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World track and field news and running information. Athletics updates from Asia, Europe, Americas and the Middle East.
IOC President Thomas Bach called for safeguarding the Olympic values, increased participation and reach of sports, and promotion of the educational and health values of sport for all.
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Leading Olympians and representatives of the global sporting movement have added their voices in support of Olympic Agenda 2020 as the 127th IOC Session gets underway in Monaco.
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For the first time at an Olympic Games since 1988, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will feature finals during the morning sessions of the athletics programme.
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Barcelona, Eugene and Doha are waiting to see who will host the 2019 IAAF World Championships after the IAAF Evaluation Commission concluded visits to the three candidates on Friday.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday welcomed the historic recognition by the United Nations (UN) of the autonomy of the IOC and sport.
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Top athletes from all the four (4) sub continents will compete for nearly $3 million in prize money on offer at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup this weekend in Marrakech, Morocco.
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The recently-concluded IAAF World Junior Championships (Oregon 2014) in Eugene led to a huge increase in the IAAF website’s usage when compared to the previous edition two years ago in Barcelona.
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With a total of 1546 athletes entered from 175 IAAF member federations, Oregon 2014 is set to be one of the biggest ever editions of the IAAF World Junior Championships.
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Nigerian Olympian Enefiok ‘Enee’ Udo-Obong and AISTS course-mates joined the IOC President Thomas Bach to kick-off the 2nd edition of the Olympic Capital Run before Bach hosted the Olympic Day celebrations at the IOC headquarters today.
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Glasgow 2014 organisers on Monday June 9 outlined changes to the provision of Wi-Fi access for accredited media at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Athletics fans in sub-Saharan Africa will be able to watch the inaugural IAAF World Relays, this weekend in Nassau, The Bahamas Live on the internet and also on SuperSport.
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A total prize purse of USD $1.4million will be paid by the IAAF for the men’s and women’s races at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas, on May 24-25, 2014.
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The 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships, which will be held between July 22-27 in Eugene, Oregon, is set to be the biggest ever IAAF event to be held on US soil.
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The IAAF President Lamine Diack has announced, ahead of the start of the 2014 IDL series in Doha, Qatar, on Friday that the next five years of the IAAF Diamond League are guaranteed following a new agreement.
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OMEGA, the official Timekeeper of the global premier athletics series, IAAF Diamond League, has launched a mobile application designed to complement their partnership.
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It’s exactly one month to go until the first gun goes at the inaugural IAAF World Relays, which will be held in Nassau, The Bahamas, on May 24-25, 2014.
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IAAF has appointed Ato Boldon, Joanna Hayes and Jackie Joyner-Kersee as Ambassadors to the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships, which will be held in Eugene, USA, between 22-27 July.
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Glasgow 2014 organisers today marked 100 days to go until the start of the XX Commonwealth Games with a stunning aerial shot of Hampden Park, Scotland’s National Stadium temporarily transformed into an Athletics venue for the Games.
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IAAF President Lamine Diack has announced plans for ‘Athletics for a Better World’ (ABW) a new social responsibility programme that will use the universality of athletics to make a positive difference in the world.
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More than 750 athletes are expected to compete at the first edition of the IAAF World Relays, which will be held on May 24-25, 2014 in Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas.
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