Olympic bronze medallist Damian Warner of Canada broke his own 100 metres decathlon world record as he finished the opening day at the Götzis Hypo-Meeting in Austria in pole position.
Britain’s world indoor and European indoor champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson and world silver medallist Carolin Schäfer of Germany are on collision course in the heptathlon at the 45th Hypomeeting starting tomorrow in Götzis, Austria.
Iran's Asian Games steeplechase gold medallist Hossein Keyhani has received a provisional suspension after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO).
Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, one of the most powerful men in sport, has been charged with corruption over Doha's bid for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships, according to a French judicial official.
Double Olympic champion Angelo Taylor has been provisionally suspended by USA Track & Field (USATF) in an emergency action hours after it was revealed he was coaching at a suburban Atlanta youth track club despite having been arrested in 2005 for child molestation.
India’s Gomathi Marimuthu, surprise winner of the women’s 800 metres gold at last month’s Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, stands to lose her title after her sample taken there tested positive for a banned substance.
It has emerged that the chief executive of Qatar broadcaster BeIn Sports is facing allegations of "active corruption" over Doha's bid for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships.
Michael Rotich, Kenya's athletics team manager at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, has been banned from the sport for 10 years after the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Ethics Board found him guilty of "dishonest and corrupt" conduct.
Bahrain's Olympic marathon silver medallist Eunice Kirwa has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO), it has been announced.
A series of 24 one-mile runs staged around the world are set to take place on June 2 as part of Global Running Day, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced.
France's financial prosecutor has recommended that Lamine Diack, the former President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and his son Papa Massata Diack stand trial for alleged corruption and money laundering.
Home athlete Živile Vaiciukeviciute earned a surprise win in the women’s 20km event at the 13th European Race Walking Cup in the Lithuanian city of Alytus.
Italy have the opportunity to dominate the 13th European Race Walking Cup in the Lithuanian city of Alytus tomorrow, a scoring event in the International Association of Athletics Federations Race Walking Challenge.
Abderrahman Samba of Qatar produced the outstanding performance in Shanghai today, in the second of the season’s International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meetings, as he held off the huge talent of United States runner Rai Benjamin to win the 400 metres hurdles in 47.27sec - his second fastest time.
The men’s 400 metres hurdles will offer the 10th anniversary International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meeting in Shanghai a compelling highlight as Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba, who ran the second-fastest time ever last season, meets another dynamic young talent in Rai Benjamin of the United States, who last year ran the equal third-best time.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Fifty years ago this week Thomi Keller swept to the head of the body then known as the General Assembly of International Sports Federations, heralding an era of increased influence as sport’s metamorphosis into big business got under way.
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