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World track and field news and running information. Athletics updates from Asia, Europe, Americas and the Middle East.
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 the first time in history.
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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 World Championships London 2017.
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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 be at stake in each of the 32 Diamond Disciplines, including $50,000 for each winner.
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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.
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Lausanne 2020 preparations for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games have been deemed well under way by the IOC after just over a year since the city was chosen as host.
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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
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The first four IAAF Diamond League meetings of 2016 have now been held, meaning every Diamond Race discipline has been contested at least once.
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Members of Qatar’s Girls’ National team spent part of Wednesday afternoon meeting with international sprint stars at Doha’s landmark Museum of Islamic Art.
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Fantasy Diamond Race returns for 2016 – IAAF Diamond League as World champions Allyson Felix, Christian Taylor, Dafne Schippers and Almaz Ayana are set to compete in Doha on 6 May.
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Femi Ogunode will be targeting a solid early season start on home turf while reigning world champions Allyson Felix and Dafne Schippers will meet in a scintillating 100m clash at the Doha 2016 meeting on Friday 6 May.
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The IAAF Diamond League has introduced a new points format for the 2016 season with 1st – 10 points, 2nd – 6 points, 3rd – 4 points, 4th – 3 points, 5th – 2 points, and 6th – 1 point.
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The 2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour will get underway in just over a week with the Karlsruhe indoor meeting in Germany set to raise the curtain on this new series on Saturday 6 February.
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IAAF Council has announced the host cities for two 2016 IAAF World Athletics Series events: Rome will host the World Race Walking Team Championships and Bydgoszcz will host the World U20 Championships.
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The IAAF received Letters of Interests from seven Member Federations interested in hosting the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships and the IAAF World U20 Championships.
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The Council of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has provisionally suspended the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) as an IAAF Member with immediate effect.
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Following the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) report on Russia’s doping violations, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it could strip medals from the alleged cheats, but said there was “no reason” to doubt the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics tests.
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The IAAF President, Sebastian Coe, is seeking approval from his fellow IAAF Council Members to consider sanctions, which could include provisional and full suspension and the removal of future IAAF events, against the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF).
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The IAAF Council make a significant amendment to the statutes of the IAAF Code of Ethics with immediate effect to aid transparency of the IAAF Ethics Commission.
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In coordination with the International Athletics Foundation (IAF), the IAAF has cancelled this year’s IAF World Athletics Gala which was due to take place in Monaco on Saturday 28 November.
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