The NN Mission Marathon, involving Kenya’s world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and more than 70 other athletes seeking either to secure their Tokyo 2020 place or prepare for the Olympic event, will go ahead this Sunday (April 18) at Enschede in The Netherlands.
Athletics Australia has withdrawn its team from the 2021 World Athletics Relays in Poland in May because of coronavirus concerns.
The Bislett Games in Oslo on June 10 - the fourth event in this year’s World Athletics Wanda Diamond League programme - has been postponed.
Obi Igbokwe, who helped the United States win a 400 metres mixed relay gold medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, has been banned for 30 months over steroid use.
Former Olympic champions Natalya Antyukh and Andrei Silnov are among four Russian athletes who have been given doping bans by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after being named in the McLaren Report, but they will not lose their medals.
The Organising Committee of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene in Oregon has announced the addition of Trace Skopil as its chief of finance.
London Marathon Events (LME) is set to host the Reunion 10K as the UK Government aims to gather scientific data on holding mass participation events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich smashed the world record for the women's half marathon in Istanbul, taking a massive 29 seconds off the previous time.
Evygeny Zagorulko, who coached a number of Olympic high jump champions in Russia including Anna Chicherova, has died at the age of 78 after contracting COVID-19.
Hayward Field, the venue for the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene in Oregon, has reopened for track and field competition with the Hayward Premiere meet last night.
Australia’s most successful male Olympic athlete, race walker Jared Tallent, will miss Tokyo 2020 after injury forced him to announce his retirement at the age of 36.
Organisers of the NN Mission Marathon have pushed back the event to April 18 due to COVID-19 restrictions, with a new location also being sought for the race.
The 2021 European Athletics Under-18 Championships - due to take place in Rieti in Italy - have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
British Athletics has confirmed the first seven members of its squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, following the conclusion of its marathon and race walking trials in Kew Gardens last week.
Athletics South Africa is lobbying the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to hear Caster Semenya's appeal against World Athletics rules, which force her to take testosterone-suppressing medication to compete in her best events, before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
Commonwealth Games Federation - Sport Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the international governing body that oversees the quadrennial Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. The CGF is a small passionate team, wholeheartedly committed to its vision, mission and values. Based in our central London headquarters and reporting to the CGF’s Sports Director, this role will play a key role within the team, providing operational and strategic support across all areas of the sport programme, including bespoke projects and events.
Tributes from across sport have been paid following the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99. Philip Barker recalls the Prince's deep connection to sport and his influence on it.
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