Huge crowds gathered here today to witness historic achievements in Commonwealth Games marathon running as Australia’s Jessica Stenson won a record third medal in the event - this time a gold - and Victor Kiplangat became the first Ugandan to earn victory.

My coach and the Athletics Australia medical staff were really calm and said: 'Look people have had it

medallist Yaime Pérez has become the latest high-profile Cuban athlete to defect, doing so after the World Athletics

Sports Ministers from across the Commonwealth welcomed the introduction of a 10-pronged action plan to promote human rights through sport during a meeting here.

speakers including Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization and World Athletics

English tandem B sprint cyclist Sophie Unwin and pilot Georgia Holt are not to be awarded the bronze medal in the women's event from yesterday despite finishing third at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games due to a small number of teams competing, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has confirmed.

that race for third, they defeated Scotland's Libby Clegg - Paralympic and Commonwealth champion in athletics

Australia and New Zealand set new standards at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the women's and men's 4,000 metres team pursuit, claiming their first gold medals at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London.

Unwin and Georgia Holt came third by the same 2-0 margin against Scotland's Paralympic and Commonwealth athletics

Namibia's Helalia Johannes, who will defend her women’s marathon title tomorrow at the age of 41, has her eyes on the 32-year-old Commonwealth Games record.

winner Stellah Barsosio is due to run for Kenya tomorrow ©Getty ImagesJohannes missed the recent World Athletics

Kenyan pair of Maurine Chepkemoi and Stellah Barsosio.The women’s marathon will also feature the oldest athletics

and Philemon Lokedi will also be medal contenders if they can rediscover their 2021 form.In the Para athletics

The 22nd Commonwealth Games have officially opened at the rebuilt Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr, Birmingham, with the Opening Ceremony closed in style by the city’s beloved Eighties band Duran Duran playing a collection of their hits.

who has spent so many hours training and competing in this space as a member of Birchfield Harriers Athletics

Bangladesh returned home from the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games with a pair of silver medals, which for them represented a good result.

Hossain Khan's air rifle success at Manchester 2002.Rokib, the general secretary of the Bangladesh Athletics

Federation, has travelled to Birmingham 2022 directly from the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.He

will be overseeing around 30 athletes in athletics, boxing, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, weightlifting

Kelsey-Lee Barber, the double world women’s javelin champion, has become the first Australian Commonwealth Games competitor to test positive for COVID-19.

Ash Moloney, the surprise Tokyo 2020 decathlon bronze medallist who dropped out of last week’s World Athletics

London 2012 can look back and say it staged the Olympic Games "exceptionally well", the Princess Royal said during a special reception to mark the 10th anniversary of the Opening Ceremony here tonight.

reception was Coe, who is currently travelling to Colombia from the United States to attend the World Athletics

U20 Championships in Cali in his capacity as President of World Athletics.

to rule out a future bid for the Olympics, but revealed obtaining the hosting rights for the World Athletics

years and become recognised as a top 20 host by 2027.Among those include bids for the 2026 European Athletics

very much like us to end the golden decade with the possibility of bringing to this city that World Athletics

“We have ongoing conversations with the World Athletics about what the options are."

Asked how talks have been going with World Athletics, Ward added: "They have been very positive."

We have had a good relationship with World Athletics for a long, long time because we hosted the Diamond

Men's shot put Commonwealth Games champion Tom Walsh and three-time women's squash gold medallist Joelle King have been named here as New Zealand's flagbearers for tomorrow's Birmingham 2022 Opening Ceremony.

Commonwealth Games.The 30-year-old was world champion in 2017, but had to settle for fourth place at the World Athletics

Italy's Alice Pagliarini and Zalán Deák of Hungary powered to their first European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) gold medals as they were victorious in the respective girls' and boys' 100 metres races in Banská Bystrica.

Deák set an individual record in the past two months.The 16-year-old finished eighth at the European Athletics

It seems a happy coincidence that the Commonwealth Games, which open in Birmingham tomorrow evening, coincide with the 10th anniversary of Britain’s greatest ever sports extravaganza, the Olympics of London 2012.

governing bodies has led to shameful episodes of bullying by coaches in several sports - among them athletics

Weightlifting, athletics and cycling provide most culprits.Suspicion lingers over some others, including

Cyclist Masomah Ali Zada, who was born in Afghanistan, has become the first refugee athlete to join the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Los Angeles 2028 Organising Committee Athletes’ Commission.She announced her retirement at the World Athletics

Games.Smith has participated in the Summer and Winter Olympics for Canada.He was part of the 4x100m athletics