics events at the organisation's Council meeting in Berlin today.]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Sat, 04 May 2013 14:41:37 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014051-olympic-1500m-champion-faces-being-stripped-of-gold-medal-after-iaaf-launch-investigation http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014051-olympic-1500m-champion-faces-being-stripped-of-gold-medal-after-iaaf-launch-investigation By Duncan Mackay

May 3 - Turkey's Asli Çakır Alptekin faces being stripped of the Olympic gold medal she won in the 1500 metres at London 2012 after it was confirmed that she is being investigated by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for doping.
]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Fri, 03 May 2013 15:45:33 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014040-french-and-japan-sign-new-athletics-agreement-ahead-of-rio-2016 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014040-french-and-japan-sign-new-athletics-agreement-ahead-of-rio-2016 By Duncan Mackay

May 1 - France and Japan's athletics athletics federations have signed a bilateral partnership agreement to try to raise standards in the build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympics. ]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Wed, 01 May 2013 19:55:32 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014020-exclusive-european-games-proposing-own-athletics-event-if-governing-body-refuse-to-sign-up http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014020-exclusive-european-games-proposing-own-athletics-event-if-governing-body-refuse-to-sign-up By Duncan Mackay

May 1 - Azerbaijani officials are planning to hold a special invitational athletics meeting as part of the inaugural European Games in Baku in 2015 because the continent's governing body is currently refusing to sign up to the event.]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Wed, 01 May 2013 14:30:07 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014000-russian-olympic-silver-medallist-given-10-year-ban-after-testing-positive-for-drugs http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014000-russian-olympic-silver-medallist-given-10-year-ban-after-testing-positive-for-drugs By Duncan Mackay

April 30 - Russian discus thrower Darya Pishchalnikova will be stripped of her Olympic silver medal she won at London 2012 after being given a 10-year doping following a second positive test.]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:58:09 +0100 http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014132-austrian-record-holder-banned-for-eight-years-after-second-doping-offence http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1014132-austrian-record-holder-banned-for-eight-years-after-second-doping-offence By Duncan Mackay

April 29 - Susanne Pumper, Austria's most successful female long-distance runner, has been suspended for eight years after being found to have been involved with drugs for a second time. ]]> duncan.mackay@insidethegames.biz (Duncan Mackay) Athletics Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:30:36 +0100