Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei has claimed the suspension of so many of the country's top runners for doping proves they are taking the problem seriously and are on their way to solving it.
The United States' first hosting of the World Athletics Championships is on course to be a success, leading officials from the International Federation have claimed following a visit Oregon, due to stage the event next year, despite budget concerns.
The trial of former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack in Paris has been delayed until June after prosecutors received documents concerning testimony from his son and co-defendant Papa Massata Diack.
Disgraced former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack could spend the remainder of his life in prison if convicted at a trial beginning in Paris tomorrow, where he stands accused of corruption, influence-trafficking and money laundering.
Mogos Tuemay and Fotyen Tesfay recorded an Ethiopian double at the 63rd edition of the Campaccio race, the fourth leg of the 2019-20 World Athletics Cross Country Permit series, in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy.
Wildcard entries for the 2020 World Championships in Nanjing and $20,000 (£15,000/€18,000) bonuses for overall winners will be up for grabs on next year's World Athletics Indoor Tour.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has said Russian track and field athletes will not be admitted to compete at next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo unless he is "absolutely comfortable" they are clean.
Another top Kenyan marathon runner has been suspended for four-years, after being found guilty of doping, and two team mates are also facing sanctions following positive tests.
New Zealand's greatest Olympian, Sir Peter Snell, has died, aged 80, it has been announced.
Mikhail Butov, formerly Russia's highest-ranking international athletics official, has stepped down from the country's national governing body leadership team, claiming he was lied to.
European Athlete of the Year Mariya Lasitskene has had an invitation to compete at next year's World Athletics Indoor Tour event in Glasgow withdrawn, due to uncertainty over the future status of Russian athletes.
Christian Taylor has outlined the measures that will shortly be taken to establish The Athletics Association - the representative group he founded earlier this month to form an independent mouthpiece for competitors.
Burundi’s Thierry Ndikumwenayo and Kenya’s Eva Cherono won the third leg of this season's World Athletics Cross Country Permit series in Alcobendas in Spain today.
Turkey's Hasan Arat, Canada's Abby Hoffman and the United States'Sunil Sabharwal have been approved by the World Athletics Council as the three newly appointed members of its Executive Board.
Something grown-up happened in Monaco this weekend at World Athletics’ annual award gathering: dialogue.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
Commonwealth Games Federation - Sport Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the international governing body that oversees the quadrennial Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. The CGF is a small passionate team, wholeheartedly committed to its vision, mission and values. Based in our central London headquarters and reporting to the CGF’s Sports Director, this role will play a key role within the team, providing operational and strategic support across all areas of the sport programme, including bespoke projects and events.
Tributes from across sport have been paid following the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99. Philip Barker recalls the Prince's deep connection to sport and his influence on it.
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