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World Athletics Council approves the qualification system and entry standards for the World Athletics Championships Beijing 27.
German marathon stars Samuel Fitwi and Richard Ringer will run the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on 25th October. With times of 2:04:45 and 2:05:46 Samuel Fitwi and Richard Ringer are number…
Wanda Diamond League and Zeekr partner to support performance at the highest level of athletics.
The first relay teams have qualified for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26 after the mixed 4x100m and mixed 4x400m finals at the Debswana World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 on Sunday.
The first eight teams in each relay event at the Debswana World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 have secured their places for the World Athletics Championships Beijing 27 following the opening day of competition on Saturday
Participating nations at this weekend’s Debswana World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26 will be hoping to secure their qualification for the 2027 World Athletics Championships in Beijing.
Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games organisers unveils historic and ‘standout’ prize medal, designed to celebrate achievement, inclusion and the city of Glasgow, at the Glasgow School of Art.
The World Athletics Nationality Review Panel refuses the applications of 11 athletes seeking to transfer their allegiance to Türkiye.
In the 2026 season, individual athletes will be able to earn up to 20,000 US dollars (USD) at series meetings and up to 60,000 USD at the Wanda Diamond League Final, the highest level in the series’ 17-year history.
The Mazzraty Doha Meeting was originally scheduled to take place at the Qatar Sports Club on May 8 as the opening event of the 2026 Wanda Diamond League season.
Sprint stars Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Letsile Tebogo to kick off campaign at World Athletics Relays, celebrating five years of Kids’ Athletics Day on May 7, 2026.
Athens emerges as preferred host for inaugural edition; Athens Marathon The Authentic achieves Elite Label status as plan launches to secure hosting rights.
A record number of meetings will feature in the 2026 World Athletics Continental Tour with four meetings on the African continent out of more than 280 meetings.
A small number of refinements have been made to the women’s 400m and 400m hurdles schedule, while round one of the men’s 1500m has moved to the afternoon session on day two of competition.
The Ultimate Championship?will assemble world champions, Olympic champions, Wanda Diamond League winners and the year’s best performing athletes for an epic clash of titans on 11-13 September 2026.
Women’s 100m to kick-start LA 2028 Olympic Games with athletics to span the entire Olympic period – starting on day one and running through to the final day of the Games.
The World Athletics Indoor Tour will return in 2026, featuring a packed calendar of almost 80 meetings across all levels.
The 2026 Wanda Diamond League calendar is out. Sport’s biggest names will hope to make history as athletics’ premier one-day series returns for its 17th season.
The World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 is the most widely covered and impactful World Championships in history.
Four Africans, Suren Ayadassen (MRI), Pieter de Jager (RSA), Aminata Sangare (MLI) and Moses Bantsi (BOT), were honoured at the 55th World Athletics Congress in Tokyo.
More than 2000 athletes from almost 200 nations will compete for medals in 49 disciplines between 13-21 September at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
Sprint legend Usain Bolt graced the red carpet alongside Olympic champions Mondo Duplantis and Thea LaFond at the star-studded party hosted by World Athletics in Tokyo.
A prototype of the technology will be on display at the TDK booth inside Tokyo’s National Stadium during the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 from 13-21 September.
The topics of growth, innovation and prioritisation drove discussion at the 238th World Athletics Council Meeting in Tokyo.
The three-day competition, which will be held at the Arena Torun from 20-22 March 2026, will get underway with action in the men’s heptathlon on the morning of the first day.
World Athletics opens the host selection process for the 2028 edition of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship.
The Ultimate Championship launches in Budapest in 2026, when the world’s greatest will settle the debate across three sessions of action from 11-13 September.
The 2025 Wanda Diamond League event will kick off with the pole vault competition at the City Event on 19 August, in Ouchy (Lausanne), on the shores of Lake Geneva.
Malta announced as host of the 2027 Commonwealth Youth Games, to be held in four main clusters across the islands of Malta and Gozo.
World Athletics introduces SRY gene test for athletes wishing to compete in the female category.
Sally Pearson and Christian Taylor have been announced as World Athletics ambassadors for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
World records set earlier this year by Tigist Assefa, Evan Dunfee and Massimo Stano have been ratified by World Athletics.
The bidding process for the 2029 and 2031 editions of the World Athletics Championships is open.
The brand for the World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon 26 has been unveiled, showcasing iconic symbols and bold colors that capture the spirit of Oregon.
Athletes will gather in Tokyo for the 20th World Athletics Championships in 100 days. The WCH Tokyo 25 organising committee has revealed the medals design for podium finishers.
The Prefontaine Classic 2025 will feature a rematch of the women’s 3,000m steeplechase podium from Paris 2024 Olympics.
The middle-distance race will feature the current world record holders in the women’s 5,000m and 10,000m, both of which were set at The Prefontaine Classic.
Forty-five medallists from the 2024 Olympics and 2023 World Athletics Championships will compete at the Jetour Doha Meeting, the third Diamond League series on Friday.
A further 30 teams have qualified for relay events at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 following the final day of action at the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 on Sunday.
Eight teams have qualified for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 in five events contested on day one of competition at the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe reinforced the importance of a “historic” edition of the World Athletics Relays, speaking on the eve of an event that sees the mixed 4x100m make its global debut.
World Athletics and its Member Federations, athletics clubs, schools and people across the globe have celebrated Kids’ Athletics Day on Wednesday with the Relay Around the World Challenge.
Samuel Fitwi’s strongest rival could be Joshua Kithuku of Kenya as he hope to break records at Sunday’s Gutenberg Half Marathon Mainz.
Athletes entered for the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 have, between them, amassed 34 medals from the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
The 20th edition of the Türkiye Is Bankasi Istanbul Half Marathon will be staged on Sunday, four days after an earthquake hit the metropolis.
World Athletics has officially designated Japan Airlines (JAL) as a supplier for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
World records achieved by Beatrice Chebet, Mondo Duplantis, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Toshikazu Yamanishi have been ratified by World Athletics.
The organising committee of the Dubai Marathon opens registration for the 25th edition of the iconic race, set to take place on February 1, 2026.
The Relay Around the World Challenge 2025 aims to be biggest Kids’ Athletics activation to date with target of 500,000 kids participating across the globe.
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