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High Altitude Athletics Club set to dominate ECOWAS Abuja Marathon
World Athletics confirms commission and Executive Board committee members
Kenyans Mkungo and Cheptoo celebrate biggest career wins in Istanbul
Four states show interest in 2023 Tobi/Abiola Sprint and Relays Meet
Nominees announced for Men’s World Athlete of the Year 2023
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Video: Tobi Amusan sets 12.12 world 100m hurdles record
In Pictures: AFN Nigeria World Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials, Benin 2022
In Pictures: Day 5 – African Athletics Championships Mauritius 2022
In Pictures: Day 4 – African Athletics Championships Mauritius 2022
In Pictures: Day 3 – African Athletics Championships Mauritius 2022
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This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2023 men's World Athletes of the Year ahead of the World Athletics Awards...
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This week marks the opening of the voting process for the women's 2023 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the World Athletics Awards...
Asia
The 23rd Dubai Marathon will take place on January 7, 2024, returning to its traditional location in the city's heart.
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The Czech Republic’s three-time Olympic and World javelin throw champion Jan Zelezny visited the IAAF Heritage World / Continental Cup - 1977 To 2018...
Europe
The IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 (10-15 July), which get underway one week from today in the southern Finnish city, are set to...
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At a meeting in London between the IAAF and Athletics South Africa (ASA) over the IAAF’s new Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification, both organisations...
Europe
In 100 days’ time, hundreds of the world’s best athletes will descend on the Czech Republic for the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018.
Asia
Tokyo 2020 Marathon and Race Walking courses will pass through the heart of Tokyo and take in some of the capital's most iconic landmarks,...
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The Olympic Movement reaches out to thousands of global athletes to make their voice heard on the Athlete Charter in order to address and...
Europe
With the first IAAF Diamond League 2018 meeting on European soil just around the corner, here are five things to look out for when...
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The IAAF Heritage World / Continental Cup – 1977 To 2018 – Exhibition will open in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Tuesday 5 June.
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On her debut at the distance, China’s Liang Rui won the women’s 50km race walk in a world record of 4:04:36 at the IAAF...
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The IAAF issues new Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification (Athlete with Differences of Sexual Development) for events from 400m to the mile, including 400m,...
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IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 medals was unveiled by the Local Organising Committee (LOC) in Tampere, Finland on Wednesday April 25.
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With two weeks to go until the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang 2018, the provisional entry lists have been published.
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Team Qatar will be out in full force at this year’s Doha Diamond League at the Qatar Sports Club on Friday 4 May when...
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It's less than a month to go until the start of the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Taicang 2018, to be staged from...
Europe
The top European finisher in the 2016 women’s Olympic Marathon, Belarusian Volha Mazuronak, will run the METRO Marathon Düsseldorf on Sunday April 29, 2018.
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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced the resignation of Chief Executive Officer, Olivier Gers.
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Six World Indoor Championships medals will be reallocated during ceremonies at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 on Friday and Saturday 2-3 March.
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IAAF Heritage sets out to preserve the legacy of Athletics, its heroes & heroines, their artefacts, and the documents, video & photographs that portray...
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The IAAF Doping Review Board has agreed to allow Russian athletes Maksim Afonin and Anna Krylova to compete in international competition as neutral athletes...
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approves plans to target African National Olympic Committees (NOCs) as potential host cities of the fourth edition of the...
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“The New Norm”, an ambitious set of 118 reforms that reimagines how the Olympic Games are delivered, was presented to the membership of the...
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The 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships - Birmingham 2018 - is on course to become one of the biggest ever edition of the IAAF's...
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The 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour, a series of the six finest indoor meetings on the planet, kicks off one week from today with...
USA & the Americas
London 2017 IAAF World championships silver medallist Christian Coleman stunned the athletics world on Friday when he sped to a 6.37 world record over...
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Nanjing is awarded 2020 World Indoor Championships on the second and final day of the 212th IAAF Council Meeting, chaired by IAAF President Sebastian...
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Gdynia and Minsk to host 2020 World Athletics Series events - highlights of the first day of the 212th IAAF Council Meeting, chaired by...
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Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF...
Asia
For runners across Africa, a new half marathon in the state of Manipur, India, is inviting participants to the festival of activities to herald...
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) launches Olympic Refuge Foundation in its commitment to support refugees around the world.
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Doha will host the IAAF World Championships at Khalifa International Stadium in two years’ time, bringing athletics’ flagship event to the Middle East for...
London 2017
Leeds Beckett University, in cooperation with the IAAF, will carry out the biggest biomechanics research project ever conducted in athletics during next month’s IAAF...
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From next season, athletes will earn points in the first 12 IAAF Diamond League meetings to qualify for two final meetings where $100,000 will...
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ASICS and the IAAF have announce a new multiple-year partnership with ASICS becoming the latest addition to the prestigious group of Official IAAF Partners.
Europe
Lausanne 2020 preparations for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games have been deemed well under way by the IOC after just over a year...
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International Olympic Committee to add baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing to the sports programme for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games