World Athletics Council member Antti Pihlakoski has called for change to the rules governing reaction

the favourites to win the event, was deemed to have committed a false start by 0.001sec at the World Athletics

World Athletics Council member Antti Pihlakoski has asked for "a change to the reaction time rule" ©Getty

ImagesWorld Athletics has told insidethegames that "it is standard procedure after each World Championships

for the World Athletics Competition Commission to review the Championships and recommend any rule changes

debate within the sport.In 2009, the governing body then known as the International Association of Athletics

To say that things had gone smoothly for Oscar Pistorius before he competed in the London 2012 Paralympics would be a nonsense. 

the Games after a long and winding road of legal wrangles with the international governing body for athletics

, then the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), over whether his prosthetic limbs

By contrast, the International Association of Athletics Federations offers no such flexibility and has

Paralympic swimming champion Blake Cochrane and Tokyo 2020 wheelchair racing bronze medallist Robyn Lambird are among the athletes picked for the Australian wheelchair rugby development squad's first international tour.

World bronze medallist Janee' Kassanavoid led a strong opening day for the United States team at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Championships in Freeport in the Bahamas as the nation won every gold medal on offer.

Kassanavoid, who became the first Native American to finish on the podium at the World Athletics Championships

Peggy O'Neal, the first woman to be President of an Australian Football League (AFL) club, has been appointed chair of the Victoria 2026 Board of Directors.

Victoria 2026 chief executive Jeroen Weimar saying "three or four" are likely to be added.Aquatics, athletics

table tennis, triathlon and weightlifting are the 16 sports already on the programme.Six Para sports - athletics

Championship records in the women’s and men’s 400 metres hurdles fell here tonight at the European Athletics

#BackToTheRoofs pic.twitter.com/KjuqEzgiyX— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 19, 2022The Swiss

to Britain’s Lawrence Okoye with a first-round best of 67.14.Topi Raitanen earned Finland a second athletics

Germany and Britain enjoyed success on the first day of canoe sprint finals at the Munich 2022 European Championships.

Championships in Munich are set to continue tomorrow with medals due to be awarded in artistic gymnastics, athletics

Athletics and artistic gymnastics have earned the best television viewing figures so far at European

SRG-SSR), and the UK (BBC).Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom all reported athletics

gymnastics and track cycling.In Germany, ARD achieved a live average audience of 3.07 million for its athletics

beach volleyball, both on August 15.ZDF’s top live average audience so far was 4.15 million for its athletics

2.4 million for triathlon on August 14.In Italy, RAI’s top live average audience was 1.6 million for athletics

on August 15.In the United Kingdom, the BBC’s top live average audience was 1.5 million for its athletics

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Heavy rain combined with thunder and lightning forced a delay to the start of the evening athletics session

Klosterhalfen became the latest German to feel the golden power of the home crowd here at the European Athletics

#BackToTheRoofs pic.twitter.com/d2KSRgKVwm— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 18, 2022Belgium

#BackToTheRoofs pic.twitter.com/0x1LxcRMQW— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 18, 2022"The

a vital stepping-stone en route to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games later in the summer," said European Athletics

We look forward to organising, with the support of European Athletics, a great edition of the Championships

in Roma," added Italian Athletics Federation President Stefano Mei.Nowicki’s big throw in the men's

Britain's Joe Fraser continued his remarkable form to take men's all-around artistic gymnastics gold at the Munich 2022 European Championships.

and Szocs.The Munich 2022 European Championships is set to continue tomorrow, with medals on offer in athletics

Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF) President Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal heaped praise on Konya for staging an "exceptional" edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games here.

medals ©Konya 2021The Games did not take place without problems as a faulty start system at the Konya Athletics

Russian shot putter Irina Tarasova, who competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been given a two-year ban for using a prohibited substance.

The two-year ban, which was effective from July 9 2022, has been announced by the Athletics Integrity

placing of ninth in the women’s shot put at London 2012.Tarasova's seventh-place finish at the World Athletics

disqualified covers the gold medal won by Tarasova at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, and the World Athletics

has also been stripped of the gold and silver medals that she won at the 2015 and 2014 European Team Athletics

Aquatics has been included in the sporting programme for the 2023 European Games following discussions between officials earlier this year.

competition.The EOC is responsible for organising the European Games and it now consists of 25 sports.Archery, athletics

Taekwondo has launched a campaign to be included on the sports programme at the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

decision by the end of September.Sixteen sports have been confirmed for Victoria 2026 so far - aquatics, athletics

rugby sevens, squash, table tennis, triathlon and weightlifting.There will also be six Para sports in athletics