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World Athletics set to mark Kids' Athletics Day on May 7

  • Athletics

World Athletics has revealed plans to mark its redesigned Kids' Athletics programme by celebrating Kids' Athletics Day next Saturday (May 7), which it is hoped will become an annual event.

take part in athletics and learn new skills as part of Kids' Athletics Day on May 7.Lord Sebastian Coe

sport among young people as an opportunity to build fitness.World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe

the power and accessibility of athletics and our athletes to create a healthier and fitter world," Coe


Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030 visit from IOC delayed as arguments continue

  • 2030 Olympics

The President of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) Alejandro Blanco has insisted the Pyrenees-Barcelona

If we have something in the COE, it is seriousness," said Blanco."

mountaineering, speed skating and ice hockey.Previously, the Aragón Government did not attend a meeting with COE


John Coates, unique deliverer of two Olympics to Australia, steps away from NOC Presidency after more than 30 years

  • The Big Read

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.

There was to be no repeat of the Great Sydney 2000 Ambush.Sebastian Coe, in his role as chairman of the

ImagesIn an interview with the Australian Associated Press shortly before  London 2012, Sebastian Coe

journey that if you get the athlete-generated atmosphere at the stadiums then the rest sort of happens," Coe


Jamaica break under-20 women's 4x100m relay world record at CARIFTA Games

  • Athletics

Jamaica's 4x100 metres relay team set a new women's under-20 world record at the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) Games in Kingston, a competition that the home nation dominated once again.

Zachary Evans of The Bahamas took bronze, crossing the line in 10.45.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


Spanish Sports Minister backs existing venue distribution for 2030 Winter Olympic bid

  • 2030 Olympics

Spain’s Minister of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta, has backed the existing venue distribution for the country’s 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games bid, following a separate proposal by the Aragon Government.

The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) staged a meeting to validate proposals tabled by its Technical Committee

Faci, Minister of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Aragon, presented the plan to COE

speed skating and ice hockey.Speaking to Spanish radio Rac1, Iceta backed the existing plans of the COE

In this I would follow what the COE says, which is the one who must present the candidacy, defend it

proposal more attractive.Barcelona is the Catalan capital and the second largest municipality in Spain.The COE


Michael Pavitt: Winter Olympic race out of the spotlight but picking up pace

  • Inside the Blogs

The unofficial starting gun in the contest to be named hosts of the 2030 Winter Olympics appeared to have been fired last month.

the region and Catalonia as “unfair”, with a new proposition put to the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

) in a meeting this week including a map of the suggested locations.The COE has said it will hold another


CARIFTA Games heading to Kingston after two-year COVID-19 hiatus

  • Athletics

Jamaica is looking to extend its formidable record at the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) Games on home soil after the event underwent back-to-back cancellations due to COVID-19.

the track and field experience for athletes from the Caribbean," World Athletics President Sebastian Coe


Spanish Olympic Committee to seek 2030 Olympic bid solution as Aragon presents new venue proposal

  • 2030 Olympics

The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) says it will convene a meeting to find a "definitive solution" for

plan, claiming that the allocation of events between the two regions was "unfair".Under the reported COE

Faci, Minister of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Aragon, presented the plan to COE

The COE will convene, in the coming days, a meeting to find the definitive solution of the candidacy

presented to the International Olympic Committee by the COE and backed by the Government of Spain to

celebrate the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in Catalonia and Aragon," a COE statement read.The latest meeting


World Athletics launches Ukraine Fund to support athletes' efforts to compete

  • Athletics

World Athletics has launched a Ukraine Fund in partnership with the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) and the members of the Diamond League Association which will support professional athletes impacted by the war in their country.

situation and need our assistance to continue training and competing," World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Diamond League members have opened the fund by donating a combined $190,000 (£146,000/€175,000).Sebastian Coe


Plaatjes, 1993 world marathon champion, opens first of two MOWA Oregon22 exhibitions in Portland

  • Collecting and Heritage

Mark Plaatjes, who won the world marathon title for the United States in 1993, helped cut the opening ribbon at the latest Museum Of World Athletics exhibition in Portland today as part of the build-up to this summer’s World Athletics Championships Oregon22.

international performers such as Emil Zatopek, Klaus Wolfermann, Eamonn Coghlan, Carlos Lopes, Sebastian Coe


Spanish Olympic Committee meets to approve Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030 bid, as date set for residents to vote on plans

  • 2030 Olympics

The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) has met to approve the distribution of events as part of its bid

The COE staged a meeting to validate proposals tabled by its Technical Committee - but notably no one

Olympics.Alongside the COE's statement about the signing of the agreement, a picture was posted showing COE

proposal presented, debated and agreed by the Technical Commission was validated," a statement from the COE

Aragon while a decision on the destination for the ski jumping and sliding sports had yet to be made as COE



Duncan Mackay: It takes a special type of character to succeed as chief executive of an Olympic Organising Committee

  • Inside the Blogs

Chief executive of an Olympic Games Organising Committee (OCOG) sounds like a glamorous job: the opportunity to be involved in the world’s biggest sporting event, VIP tickets to watch some of the most sought-after events on the planet and a healthy six-figure salary.

facilities.There is no doubt that without Deighton doing all the heavy lifting in the background, Sebastian Coe


Aragon President blasts COE plans for Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030 bid as "unfair"

  • 2030 Olympics

have suffered a further setback after the Aragon Government rebuffed the Spanish Olympic Committee’s (COE

COE had reportedly approved a technical agreement for a bid and had issued a letter seeking the backing

Aragon while a decision on the destination for the ski jumping and sliding sports had yet to be made as COE


Victor Davis

  • Commonwealth Sport Legends

Victor Davis and Adrian Moorhouse could not stand each other during years of record-breaking head-to-head rivalry in the 1980s, when they dominated breaststroke. "We first met in 1982," said Moorhouse. "Our first conversation was in 1986."

world number one at 100m, and before the Commonwealth Games the press labelled Moorhouse and Davis "the Coe