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Ukraine claims orienteering golds as Deaflympics dominance continues

  • Paralympics

Ukraine have continued to add to their spectacular number of gold medals at the Deaflympics with both long-distance orienteering titles in Caxias do Sul in Brazil.

Z22ooFirvz— Ministry Of Sports, Culture & Heritage (@moscakenya) May 12, 2022After a day’s break in the athletics


Duncan Mackay: London 2012 was fabulous, but other cities deserve chance to host the Olympics

  • Inside the Blogs

The summer of 2012, when London hosted the Olympics and Paralympics, was such a glorious time in Britain that it is no wonder that, as the 10th anniversary of those Games approaches, there is growing interest in bringing them back to the capital for a record fourth time.

Shortly after the Olympics, UK Athletics signed a 50-year agreement to stage its flagship events there

remembered by everyone who attended them ©Getty ImagesBut the Stadium is clearly too big to host sustainable athletics

events there on a regular basis and UK Athletics are now in discussions with West Ham to exit their

Stadium will be repurposed to become an exclusive football venue, once again leaving London without an athletics



Joint Olympic high jump champions Tamberi and Barshim meet again in Doha Diamond League opener

  • Athletics

Nine months after their decision to share the Tokyo 2020 high jump title created one of the most beautiful moments in Olympic history, friends and rivals Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy and Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim converge again for tomorrow’s opening Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha.

#DohaDL pic.twitter.com/GT8wBkT43q— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) May 11, 2022The women’s 400m also

Rio 2016 800m silver medallist Niyonsaba, who has had to move up the distances following the World Athletics



Scotland

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Scotland did not need to work hard to convince its top stars to compete at Birmingham 2022.

Olympians Laura Muir, Josh Kerr, Jake Wightman, Eilish McColgan, Jemma Reekie and Andy Butchart to its athletics



Marseille to stage 2024 Top 14 final with Stade de France unavailable due to Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Marseille's Stade Vélodrome is set to host rugby union's 2023-2024 Top 14 final, with usual venue the Stade de France in Paris unavailable due to the French capital hosting the Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

France hosted the men's UEFA European Championship.The Stade de France is due to be converted into an athletics

Management Committee.The Stade de France, the usual Top 14 final venue, is set to be converted to an athletics




Ukraine invited to compete at Ibero-American Athletics Championships

  • Athletics

A Ukraine team is set to compete at the Ibero-American Athletics Championships in Alicante, invited by

Raúl Chapado, President of the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation, revealed that Ukrainian athletes due

to compete at the meeting.Orlando Ortega will be one of Spain's biggest stars at the Ibero-American Athletics

to compete.There are more than 500 athletes from 24 countries set to compete at the Ibero-American Athletics


Kobe to host World Para Athletics Championships in 2024 after 2022 postponement

  • Athletics News

Kobe will host the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships following the cancellation of this year’s

World Para Athletics and organisers in the Japanese city announced earlier this year an understanding

event for the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.Paris is due to host the next edition of the World Para Athletics

Dubai hosted the last edition of the Para Athletics World Championships in 2019 ©Getty ImagesDubai in

At last, the new dates for the Kobe Para Athletics World Championships have been set," Akemi Masuda,


Isle of Man

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

For a lot of people, thinking about the Isle of Man means thinking about bikes.

one of the best sprint cyclists of all time ©Getty ImagesIsle of Man will also compete in aquatics, athletics

nbsp;"We've got a strong swimming contingent and I know there's a lot of them heading over to watch, athletics

Swimming, athletics and those type of sports will have used the Island Games to then hopefully go from