Five-time Olympic gold medalist Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah will not defend her 200 metre title at the upcoming Olympics in Paris, it has been revealed.

and appointed Reynaldo Walcott, who also coaches her Jamaican teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.The athletics

Karalo Maibuca will travel across the globe to compete for Tuvalu in the men's 100 metres at the upcoming Paris Olympic Games. The 25-year-old previously served as the flag-bearer during the Tokyo Games three years ago, a role he will once again undertake in the French capital as the sole representative from his country.

Due to limited space, Tuvalu does not have a proper athletics track.

Since then, the nation has sent a total of six athletes to compete in athletics and weightlifting, but

Melei mentioned that due to the absence of an athletics track, their top athletes must travel abroad

Several members of the small Tuvalu team, who recently competed at the Oceania athletics championships

University of the South Pacific in Suva, where he refines his Olympic preparations at the adjacent athletics

A new report out Tuesday, backed by climate scientists and athletes, warned about the dangers posed by extreme high temperatures at this year's Paris Olympics. The "Rings of Fire" report —a collaboration between non-profit Climate Central, academics at Britain's University of Portsmouth and 11 Olympians— said conditions in Paris could be worse than the last Games in Tokyo in 2021.

Speaking after Tokyo, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe, who wrote a foreword for "Rings of Fire

Serbian sensation Angelina Topic first caught attention at the 2022 European Athletics Championships,

The Topic family excels in athletics: Angelina's mother, Biljana Topic, a three-time Olympian and Serbian

triple jump record holder, narrowly missed a podium finish at the 2009 World Athletics Championships

former European high jump champion and Serbian record holder, now coaches her, shaping her path in athletics

Topic placed 7th at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest and 5th at the 2024 indoor world

rankings.The teenager's successes in 2024 have persisted, highlighted by a silver medal at the European Athletics

As the Special Olympics movement marks the one-year anniversary of the 2023 World Games in Berlin, athletes from across Europe shared their experiences of the Games through compelling videos. These clips highlighted athletes from Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, and Ireland.

Majed Abu Maraheel, the first Palestinian athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, has died in Gaza at the age of 61 due to a lack of medical treatment for kidney failure in his country.

young athletes to pursue their dreams on the international stage.Paying tribute to him, the Palestine Athletics

The President of the International Paralympic Committee, Andrew Parsons, spoke about the event, emphasising its focus on equality and the legacy it will leave in terms of accessibility. He also assured Servimedia in an interview that they will be the most spectacular in history.

spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic.IPC President Andrew Parsons,speaks during the Opening Ceremony Para Athletics

Kenyan middle-distance superstar Faith Kipyegon will chase two golds at next month's Paris Olympics after she added qualification for her 1500m speciality at trials in Nairobi on Saturday. The 30-year-old had bagged her ticket for the 5000m the previous day. An odds-on favourite for the 1500m, the two-time Olympic champion ran a perfect qualifier to come home in a remarkable time of 3 minutes 53:98 seconds.

I have peaked at the right time," he said.PHOTOS: Two-day Athletics Kenya Olympic Games trials conclude

France was the scene of massive demonstrations last Saturday organised by trade unions and left-wing parties to protest against the rise of the far-right, which opinion polls suggest is on the verge of taking power. Police reportedly estimated the number of demonstrators at 250,000 nationwide, with 75,000 concentrated in Paris.

the start of London, but that's what's happening and they'll get through it," Coe, the head of world athletics

Femke Bol, fresh from two golds and a bronze at the European Championships, admits she is looking forward to what she says will be a "nice battle" with American arch-rival Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone at the Paris Olympics. Bol was one of the stars of the championships in Rome, dominating her speciality event, the 400m hurdles, and going on to anchor the women's 4x400m relay team to victory while also picking up third place in the mixed relay.

Many track fans believe the duo's clash will be one of the main attractions of the Paris athletics schedule

Nineteen-year-old Emmanuel Wanyonyi claimed the men’s 800m final at the Kenyan Olympic trials Saturday, clocking in at a world-leading and personal best time of 1:41 —the third fastest in the world behind fellow Kenyans David Rudisha and Wilson Kipketer. Wanyonyi almost failed to qualify for the finals after he was tripped and fell during Friday’s semifinals, where he finished sixth. Despite struggling with a swollen leg, Wanyonyi bounced back on Saturday to secure a spot on the Olympic team. 

Doping in French mixed martial arts has reached "the alert level", the head of the country's Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) warned on Thursday, AFP reports.

The AFLD conducted 12,000 dope tests in 2023 with rugby (0.64% of positive cases), cycling (0.86%), athletics

With an ample majority of wrestlers and the stellar presence of road cyclist Aleksandr Vlasov and Olympic trampoline champion Ivan Litvinovich among the featured admissions for the Paris 2024 Games, the International Olympic Committee also included taekwondo as whole, albeit with no specific names.

There will be no track and field athletes, as World Athletics, the international federation, has banned

Kenya's two-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon returned to form on Friday with a win in the women's 5000m at trials in Nairobi for the Paris Games, brushing off injuries that had sidelined her for months. It was the 30-year-old's first race of the year after pulling out of last month's Prefontaine Classic Diamond League in Oregon with a muscle injury.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Para swimmer Aleksey Lyzhikhin for two years for committing anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) in violation of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (the Code).

International Paralympic Committee acts as the International Federation for five Para sports: World Para Athletics