Lauren Cross looked around the four-lane running track at David W. Carter high school in Dallas and tries to sum up what her goddaughter, world 100m champion Sha'Carri Richardson, means to this community.

Paying amateur athletes has for a long time been a high-voltage debate within college sports circles in the United States, as well as the Olympic movement. Ardent defenders of the purity of the game often face the harsh reality of the current landscape in a cut-throat business world.

debate is also an ardent one within the Olympic movement, as just this year tensions rose when World Athletics

That’s truly groundbreaking.”The pay-the-athletes movement has been a constant since college athletics

and promising only temporary stability, is necessary to avoid what would be the bankruptcy of college athletics

One of the biggest sporting events for students in the Baltic States - the 39th edition of the SELL Student Games was held in Kaunas on 16-19 May, hosted by the Lithuanian Students' Sports Association, according to EUSA.

swimming, powerlifting, orienteering, table tennis, badminton, beach volleyball, sports climbing, judo, athletics

Day seven of the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships was action-packed, with 22 events concluding

second and third, respectively.The Dominican Republic secured its first-ever gold medal in the Para Athletics

As someone who has struggled with their own mental health and wellbeing for as long as I can remember, I feel it is important for leaders of organisations to be active and purposeful in creating a safe space for people to know that it is ok not to be ok. We are all on this journey, and we have a responsibility to look after each other.

England Athletics, alongside the three Home Country Athletics Federations are together responsible for

affects us all, and thus we need to work collaboratively to tackle the problem at its heart.England Athletics

, alongside the three Home Country Athletics Federations are together responsible for developing and

of helping the nation improve its mental health.However you look after your mental health, England Athletics

running together, and double our efforts to change lives for the better.Chris Jones joined England Athletics

England Athletics and the other Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAFs) have unveiled an ambitious

part of their bid to transform provision for mental health support within physical activity, England Athletics

has partnered with Scottish Athletics, Welsh Athletics and Athletics Northern Ireland with the goal

benefits of running, remove stigma and get people talking about mental health.Research from England Athletics

ENGLAND ATHLETICSThe Home Country Athletics Federations currently support nearly 500,000 runners and

in 10% of these clubs and groups – with the bold ambition of making this 100%.Chris Jones, England Athletics

Jumper' Markus Rehm won his seventh consecutive long jump world title on day six of the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics

Noemi Alphonse finally secured a first Para Athletics world title for Mauritius.

bronze.It was another good day for Brazil with the nation already enjoying its most successful Para Athletics

Just two months before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, the controversy surrounding the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and its handling of certain cases, notably that of the 23 Chinese swimmers allowed to compete at Beijing 2020, is growing.

 Shubenkov made history for Russia at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

Paris Olympics organisers have postponed the rehearsal of the opening ceremony on the Seine for the second time due to high water levels.

boat parade on the Seine, marking the first time a Summer Olympics will kick off outside a traditional athletics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), in conjunction with the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), will provide an emotional experience for former Jamaican athletes at the Paris Olympic Games when they receive their medals in an emotional ceremony at Champions Park at the foot of the historic Eiffel Tower on 9 August.

Twelve years ago at the Stratford Olympic Stadium, the Caribbean nation finished second in athletics

At its 2024 Mid-Year Meeting, the World Sailing Council voted to implement new eligibility rules for transgender athletes.

non-binary.World Sailing also sought medical expertise from other international federations, such as World Athletics

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has confirmed the competition venues and dates for all 35 sports in The World Games 2025, coinciding with its 44th anniversary, which was founded on 21 May, 1980.

One of the most heart-warming stories from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games involved high jump champion Sam Grewe. The American received a letter from a Japanese man whose son had also undergone a rotationplasty amputation having been diagnosed with the cancer osteosarcoma.

the win Paralympic gold in the Japanese capital.Three years later, with Kobe staging the 2024 Para Athletics

Cockroft won her seventh 100m T34 world title - her 15th in total - on day five of the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics

still to come.Hajar Safarzadeh Ghahderijani became the first Iranian women to win gold at the Para Athletics

400m Paralympic champion Skander Athmani won the men's 100m T13 title on day four of the 2024 Para Athletics