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London Marathon follows Boston in adding non-binary category

  • Athletics

The London Marathon is the latest of the World Marathon Majors to include a non-binary entry option for its 2023 race, following the lead of the Boston Marathon.

its usual position in April to allow more participants due to the threat of COVID-19 restrictions.UK Athletics

adopted non-binary guidelines from Scottish Athletics in 2018, which includes advice on the inclusion

of non-binary athletes.In 2019, Scottish Athletics went a step further by adding a non-binary entry


Alan Hubbard: My memories of Munich and the dreadful day that scarred sport forever

  • Inside the Blogs

The recent evocative pieces on the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Olympic Games by my insidethegames colleague Philip Barker brought personal memories flooding back. Not that they were ever far from consciousness.

training spin to learn of the horrors of that morning, bemoaned: "This is spoiling a bloody good day's athletics


PNGOC urges children to care for coastlines as part of environmental drive

  • ONOC

The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) has urged children to take care of their coastlines as a part of an initiative aimed at improving the environment.

Baki, football’s Basil Joffari and Roland Bala, karate’s Dennis Kopman, basketball’s Dia Muri and Para athletics


World Athletics survey finds 70 per cent of athletes concerned over climate change

  • Athletics

According to a World Athletics survey, more than 70 per cent of athletes are seriously concerned about

Young people don't just look at us as an international federation," said World Athletics President Sebastian

They're very much more attuned to it.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, second left, feels the

organisation needs to take action against climate change ©World Athletics"We need to not only be saying

Coe said that World Athletics will continue to embed sustainability into its licensing and bidding processes






Americans remain bitter about basketball defeat 50 years ago

  • The Big Read

On a grassy bank outside the Olympic Stadium in Munich, a series of plaques record the name of every gold medallist at the 1972 Games.

Seagren was in Munich with a new fibreglass pole known as the "Catapole".This was ruled illegal by senior athletics



Cash reserves exceed $50 million as World Athletics learns to "dance in the rain"

  • Athletics

The dividend from Tokyo 2020 has helped World Athletics to boost cash reserves after a year characterised

about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain" is a quote World Athletics

edged up to $9.1 million (£7.9 million/€9 million).At $8.8 million (£7.6 million/€8.8 million), the Athletics

actually reimbursed for "legal and task force related costs arising from the suspension of the Russian Athletics

Russia-Ukraine conflict, or resultant sanctions imposed on Russia, would have consequences on World Athletics


Kenyan NOC signs MoU to host Paris 2024 training camps in Miramas

  • ANOCA

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Miramas to host a training camp for the country in the French commune prior to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Miramas Métropole and a range of other facilities.The Stadium Miramas Métropole is capable of holding athletics

Tergat was joined by NOCK secretary general Francis Mutuku and Barnaba Korir who chairs the Athletics

Stadium Miramas Métropole for a month-long technical training camp following a partnership between Athletics

Kenya and the Miramas Athletics Club.Those athletes then represented the country at the World Under-


BT Group named as BUCS basketball headline partner

  • Universiade

Telecommunications company BT Group has become the headline of the British Universities and Colleges Sport's (BUCS) basketball programme.

The partnership builds on BT Group being the headline partner of the BUCS' Outdoor Athletics Championships

continue to show their support to our competitions and events following the success of the Outdoor Athletics


Fraser-Pryce and Ingebrigtsen finish at top speed in Zurich’s Diamond League final

  • Athletics

Super-fast performances from Jamaica’s five-time women’s world 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Olympic men’s 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen were highlights of the concluding day’s action at the Wanda Diamond League final.

10.81, and went on to earn victory in the women’s 200m in 21.80 later in this finale to a uniquely busy athletics