RunCzech has announced it has amended a promotional campaign to commemorate four-time Olympic champion Emil Zátopek due to use of the letter Z, which has become used as a symbol of Russia in their war with Ukraine.

78 in Prague in November 2000, but in 2012 it was inaugurated into the International Association of Athletics

Federations, now World Athletics, Hall of Fame.RunCzech President Carlo Capalbo said the campaign has

Olympic silver medallist Robbie Brightwell, one half of British athletics' "golden couple", has died

Brightwell, captain of the British athletics team at Tokyo 1964, told her a few home truths."

Spyros Capralos, President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC), was able to update Margaritis Schinas, the European Commission vice-president, over humanitarian efforts to support the Ukrainian Olympic community affected by the Russian invasion.

assistance made on March 3 by the IOC President, Thomas Bach.At Bach’s urgent request, IOC member and World Athletics

The theme of the meeting, which was to have been part of the latest EOC Athletics Commission seminar

Portugal is set to host the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Championship Cross Country for the second time tomorrow at the University of Aveiro after holding the event in Açoteias in 1996.

university campus and provide the student athletes with a high-quality track that meets the FISU and World Athletics

The staging of upcoming major World Athletics events in China poses "considerable challenges" because

of continuing concerns over COVID-19, the World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said today.

Speaking at a media conference in Monaco following the virtual 227th meeting of the World Athletics Council

, Coe looked ahead to the 10 World Athletics Series (WAS) events due to be held within the next two years

And of course China is one of them because three of our World Athletics Series (WAS) events take place

World Athletics Series events scheduled for China in 2022 and 2023 still face "considerable challenges

The 2022 World Athletics Championships are set to be held in Oregon from July 15 to 24.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe revealed today that he has been in daily contact with his Ukrainian

Speaking in Monaco following the conclusion of today’s virtual World Athletics Council meeting, Coe said

daily" to the man whom he narrowly defeated in the 2015 election for the Presidency, and that World Athletics

 He added that Bubka, a legendary athletics performer for Ukraine, had attended both days of the

These sanctions include no hosting of any international or European athletics events, which includes

World Athletics Series (WAS) and one-day meetings and any other international athletics competitions.

The World Athletics Council has agreed to the request of the Russian Taskforce that it should continue

to work with the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) to achieve its international re-instatement, despite

In the light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the World Athletics Council’s decision to exclude

were to happen the culture of change that RusAF has been cultivating would be undermined.The World Athletics

endorsed the request by the Russian Taskforce chair Rune Andersen to continue its work with the Russian Athletics

The World Athletics Council agreed that the Taskforce should continue to monitor RusAF."

The World Athletics Championships due to be held later this year in Eugene, Oregon will be the first

be made to the top three nations in the all-around points table - taking a leaf out of the European Athletics

of competition," said Sasha Spencer, the athlete and team experience director for WCH Oregon22.World Athletics

Noah Lyles is among elite athletes to have welcomed the idea of introducing team trophies to the World Athletics

There are not many Commonwealth Games countries where French is the first language.

 At Birmingham 2022, Cameroon is hoping to take around 50 athletes in athletics, Para-athletics,

Melbourne will come to a standstill on March 30 when Shane Warne, a cricketer whose achievements are seared deep into the psychic of the Australian public and whose death last week at the age of 52 has plunged the nation into mourning, is laid to rest.

those unable to attend in person.Warne was to cricket what Lionel Messi is to football, Usain Bolt to athletics

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has celebrated the international Women's Day by introducing a new campaign called Super Women, which aims to emphasise the accomplishments of inspirational women in Qatar.  

In athletics I idolised Qatar’s track and field legend Talal Al Mansour who mentored me throughout my

The second and concluding day of the 227th World Athletics Council meeting will see further discussion

In an address to the Council earlier this month, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: "The world

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, pictured with Valeriya Sholomitska of Ukraine and her coach

be involved in further discussions of the Ukraine crisis during tomorrow's second day of the World Athletics

delegates at future events.The Council is set to receive updates on preparations for upcoming World Athletics

said this week that it is on schedule to have a 50:50 gender split on the World Athletics Council by

South Africa face losing a gold medal from the 2021 World Athletics Relays after sprinter Thando Dlodlo

in question was collected at the South African National Championships in April last year.The World Athletics

Dlodlo for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and the athlete has not run at an event recognised by World Athletics

athletes throughout the history of the sport will be specially honoured on day four of this year’s World Athletics

schedule of events on July 18 felt like the perfect opportunity to shine a spotlight on women at the World Athletics

The incredible competition will lend itself perfectly to an emphatic celebration of women in athletics

Olympic and world triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas is likely to be competing on day four of the World Athletics

Championships in Oregon, which will showcase women's athletics ©Getty ImagesThe fourth day of competition

the roles and opportunities for women in athletics.This will be a collaborative project between World Athletics

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis broke his own pole world record in Belgrade tonight with 6.19 metres in a performance he described as "perfection".

in February 2020.Duplantis had already secured the victory at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting, a World Athletics

#WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/F65RbyhTmj— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 7, 2022"I think

Duplantis hinted that he believes he can improve the record when the Serbian capital hosts the World Athletics