The island country Papua New Guinea has qualified two athletes from weightlifting and two athletes from table tennis to compete at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. 

, the PNGOC and its Justification Committee endorsed six sports for the Games.The chosen sports are athletics

weightlifter Dika Toua won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games ©Getty ImagesPara-athletes and coaches from athletics

Birmingham is mulling over the possibility of launching a bid to host the 2026 European Championships, a City Council official has confirmed.

those," said Wagg when asked about the prospect of bidding for the European Championships and World Athletics

Dave Wagg, our Head of Sport and Physical Activity, reflects on yesterday's first-ever athletics event

We have delivered what I think is a fantastic athletics stadium and a stadium that Birmingham and the

But we have made no secret in stating that this should be the home of athletics."

It is where we want the focus to be when any athletics event wants to come to the UK."

In early 1964, John Coates reportedly took a day off school to watch Richie Benaud play his last Test match. A photograph in the next day’s Sydney Morning Herald pictured him alongside the Australian cricket captain as they left the pitch.

collaborative relationship" to which Roche referred was in spectacularly short supply during the 2017 Nitro Athletics

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has issued a letter to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) demanding the inclusion of archery, shooting and wrestling at the 2026 event in Australian state Victoria.

seven when the final programme is revealed at the end of this year.T20 cricket, swimming and diving, athletics

changes in a bid to safeguard the future of the Games and encourage more bidders.Under the roadmap, athletics

the men's and women's 35 kilometres race walk today at the Dudinska 50, the latest leg of the World Athletics

take the gold medal in Dudince in Slovakia, easily smashing the qualification standard for the World Athletics

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South African sprinter Luke Davids is aiming to deliver his best-ever performance in order to top the podium at this summer’s Chengdu 2021 World University Games.

in the 100m event and silver in the 200m event during the 2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics

Sam Effah and Claire Carver-Dias have been named as Canada’s Co-Chefs de Mission for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, after Benoit Huot stepped down for personal reasons.

de Mission at the 2018 Games, we knew she could provide continuity to the role.2Sam, a leader within Athletics

debut over the new 35km distance, as he headlines the men's field at the Dudinska 50, part of the World Athletics

their National Championships during the race too.The entry standard for the 35km race for the World Athletics

I am a lover of challenges, the 35km excites me a lot," said Stano to the Italian Athletics Federation.World

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Dane Bird-Smith has announced his retirement from athletics

his preferred distance in 2015 in Gwangju.Bird-Smith last competed internationally at the 2019 World Athletics

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CouncilBritish Army stalls were in place outside the Alexander Stadium during the UK Midlands Army Athletics

and Getty ImagesOkoro, who retired from athletics last year, got the chance to test the new track ©British

Athletics and Getty ImagesCommonwealth Games champion Thomas believes Birmingham can become the new

"home of athletics" in Britain ©British Athletics and Getty ImagesThomas and Okoro have been blown away

by the transformation of the Alexander Stadium prior to the Commonwealth Games ©British Athletics and

redevelopment of the Alexander Stadium here has reinforced calls for Birmingham to be known as the new "home of athletics

Iwan Thomas said he was blown away by the transformation of the Alexander Stadium ©British Athletics

For me, the Alexander Stadium has always been the home of athletics," said Thomas."

Once athletes have seen it and raced here, this will become the home of athletics."

last year, is a member of the UK Athletics board as a non-executive director."

We are hosting the UK Midlands Army Athletics Championships.?

Just under 40,000 people live in the Turks and Caicos Islands - an Atlantic paradise which lies to the southeast of The Bahamas and to the north of Hispaniola. 

Commonwealth Games.He is due to be part of an 11-strong team at Birmingham 2022, across the sports of athletics

part of the celebrations and athletes including Williams were involved.Popular sports include cricket, athletics

The previous athletics track, which hosted the 2007 CARIFTA Games, was damaged by a hurricane.Ingham-Hall

The construction of the Universiade Village for the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Yekaterinburg 2023 Summer World University Games is at more than 65 per cent completion, according to the general director of the contractors.

There are five hostel complexes for 11,500 athletes in the Village, as well as a medical centre, an athletics

Birmingham 2022 chief executive Ian Reid believes organisers of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria can "learn a lot" from his team running proceedings in the English city this year.

and has been named on the programme for Victoria 2026 ©Getty ImagesT20 cricket, swimming and diving, athletics

weightlifting are the first group of sports to be confirmed on the programme for Victoria 2026.Swimming, athletics

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are set to be the jewel in the platinum jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II but the first formal Commonwealth sports meeting was also held to celebrate a great royal occasion.

newspapers to suggest a "Pan Britannic Festival".This was to be "a festival and contest of industry, athletics

We live in an age of international athletics and I have no hesitation in saying that if the present ideal

permeating athletics is maintained, it would not only be good for individuals but good for making lasting

Canadian celebrations that many reports mistakenly stated that they had clinched the Lonsdale Trophy.The athletics