Kenya could introduce criminal penalties for athletes caught doping it has been claimed, as an Athletics Kenya conference focused on anti-doping got underway.
Scottish Athletics are hoping to their Marathon Project can see the country achieve a full quota in both the men's and women's races for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
A total of 68 athletes have been offered membership to the British Athletics Olympic World Class Programme (WCP) next year, as the countdown to Tokyo 2020 continues.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed bans for Russian athletes Yuliya Gushchina and Anna Nazarova following retests of their samples from the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has called for the complete replacement of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) leadership and claimed the organisation’s membership would be under consideration at their next meeting.
A provisional suspension has been lifted against Russian athlete Artyom Denmukhametov by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Disciplinary Tribunal.
UK Athletics has announced that an interim performance leadership team will be in place for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
World Athletics has announced that $2.5 million (£1.9 million/€2.2 million) will be made available for a "comprehensive integrity programme" in road running in 2020.
Kenya's Brigid Kosgei, who broke Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old marathon world record in Chicago last month, has been named as one of five finalists for the Female World Athlete of the Year 2019 award.
Kenya's Abraham Kiptum has been handed a four-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit over an athlete biological passport (ABP) violation.
Spain’s Ouassim Oumaiz Errouch delivered home success at the opening International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Cross Country Permit series race of the season in Burgos.
European Athletics have appointed Rob Faulkner as their new head of communications.
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) chief executive Matt Carroll has welcomed the proposed merger between Athletics Australia and Little Athletics.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be asked by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) whether they will investigate all athletes associated with the Nike Oregon Project (NOP), following the banning of coach Alberto Salazar.
I got back this week from a punchy and entertaining Corfu Literary Festival to find the sports world once again preoccupied by the issues of empty seats and excessive heat.
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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It was 63 years ago on December 1 that France's Alain Mimoun finally got the better of his big rival Emil Zatopek to win the Olympic gold medal he coveted so much by winning the marathon at Melbourne 1956. Mike Rowbottom tells the fascinating story of the French runner.
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