The Asian Athletics Championships is set for its return after a four-year absence from tomorrow in Thailand's capital Bangkok.

the 50th anniversary of the Asian Athletics Association.World Athletics President and International Olympic

September 23 to October 8.All 45 medal events are due to be staged on the track and in the field, with no marathon

Games men's long jump silver medallist Murali Sreeshankar headlines India's team of 54 athletes, with Olympic

One way or another, the shadow of war looks set to hang over Paris 2024. The only question is whether the conflict will still be ongoing, or whether Olympicland will be attempting to navigate its aftermath.

The latter scenario is where the Movement found itself 99 years ago, the last time the Olympic Games

How Thomas Bach, the present International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, would love to be reading

first to the last the national idea predominated”, adding that it was only rarely - as when Finland's marathon

winner Albin Stenroos entered the Olympic stadium - that spectators "touched the real Olympic moment

to that which the revival of the games has sought to create," the newspaper said.The victory in the marathon

Bras Marie, Bras de Grenelle, and Bercy have been named as the three sites on the River Seine in Paris that are due to be open for public swimming by the summer of 2025.

Hidalgo revealed the locations for swimming in the Seine, a key legacy ambition of the city hosting Olympic

due to play a central part at Paris 2024 as it is planned to host part of the Opening Ceremony, the marathon

wastewater collection networks for the 260 boats moored in Paris.Of the 160 boats that are upstream of the Olympic

Marathon matches were the theme of day seven of tennis's Wimbledon Championships in London, as the men

On the women’s side, top seed Iga Świątek of Poland was given a big scare by Olympic champion Belinda

decider 6-3 and claim victory in three hours and three minutes on Centre Court.At the same time, another marathon

Stayed and waited" {at the net}.There was also a marathon men’s match to start the day on Centre Court

Poor air quality in London means the capital may not be considered for big athletics events in future, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has warned.

World Athletics Championships in the foreseeable future where we’re going to say our race walking, marathon

Maybe with one of the big marathon majors, a London or Chicago or New York, at a slightly more equitable

Paris next year, we’ve got an Olympic Games there."

If those Olympic Games were taking place three years ago, Paris was off-the-graph hot."

For anyone with an interest in the Olympics, a first visit to Ancient Olympia where the Games of antiquity took place is an important moment. 

It is somewhat sobering to realise that for me, this came exactly 40 years ago.The British Olympic Association

BOA) had selected four of us to go to Olympia to participate in the 1983 Session of the International Olympic

above Athens.The Parthenon, cast in gold by the setting sun, provided the backdrop as International Olympic

weeks of communal life which you are about to experience you will discover, I hope, what makes the Olympic

the seemingly never-ending playing fields.India's Rhanjit Bhatia had run for India in the 5,000m and marathon

that the water quality in the River Seine will be "above the standards required" by the International Olympic

Committee and Paris 2024 Organising Committee when the river is used for marathon swimming and triathlon

Olympic test events next month.

by Para triathlon on August 19 and mixed relays on August 20.The River Seine is set to be used for marathon

swimming, triathlon and Paratriathlon at Paris 2024 ©IOCAll events will count for Olympic or Paralympic

Olympics is scheduled for July 30 and 31 2024, with the mixed team event set to take place on August 5.Marathon

head of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo's Olympic

We also want to see the National Stadium that was constructed for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally

After athletics took place in an empty Olympic Stadium during Tokyo 2020, it is due to return for its

corruption-mired Tokyo 2020 LOC - were present at the election.Board members include Mizuki Noguchi, winner of the Olympic

women’s marathon at Athens 2004 and now a commentator, Tsutomu Ushioda, Vice Governor of Tokyo, high

Lima 2019 silver medallist Lois Betteridge will have the chance to go one step further at Santiago 2023 after being named in Canada's canoe and kayak slalom team for this year's Pan American Games.

 "This season is going to be a marathon with our Olympic qualifications starting in September in

An "historic milestone, a celebration of the best of virtual sport and esports" was how Olympic Esports

Week, which concluded in Singapore earlier this week, was described by International Olympic Committee

The first Olympic Esports Week was a remarkable celebration of inclusivity and diversity.

"But I’ll never be good enough to be an Olympic swimmer.

Games.Recap of the Olympic Esports Series Singapore week: What a week it was!

are the most popular.The race to include esports in the Olympics will not be a sprint but rather a marathon

 Now there is an idea for an event in the next Olympic Esports Week.

World Athletics has encouraged people to get active to mark Olympic Day which is being celebrated today

The governing body has promoted the International Olympic Committee initiative which is running under

participated with more than 300,000 children taking part.Activities included a programme at the Rimi Riga Marathon

about the importance of being active for their development and wellbeing.World Athletics is supporting Olympic

 Let's Move events are being held in 150 countries across five continents to celebrate Olympic Day

- marked every year on June 23 in honour of Pierre de Coubertin who founded the Olympic Movement on

provided a home victory in the elite women's race at the World Triathlon Cup in Huatulco, with 2016 Olympic

USA Triathlon (@usatriathlon) June 18, 2023Jorgensen retired from triathlon in 2017 to aim for the marathon

The Special Olympics World Games began in spectacular fashion here tonight, with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier officially opening the multi-sport event.

attendance at the Opening Ceremony.The Olympiastadion, built for the highly-controversial Berlin 1936 Olympic

every form of pain into triumph" ©Getty ImagesThe Special Olympics flag was carried on to the stage by Olympic

inflatable planet earth being paraded around the track and performers from Grupo Puja descending above the Marathon

Cameroon National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSC) President Hamad Kalkaba Malboum has hailed the

Kigali International Peace Marathon and backs it to attract star athletes from across the globe.

Rwandan Sports Minister Aurore Mimosa Munyangaju said she wanted to get the marathon to an elite level

This year's Peace Marathon was attended by 47 countries, including some who came to compete for medals

increase from $4,000 (£3,100/€3,600) to $20,000 (£15,600/€18,000).It now ranks third behind the Nairobi Marathon

and Lagos Marathon in terms of prize money as they offer $60,000 (£46,800/€54,800) and $30,000 (£23,400

/€27,400), respectively.Kenyan runners dominated this year's Kigali International Peace Marathon, winning

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed Bahrain's marathon runner El-Hassan El-Abbassi a four-year

El-Abbassi tested positive for a homologous blood transfusion after running in the marathon at the re-arranged

Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 8 in 2021.His case was deferred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport's

Asian Games title over 10,000 metres in Incheon the same year.He then won silver in the Asian Games marathon

refused or failed to submit to a sample collection ©Getty ImagesEl-Abbassi was 25th in the Tokyo 2020 marathon