Nigel Huddleston is due to remain the United Kingdom's Sports Minister for the duration of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and Boris Johnson Prime Minister after a timeline to select a new leader was set.

2022 this month.Johnson in May visited the Alexander Stadium - set to host the Opening Ceremony and athletics

It was 70 years ago this week in Helsinki that the members of the International Olympic Committee made a decision destined to have lasting repercussions for the Movement.

was 81-year-old Johannes Sigfrid Edström, a Swede who had previously led the International Amateur Athletics

Mauritius did not win a medal at the first nine Commonwealth Games the country attended, but since then they have always appeared on the podium.

ring with the nation, previously a territory of both Britain and France, also reaching the podium in athletics

medallist from Mauritius ©Getty ImagesSixty-one athletes are due to represent Mauritius in all, in athletics

Before Gold Coast 2018, the best performance from Cyprus at the Commonwealth Games came at Delhi 2010 when they won four gold medals.

the Greek goddess of love and beauty.Hurdler Milan Trajkovic will be a Cypriot athlete to watch in athletics

The National Paralympic Committees of Russia and Belarus have reportedly signed a cooperation agreement to develop Para sports.

Russia and Belarus have strong Paralympic teams in swimming, athletics, cross-country skiing and biathlon.Russian

Sri Lanka's Chef de Mission for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has admitted preparations have been impacted to a "great extent" by the "turmoil situation" in the country.

Sri Lanka is due to compete in 3x3 basketball, aquatics, athletics, badminton, beach volleyball, boxing

To say that Sri Lanka's preparations for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been rocky is something of an understatement. 

Sri Lanka is due to compete in 3x3 basketball, aquatics, athletics, badminton, beach volleyball, boxing

will be part of a strong weightlifting team ©Getty ImagesSri Lanka could also spring a surprise on the athletics

Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jamaica’s sprint genius Herb McKenley, who was, and still is, the only man to simultaneously hold the world’s best times for the 100, 200 and 400 metres in the same year.

Kerley, centre, the Tokyo 2020 100m silver medallist, is seeking a 100/200m double at the Oregon22 World Athletics

surprise winner, Marcell Jacobs of Italy, and the two are due to meet again when the Oregon22 World Athletics

After two-and-a-half years of managing to escape the jaws of COVID-19, it finally struck me and came just when I started to think that I might be one of the lucky ones.

has expressed his concerns over COVID-19 after several riders tested positive ©Getty ImagesThe World Athletics

Disgraced Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has unwittingly been caught up in controversy in the campaign to choose a new Prime Minister in the United Kingdom to replace Boris Johnson.

Double World and Commonwealth Games athletics gold medallist Colin Jackson was among the bearers to carry

international ©Getty ImagesDouble Paralympic champion and Commonwealth Games T38 100 metres gold medallist in athletics

All ten evening sessions for the Oregon22 World Athletics Championships that start on Friday (July 15

World Athletics has told insidethegames: "Tickets for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 are

Meanwhile Jon Ridgeon, the World Athletics chief executive, has updated insidethegames on recent

We already have some really strong pillars in place to build on there.World Athletics says 70 per cent

of the tickets for the Oregon22 World Athletics Championships that starts on July 15 have been sold

For the full article on TrackTown USA and the Oregon22 World Athletics Championships, click here.

The Minster looking after sport in the United Kingdom Government has not traditionally held a significant role, but occasionally the person holding the post manages to put themselves in the spotlight - usually unintentionally.

, most notably when the Government refused to underwrite the costs of London hosting the 2005 World Athletics

Russian athletes have been banned from competing at the upcoming Oregon22 World Athletics Championships

World Athletics has announced that athletes from the nation will be unable to participate at the event

July 15 to 24, "as a consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine".The confirmation comes after World Athletics

World Athletics’ decision of 1 March 2022, all athletes, support personnel and officials from Russia

were excluded from all World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future as a consequence of

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine," a statement from World Athletics read."

Among the innovations at the Hayward Field venue that has been re-built to host the Oregon22 World Athletics

 He is the coach who stands at the heart of TrackTown USA, or Eugene, Oregon as non-athletics people

athletics in the United States?"

Relays, and World Athletics Under 20 World Championships, as well as the next five World Athletics Cross

Country Championships and World Athletics Half Marathon Championships.The first outdoor World Athletics

 World Athletics is certainly hoping it will turn out that way.