A total of 1,518 athletes have been entered to compete at the 2016 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Under-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, where competition is due to begin tomorrow.

Darya Klishina will compete under the Russian flag at Rio 2016, not as a neutral athlete, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach claimed today.

Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva has claimed the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) decision to only deem two Russian athletes eligible to compete at Rio 2016 means "nothing", before expressing her hope that it will be reversed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Long jumper Darya Klishina could lead a one-person Russian athletics team at next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after being named as just the second athlete eligible to compete at the Games by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Reducing the number of vice-presidents from four to two and abolishing the position of treasurer are among proposals put forward following a two-day International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Governance Structure Reform Forum in Amsterdam.

Former International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) general secretary Essar Gabriel is playing a leading role in the organisation of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Championships 3x3 taking place next year in Nantes.

Only two track and field athletes are thought to have met the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) criteria for competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, a leading Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) official has admitted.

Russia’s Olympic high jump gold medallist Anna Chicherova has been provisionally suspended, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has confirmed.

Doping cheat turned whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova has become the first Russian athlete to be granted permission to compete internationally under a neutral flag by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Yelena Isinbayeva is among Russians to have applied to be allowed to compete as a neutral athlete at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as the country officially filed an appealed to the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) to have its ban lifted.

Around 10 Russian athletes have sent individual applications to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to be allowed to compete in this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, it has been reported today.

Dear Lord Coe,

When it was announced that the Russian team will be banned from the upcoming Olympics last week, the common reaction here in Russia was denial mixed with anger. Many top athletes and officials continue to deny the scope of the problem and are angry that Russia is being singled out while similar issues exist in many places across the world.

A set of guidelines for Russian athletes seeking exceptional eligibility to compete in international competitions, including this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, have been published today by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Russian athletes and the  All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) will file appeals with Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne next week against the decision of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to ban them from this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

It’s Olympic Day today. It should really be called Olympic Birthday as it commemorates the creation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on June 23 in 1894.