The death of American sprinter Tori Bowie at the age of 32 last month is now believed to have been caused by complications in childbirth.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed Bahrain's marathon runner El-Hassan El-Abbassi a four-year ban for doping and suspended Jamaican runner Christopher Taylor for allegedly evading, refusing or failing to submit to a sample collection.

The head of the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Brett Clothier has warned athletes against the use of intravenous (IV) drip therapy, after Jamaica's Rushelle Burton and the United States' Tamara Clark were issued with four-month bans - although they were only announced after they had expired.

Thousands of people will be able to attend the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest for free after organisers announced a "goodwill partnership" aimed at promoting social inclusion.

Santiago 2023 Pan American Games athletics technical delegate Julio Roberto Gómez has claimed that the technology used for the track at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos "makes it much faster".

Tributes have been paid in athletics to Britain's Olympic silver medallist and Commonwealth champion Mike McFarlane, who has died at the age of 63.

More than 9,000 schoolchildren have been given the opportunity to watch the Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships live as a result of the Schoolhero programme.

Faith Kipyegon, twice Olympic and twice world 1500 metres champion, became world record holder also in Florence tonight as she clocked 3min 49.11sec in the third Diamond League meeting of the season.

Francesco Sansovini of San Marino and Patrizia van der Weken of Luxembourg claimed the respective men’s and women’s 100 metres titles on the opening day of competition which saw Malta enjoy plenty of home success at the Games of the Small States of Europe.

Local hero Soufiane El Bakkali, the world and Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase champion, lived up to his billing once again at the Rabat Diamond League meeting as he broke his own meeting record with a personal best of 7min 56.68sec, the fastest time this season.

Proud Texan Eddie Southern, who won Olympic 400 metres hurdles silver at the 1956 Melbourne Games as an 18-year-old in only his fifth career race at the event, has died aged 85.

Athletics Australia has announced a squad of 39 athletes for the upcoming Summer World University Games in Chengdu.

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has apologised for mistakes in the ticketing process that have angered top French athletes.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has announced a sponsorship deal with Premium Trust Bank as it prepares for this year's World Championships in Budapest.

The region's champion sprinters were crowned as part of the track and field finals on day seven at the Southeast Asian Games.