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UK Athletics confirms BBC as broadcast partner for 2023 major events series

  • Athletics

UK Athletics (UKA) has confirmed the BBC as the broadcast partner for their 2023 Major Events series.

Following the UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, the corporation has announced that it

and the BBC Red Button TV channel.The agreement covers upcoming events including today's World Athletics

Indoor Tour Gold final in Birmingham, the UK Athletics Championships, scheduled for July 8 and 9, and

the London round of the Diamond League, scheduled for July 23.The UK Athletics Championships and the

World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold final will be available on BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and



European Athletics to use Istanbul 2023 Indoor Championships to support earthquake recovery

  • Athletics

European Athletics, which is due to stage its Indoor Championships in Istanbul from March 2 to 5, will

side-events and activities to a minimum" and there will be no local promotion.Additionally, European Athletics

European Athletics stands by the decision of the LOC to continue with the preparations for the event

European Athletics will therefore be focusing on the safety of our athletes and the competition itself

 "European Athletics will also donate €1 for every ticket sold for the Istanbul 2023 European Athletics

We also want to show how much love and support there is in the athletics community for the people in


Kerley wins big at first Maurie Plant meeting in Melbourne

  • Athletics

World 100 metres champion Fred Kerley came up with the goods over 200m at the newly-named Maurie Plant meeting in Melbourne.

in imminent triumph 30m from the line and showboated through in 20.32sec to bring the opening World Athletics

commanding 100m hurdles win from @MJenneke93 🇦🇺 #ContinentalTourGold pic.twitter.com/NRB8bAs2BY— World Athletics



Duncan Mackay: The mile will never lose its magic thanks to unique history

  • Inside the Blogs

In 1994 I was lucky enough to be invited to a special black tie dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister becoming the first runner to break four-minutes for the mile, an achievement which at the time was compared to conquering Mount Everest.

Cram won the 1500 metres at the first World Athletics Championships at Helsinki in 1983 and a silver

Athletic Achievement of the past 150 years".Advancement in shoe technology and the responsiveness of athletics

1954 when he became the first man to break four-minutes for the mile was voted in 2005 as the greatest athletics

But tell them that you have broken four minutes for a mile and you will be treated like some sort of athletics

you would expect from an organisation whose President is one of the greatest milers of all-time.World Athletics


Nuguse beats home hopes Katir and Mechaal in Madrid World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in 1500m

  • Athletics

Yared Nuguse of the United States, who ran the second fastest indoor mile in history at New York’s Millrose Games on February 11, maintained his scintillating form at Madrid’s Gallur Municipal Sports Complex with victory in the concluding men’s 1500 metres in a meeting record of 3min 33.69sec.

indoor 3,000m record in Lievin on February 15, decided to move down in distance at the penultimate World Athletics

men's 1500m in a strong meeting record of 3:33.69 💪#WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/VyYk7GptKM— World Athletics

record and just misses out on the world lead 😳#WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/m0VnZgelXi— World Athletics


BUCS Nationals to return to Sheffield for 10-year anniversary

  • Universiade

British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) is set to host their yearly multi-sport Nationals in Sheffield, to celebrate 10 years since the event was last held there.

February 24 to 26, and will have four different sports, including swimming, badminton, climbing and athletics

racer who won gold in the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games, was also a former BUCS athletics

gold," said Efoloko.The BUCS Nationals will have the climbing finals, long course swimming and indoor athletics


First phase Paris 2024 tickets for climbing, fencing, judo, breaking, skateboarding and BMX already sold out

  • Paris 2024

The first ticketing phase for the Paris 2024 Olympics, devoted to the sales of Make Your Games packs, has seen those for sport climbing, fencing, judo, breaking, skateboarding and BMX racing and freestyle sell out within a week of the February 15 launch.

Vaires-sur-Marne.It is also still possible to obtain tickets during this first sales phase for sports such as athletics


Banned sprinter Ujah told he must pay £10,665 debt to gain UK Sport funding

  • Athletics

UK Sport has said that banned British sprinter Chijindu Ujah will not be granted public funding until he has paid them £10,665 ($12,906/€12,115).

Ujah was hit with a 22-month ban from the Athletics Integrity Unit after being found guilty of testing

appealed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Ujah was found guilty of violating anti-doping rules.UK Athletics


Olympic long jump champion Tentóglou to auction controversial shoes for earthquake relief

  • Collecting and Heritage

Olympic long Jump champion Miltiádis Tentóglou is to auction a pair of his shoes to raise funds to help the victims of the earthquake which struck Southern Turkey and Syria.

collectable.Tentoglou wore them at the ORLEN Copernicus Cup in Toruń Poland, the third of this season's World Athletics

8.40 metres.This would have been a indoor season best in the event, but the jump was annulled by World Athletics

because his spikes infringed regulations.Tentóglou wrote a long post saying the World Athletics decision

Tokyo.Last year, he had retained his European outdoor title in Munich and also took silver at the World Athletics


France among 30 nations urging IOC to clarify "neutrality" of Russian athletes

  • Olympics

France is among a coalition of 30 countries that have signed a joint statement calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to clarify the definition of "neutrality" for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at next year's Olympic Games in Paris.

serious concerns with the International Olympic Committee’s plans which could see a route back into elite athletics


Triple world 110m hurdles champion Greg Foster dies aged 64

  • Athletics

United States athlete Greg Foster, unique in winning three consecutive world 110 metres hurdles titles, has died at the age of 64.

years - 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987 and 1991 - he was ranked world number one.Foster was suspended from athletics


Ghanaian inflation rate drops for first time in almost two years prior to Accra 2023

  • Ghana 2023

Ghana's inflation rate fell for the first time since May 2021 last month which is expected to be well received by the Accra 2023 African Games Organising Committee as the country faces its worst economic crisis for a generation.

cancellation of the event.He is joined by George Haldane-Lutterodt, a former President of the Ghana Athletics