French judges have issued international arrest warrants for two former Russian athletics officials as part of an investigation into doping cover-ups, it was reported today.
Japan’s Nomi City witnessed a stunning demonstration of home race walking talent in the third leg of the 2019 International Association of Athletics Federation Race Walking Challenge, with Toshikazu Yamanishi leading home four fellow countrymen over 20 kilometres - and with all three medallists breaking 1 hour 18min.
Geoff Gardner has been re-elected President of the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) for a fourth time.
Representatives from an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) air quality project have given a talk on the project at a United Nations (UN) Environment Assembly in Nairobi.
When it comes to change, generally and sportingly, it seems the old adage only needs a little tweaking. "You can't please some of the people all the time, and you can't please all of the people some of the time. And you can't please all of the people all of the time."
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) today announced changes to its Diamond League format as of 2020, including a drop from 32 to 24 events, a reduction from 14 to 13 meetings and a decrease of the maximum current track event distance of 5,000 metres to 3,000m.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Task Force is requesting an urgent meeting with the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) over recent allegations that coaches involved in the sport's discredited old regime in their country are still involved with current competitors.
Controversial proposals by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Race Walking Committee to alter the current standard distances of 20 and 50 kilometres, with the latter disappearing from major international competition, have been "agreed in principle".
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will partially employ its new world rankings - due to be introduced on a trial basis this season - to select athletes eligible for Olympic places in 2020.
Proposals by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Race Walking Committee to reduce distances from 20 and 50 kilometres, criticised by several top athletes, will be under consideration at the two-day IAAF Council meeting due to start in Doha tomorrow.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced it will elect its first female vice-president this year as it continues its efforts to ensure that women are represented at the highest levels of the sport.
Australia will host the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships for the first time after being awarded the event in 2021.
I had time on my hands this week, so I jumped in my time-machine and landed in the middle of the 2031 Athletics World Championships in Tokyo.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has launched its official world rankings system on a trial basis.
Sportswear giant Nike has released its latest advert celebrating the achievements of female athletes, as South African two-time Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya awaits the verdict of her landmark appeal against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
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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