Kenya are facing a fresh wave of doping problems after distance runner Lucy Wangui Kabuu and sprinter Boniface Mweresa were each been suspended following failed drugs tests.
Chaotic preparations and numerous flight delays has overshadowed the sport so far at the African Senior Athletics Championships in Asaba.
With exactly two years to go until the athletics action gets underway at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has published the qualification system for the Games in Japan's capital.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has approved a "position statement" on tackling abuse and harassment after a survey was carried out at the World U20 Championships in Tampere in Finland earlier this month.
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov says the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) is "working hard" to meet reinstatement criteria set out by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after the world governing body said on Friday (July 27) that they would remain banned for now.
Kenya and Ethiopia head a list of nations categorised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) as being the most at risk of doping after new regulations which put more responsibility on National Federations to deal with the problem were approved by the Council.
A ban on athletes switching to compete for other countries has been lifted with immediate effect, International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has announced.
Russia remain suspended from international athletics despite making "significant" improvements in key areas, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) confirmed at its 214th Council meeting in Buenos Aires.
Hungarian capital Budapest has been confirmed as the preferred European candidate city for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) 2023 World Championships.
Qatar National Bank (QNB) have signed a four-year deal in Buenos Aires to become an official partner of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Nairobi has been awarded the 2020 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athletics U20 Championships, it has been announced today.
The United States based Human Rights Watch (HRW) have become the latest group to publicly condemn the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) over their new female classification rule, which could see the double Olympic champion over 800 metres Caster Semenya banned from competing.
There will be a change of scene but no major change in policy over Russia’s exclusion tomorrow as the International Association of Athletics Federations Council holds its 214th meeting at the Panamericano Hotel in Buenos Aires.
Should Caster Semenya, the triple world and double Olympic champion over 800 metres, be allowed to compete against other women, despite having abnormally high testosterone levels that give her an advantage?
Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands produced a momentous final flourish to two days of action at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in London as she won the women’s mile in 4min 14.71sec – the third fastest time ever run.
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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