New Zealand high jumper Hamish Kerr is targeting Olympic gold in Paris to complement his world indoor title. He plans to do this by taking tactical toilet breaks to mentally reset.

m with a bronze medal-winning jump of 2.31 m, tying with Gianmarco Tamberi.He also won the Oceania Athletics

After announcing it would pay winning Track & Field athletes in the upcoming Paris Olympic Games, the association presided by Sebastian Coe has allotted a $10 million (€9.2 million) prize pot, the largest in the sport’s history, for its newest event.

World Athletics has been quite busy lately.

The just announced World Athletics Ultimate Championship would be a “platform for athletes to promote

is scheduled to send off the summer athletics season and potentially add another top event to World

Athletics’ calendar with the intention is to hold the event every two years, meaning the second edition

“The World Athletics Ultimate Championship will be high on action and excitement for fans, setting a

French sportswear brand Le Coq Sportif, the main supplier to French athletes at the Paris 2024 Games, is facing fresh doubts over its finances and operations at a time when it is due to provide around 370,000 sports garments for the Olympics.

supplier to almost all French sports federations with the exception of a handful, including football and athletics

Venezuelan San Diego Padres player Tucupita Marcano has been banned from Major League Baseball for life for betting on games, the world's premier baseball league announced.

were found to have placed non-baseball bets through a legal sports book.Also implicated was Oakland Athletics

Michael Kelly of the Oakland Athletics pitches against the Boston Red Sox in the ninth inning at Oakland

GETTY IMAGESKelly, the 31-year-old Oakland Athletics pitcher who has been suspended for one year, placed

He appeared in 28 games for the Athletics this year, pitching 31.1 innings with a 2.59 ERA.

Para Taekwondo will feature for the second time in Asian Youth Para Games programme in Tashkent 2025 after its successful debut in Bahrain 2021 Games.Para Taekwondo has been announced as one of the 10 sports to feature at the next edition of the Asian Youth Para Games to take place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan during September- October 2025.

The full list of sports included in the programme are Para Athletics, Para-Armwrestling, Para Cycling

The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games will lead the charge towards a more sustainable future in and through sports. A pre-game paper has since been produced outlining sustainability and objectives ahead of the tournament.

The Italian capital is set to become the core of continental athletics with the 2024 European Athletics

The brightest stars of European athletics will meet in Rome, with the presence of 9 champions from the

and adjust their strategies for Paris 2024.The most anticipated eventsThe different disciplines of athletics

From the demanding 20km men's race walk to the final of the men's 100m, the most important event in athletics

Athletics fans will have the opportunity to enjoy the best competitions on the European continent and

Without a doubt, an unmissable event for all those who are thrilled by the excitement of athletics.

The star pole vaulter doesn't want to miss out on the 2024 Olympics on his home turf, but the 5.82 metre mark required to qualify for Paris is no longer a foregone conclusion for the former champion and world record-holder after his recent rash of injuries.

Swimming Australia's head coach Rohan Taylor has confirmed that Australia will return to the World University Games in 2025 and 2027, which will be crucial for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, after missing out in Chengdu.

These sports, including swimming and athletics, are among the highest participation sports in Australia

Femke Bol made her outdoor debut in preparation for the Paris Olympics by clinching victory in the 400m hurdles at the Diamond League event in Stockholm last Sunday. Meanwhile, Armand Duplantis came close to surpassing his own pole vault world record.

pic.twitter.com/u1FLQ3HlQK— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June 2, 2024

Cuba has secured spots for 39 athletes across eleven sports to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The country aims to rank among the top 20 nations in the medal standings and secure five gold medals, as reported by the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (INDER) on Friday.

undergoing the classification process, with 39 showing strong potential across various disciplines including athletics

Innovation in sport and events will be the central pillar of World Athletics' business strategy for the

World Athletics' business strategy for the next four years introduces significant changes.

The strategy also aims to create more inclusive and accessible entry points into athletics as a competitor

Innovation in all aspects of the sport will help secure the future of athletics and enhance the range

This is at the heart of our four-year strategy, Pioneering Change (2024-2027)," said World Athletics

(@WorldAthletics) June 2, 2024"World Athletics has ambitious plans, a motivated network of more than

The Biden administration has put on hold a plan to prohibit across-the-board bans on transgender athletes on school teams during an election year in which Republicans are rallying around restrictions on trans youths. Though GOP state leaders are making sure voters know the issue is still on the table, according to the Associated Press.

The Education Department said it has received more than 150,000 public comments on the athletics policy

attempting to continue the exclusions that we have seen in states across the country with respect to athletics

Jamaica’s Oblique Seville set the world’s fastest 100 metres time of 2024, clocking 9.82 seconds, to defeat reigning world champion Noah Lyles at the Racer Grand Prix on 1 June.

The Indonesian National Olympic Committee is optimistic about their team’s participation in the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Raja Sapta Oktohari, President of the organisation, stated that Indonesia will surprise the world in this year's Olympics, according to Tempo.

athletes are still waiting to earn their Olympic berths in several sports; wall climbing, archery, athletics