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Jacobs and Kerley set for super-fast, rarified race at Kip Keino Classic

  • Athletics

Marcell Jacobs and Fred Kerley, respective Olympic 100 metres gold and silver medallists, will be on for a super-fast time in the rarified atmosphere of Nairobi tomorrow as they take part in the Kip Keino Classic.

Jacobs, who set a personal best of 9.80sec in his Tokyo victory, will be seeking to use the third World Athletics

Namibia’s Christine Mboma, who was prevented from continuing with her 400m career through the World Athletics


Indian discus record-holder suspended after positive doping test

  • Athletics

Olympic discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur of India has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity

who finished sixth at last year's re-arranged Olympic Gamess in Tokyo, has allegedly violated World Athletics

⬇️https://t.co/opInfkVlnV#AIUNews pic.twitter.com/WGrgYDlY5k— Athletics Integrity Unit (@aiu_athletics

qualification round with 64m before finishing sixth overall with 63.70m.Stanozolol has been banned by World Athletics





Jamaica suggests Thompson-Herah time should be recognised as 100m world record

  • Athletics

The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has suggested Elaine Thompson-Herah should be

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe told the newspaper that there would be "very difficult legal

and 200m world records, but the performances have been viewed with suspicion ©Getty ImagesEuropean Athletics

proposed examining world records in 2017, initially suggesting scrapping all athletics world records

taken after the record being set needing to be stored and available for re-testing for 10 years.World Athletics

Thompson-Herah was also part of Jamaica's gold medal winning 4x100m relay team.The 29-year-old was named World Athletics


Medals revealed for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

  • Birmingham 2022

The medals which will be presented at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have been unveiled here today, after a journey along the city's waterways by narrowboat.

They were greeted canal-side by athletes including seven-time Paralympic athletics gold medallist Hannah


Appointment process opens for hosting of 2026 European Championships

  • European Championships

The host city appointment process for the third multi-sport European Championships in 2026 has been officially launched, with the successful city - or cities - due to be announced this year.

marked yesterday and 4,700 athletes are due to compete in 177 medal events across nine Olympic sports - athletics

for six sports in Glasgow and approximately €35 million (£29 million/$37 million) for the European Athletics



British athletes set to prepare for Paris 2024 in Reims under latest BOA deal

  • Paris 2024

British swimmers, boxers and gymnasts are due to train and prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Reims after the British Olympic Association (BOA) struck a deal with the French city.

It is the second such agreement that the BOA has signed, having previously announced plans for athletics




The loneliness of the long-distance lobbyer - 30 years on from the Kosovo Olympic Committee’s creation, Hasani’s vision has turned golden

  • The Big Read

Suddenly the handshake between Thomas Bach and Besim Hasani was not happening any more. The hand of the upwardly mobile International Olympic Committee vice president had halted in mid-air - at the point where Hasani had introduced himself as "President of the Kosovo Olympic Committee (KOC)."

in the Tarragona 2018 Mediterranean Games.From all these medals, 12 are from judo and only one from athletics

Aliti also commented on the circumstances at the World Athletics Indoor Championships held in Belgrade

the display of nations within the Stark Arena.Aliti paid tribute to the efforts of the IOC and World Athletics