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Tunisia top World Para Athletics Grand Prix standings with 16 gold medals

  • Athletics News

Tunisia have comfortably finished top of the standings at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in its

defeated compatriot Mohamed Nidhal Khelifi by 0.25.Tunisia won 34 medals in total at its home World Para Athletics

February 26 to March 1 at the Dubai Club for the People of Determination.The venue also hosted the Para Athletics


Los Angeles 2028 venue turned into NASCAR circuit for annual exhibition race

  • Los Angeles 2028

An historic Olympic venue that will be used during Los Angeles 2028 was turned into a racetrack to stage a National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) exhibition.

venue staged the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the 1932 and 1984 Olympics and is due to host the athletics



Kosovo NOC criticises "shameful" flag ban which led to boycott of EKF event in Cyprus

  • Karate

Athletes representing Kosovo boycotted the European Karate Federation (EKF) Junior, Cadet and Under-21 Championships in Larnaca because they were unable to compete under the national flag in a matter branded a "shameful act" by the Kosovo Olympic Committee (KOC).

Olympics since Rio 2016, but its disputed status has led to issues at major events including the World Athletics

due diligence in selecting Belgrade as a host.Kosovo's flag was not displayed at last year's World Athletics



World Athletics Road Running Championships pushes mass participation campaign with SuperHalfs

  • Athletics

The team for the World Athletics Road Running Championships is to encourage mass participation from around

Riga is incredibly fortunate not only to host the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships

we are all about encouraging runners to participate in beautiful running adventures, and the World Athletics

Riga is to hold the World Athletics Road Running Championships in September and October ©Getty ImagesSuperHalfs

The biggest challenge for us as the organisers of the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships


World Athletics approves neutral status of another six Russians but Ukraine war means cannot compete

  • Athletics

World Athletics has approved the applications of six Russian athletes to compete as Authorised Neutral

The World Athletics Doping Review Board found they met the eligibility criteria to participate at international

events while the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) remains suspended due to historic doping offences

Council changes its stance on RusAF, but until World Athletics updates its policy on Russian and Belarusian

Ukraine - they will remain banned.Athletes with the ANA status are eligible to compete until the World Athletics

 Most recently, the Athletics Integrity Unit banned three more Russians last month, including 2014




Tunis set to hold World Para Athletics Grand Prix opener

  • Athletics News

Tunisia is set to hold the first World Para Athletics Grand Prix of the season in its capital city, Tunis

pandemic.Competition is scheduled to start tomorrow, ending on Wednesday (February 8) at the Rades Athletics



UK Athletics calls for change to Equality Act to allow transgender participation policy

  • Athletics

UK Athletics (UKA) has called for the British Parliament to make an amendment to the 2010 Equality Act

"disappointed" that UKA publicised "inaccurate advice".The body said it "does not agree" with World Athletics

which was further limited for transgender athletes and those with differences in sex development.World Athletics

called it a "sensitive topic" with "strong opinions".Disagreeing with the testosterone argument, World Athletics

We reached out to UK Athletics and offered to discuss the legal advice underpinning their statement,"

Athletics is an incredibly inclusive sport and we want it to be a welcoming environment for all to enjoy



Bol sets world 500m best at Boston meeting as Lyles wins 60m

  • Athletics

Femke Bol got the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston off to a compelling start as she set a women's 500 metres world best of 1min 5.63sec.

bronze and world silver medals at 400m hurdles, ran with inexorable commitment in the second World Athletics

60m victory at the @NBIndoorGP in 6️⃣.5️⃣1️⃣ 🚀#WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/GcMlXW0Vyk— World Athletics

Oregon last summer, made it clear he was looking at an outdoor 100/200m double at this summer’s World Athletics

programme, home athlete Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who beat Bol into second place in last year's World Athletics

now won his last 5️⃣2️⃣ races over 60m hurdles 😳#WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/zn3Y7Q0Pei— World Athletics


Political neutrality and how to enforce it has dogged the Olympic Movement since First World War

  • The Big Read

A few days ago, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a challenge to Thomas Bach when he invited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President to visit the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut where fierce fighting has been going on for several months now. 

Youth Winter Olympic Games, and Volodymyr Androshchuk, a 22-year-old who was part of his country's athletics

Achille Starace opened them with a screeching salutation to "Il Duce".The inaugural men’s European Athletics