World Athletics' continued ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes has been welcomed by the United Kingdom Government, who have urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to follow suit.

The chair of Russia's State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports Dmitry Svishchev has congratulated the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) on its reinstatement, but insisted "there is no need to relax" because of an ongoing ban on its athletes due to the war in Ukraine.

A "final recommendation" by the World Athletics Task Force over the reinstatement of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) - which has been banned since 2015 following state-sponsored Russian doping - is set to feature in the virtual three-day World Athletics Council which is scheduled to start tomorrow.

World Athletics has launched a process to appoint its host broadcasting partner for the World Athletics Series events for five years, from 2025 to 2029, a period which will include three editions of its marquee World Athletics Championships.

World Athletics is set to repeat its Ukraine Fund for another year to help the country's athletes prepare for the upcoming World Championships in Budapest.

World Athletics has claimed on International Women's Day that it is taking "significant steps" towards gender equality in 2023.

With one year to go until next year’s World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Eilidh Doyle, one of Scotland’s most successful athletes, has been named as event ambassador.

Yared Nuguse of the United States, who ran the second fastest indoor mile in history at New York’s Millrose Games on February 11, maintained his scintillating form at Madrid’s Gallur Municipal Sports Complex with victory in the concluding men’s 1500 metres in a meeting record of 3min 33.69sec.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has revealed that the organisation will deal with Russia's doping ban before addressing the invasion of Ukraine.

The Kazakhstan Athletics Federation (KAF) has been placed on World Athletics' Competition Manipulation Watch List, following investigation of suspicious competition results by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

News that the redoubtable Jackie Brock-Doyle CBE is to step back from her role as communications chief for World Athletics, working alongside President Lord Sebastian Coe, will disappoint many in the media who respect her as one of the best, if not the best, in the sports PR game.

The team for the World Athletics Road Running Championships is to encourage mass participation from around Europe by promoting its event to runners at the Lisbon, Prague, Copenhagen, Cardiff and Valencia half marathons to travel to Riga for the inaugural competition.

World Athletics has approved the applications of six Russian athletes to compete as Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA), adding to the existing list of neutral athletes.

More than nine years ago in the Buenos Aires Hilton, my eye was drawn to an interested observer on the balcony as Thomas Bach’s election as International Olympic Committee (IOC) President was announced.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has claimed that he is already doing his "ultimate" job but has admitted he is considering a bid to succeed Thomas Bach as head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).