World Athletics extends deadline for RusAF reinstatement plan until March 1

World Athletics Council has extended the deadline for the Russian Athletics Federation’s Reinstatement Commission to finalise its restoration plan.
World Athletics Council has extended the deadline for the Russian Athletics Federation’s Reinstatement Commission to finalise its restoration plan.
Disgraced former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack has made his latest appearance in front of a French judge as part of an investigation into alleged corruption linked to the respective awarding of the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.
A campaign backed by a coalition of former competitors, sports scientists and doctors has called on World Athletics to reverse its decision to ban Caster Semenya and other female athletes with naturally high levels of testosterone from competing in certain events unless they take medication.
Former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of corruption by a French court.
Nielsen Sports has pledged to provide World Athletics with a "better understanding of their fans and spectators" after securing a four-year partnership.
Papa Massata Diack claimed himself and father Lamine Diack are the victims of an "Anglo-Saxon conspiracy" as he criticised the French authorities prior to the verdict in their corruption trial.
World record performances on the track, in my experience, have involved jubilant figures crossing a line, frozen digital figures on the infield clock and a swift confluence of those bearing flowers, cameras and microphones.
World Athletics’ total equity and reserves dipped below $30 million (£23 million/€25 million) last year, after the governing body for one of the leading Summer Olympic sports posted a 2019 loss of $17.3 million (£13.3 million/€14.4 million).
World Athletics’ road running season will recommence this month with an improved anti-doping programme thanks to the financial support of three major shoe companies.
The Colombian city of Cali has been selected as the host of the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.
The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) have sent an updated roadmap, a key criteria for them being reinstated, to World Athletics.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has said the sport will need to "think outside the box" in the case of next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo being cancelled.
The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) Reinstatement Commission has met virtually today to discuss proposals for how the body can instill a zero-tolerance attitude towards doping in Russia, after the meeting was twice postponed.
A meeting of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) Commission set up to restore its membership of World Athletics has reportedly been postponed for a second time.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has announced details of a sanction for Ukrainian long-distance runner Vitaliy Shafar which started from January 2017.