Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics, has expressed concern at the length of time it is taking

for the suspension of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF), announced in November 2015, to be lifted

Speaking at a virtual press conference following the second and final day of the 53rd World Athletics

Good progress has been made under the new management at the Russian Athletics Federation which we want

may impact upon the return of the Russian Athletics Federation to full international competition ©World

altogether.RusAF admitted the charges against it and subsequently paid World Athletics a $5 million

Council is preparing to make a decision over who will host the 2025 World Athletics Championships at

Athletes' Commission members will be allowed to take up voting membership of the World Athletics Council

, even if they come from the same territory as another Council member, World Athletics Congress decided

a minimum of 99 from the 150 votes cast required for the proposal to pass, the change to the World Athletics

The universality we are looking for in athletics becomes a bit biased because we may not be in a situation

But Keith Joseph, President of Team Athletics St Vincent and the Grenadines and general secretary of

to join the World Athletics Council even if there was already a member involved from their country of

origin ©World AthleticsJean Gracia of France, European Athletics Vice President, pointed out that his

The Ghanian Government has promised it will "procure sports logistics" for the Borteyman development that will host many of the events at the 2023 African Games.

volleyball.A tennis centre with five courts, including a 1,000-capacity centre court, a six-lane warm-up athletics

With the Government determined to bring back the glory days of Ghanaian sports, in athletics, boxing,

Sports by the University of Ghana, including a 50,000-capacity Olympic Stadium to host the Ceremonies, athletics

Birmingham 2022 director of sport Matt Kidson claims the involvement of India’s men’s and women’s hockey teams at next year’s Commonwealth Games is not "dead in the water yet".

with work going on at Wyndley Leisure Centre in #SuttonColdfield to upgrade its #hockey pitch and #athletics

facility.The hockey pitch will be upgraded and new fencing and floodlights will be installed, while the athletics

The list of official training venues for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has been unveiled by organisers here in the English city.

to be completed by the end of next month - will see new fencing and floodlights installed, while the athletics

add training venues to the list of facilities they are providing for the Games.The swimming pool and athletics

School in Birmingham, which will welcome Birmingham 2022’s rhythmic gymnasts, as well as some of the athletics

and Para athletics competitors."

World Athletics has confirmed its eligibility rules will remain in place, despite the International Olympic

World Athletics rules, which came into effect in 2019, cap athlete testosterone levels at five nanomoles

400 metres through the mile for differences in sex development (DSD) and transgender athletes.World Athletics

, right to privacy and periodic reviews are also included in the framework.Despite criticism, World Athletics

10 principles the IOC has now proposed.In response to the IOC's framework, a statement read: "World Athletics

World Athletics has over a decade of detailed and relevant research and data, which has been used to

Jitske Visser has been elected as the chair of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council for a three-year term, it has been announced.

members.The other five Summer athletes are Italy's Martina Caironi and Cuba's Omara Durand Elias from Para athletics

according to Rune Andersen, chair of the Taskforce charged with overseeing the return of the Russian Athletics

Federation (RusAF) from the World Athletics suspension imposed in November 2015.

In the meantime, to try to help fill the gap, RusAF has agreed to the Athletics Integrity Unit conducting

as part of the stipulations for its return to international competition.World Athletics Congress approves

the World Athletics Council’s recommendation that the Russian Federation continues to be suspended ?

— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) November 17, 2021He added that there was also a requirement for RusAF

(now through Athletics Integrity Unit) to work effectively on anti-doping activities in Russia and in

World Athletics and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have extended their media rights partnership

The existing contract between World Athletics and the EBU, together with ESPN, began in 2018 and runs

, alongside live broadcasts on free-to-air TV of the World Athletics Championships and World Athletics

The new agreement covers the following World Athletics Series events: World Athletics Championships (

2025, 2027, 2029); World Athletics Indoor Championships (2024, 2026, 2028); World Athletics Road Running

Championships (2025, 2027, 2029); World Athletics Under-20 Championships (2024, 2026, 2028); World Athletics

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) remains suspended pending the completion of its reinstatement

plan, the World Athletics Congress ruled today, as the RusAF acting President, Irina Privalova, told

Privalova added in her virtual address to members before the vote on the World Athletics Council’s proposed

The 53rd World Athletics Congress approved Council’s proposed resolution on the issue following presentations

There are still people in Russian athletics who have not embraced this new culture, and there is still

World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe said the "suspension of RusAF’s membership until all the

changes that are now taking place in Russian Athletics."

Human Rights Watch has praised a new International Olympic Committee (IOC) framework for transgender and differences in sex development (DSD) athletes, which it calls a "significant step toward protecting the dignity of all women athletes".

"sex testing policies" adopted by World Athletics.The organisation has repeatedly criticised World Athletics

The International Cycling Union announced it would mirror World Athletics' policy - which requires transgender

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed framework for transgender and differences in sex development (DSD) athletes which are to be used as a guideline for International Federations (IFs), with this implemented following the conclusion of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

advantage.Changing hormone levels artificially and invasive physical tests have been an issue within the athletics

Dr Lothar Kipke has been removed from the International Swimming Federation (FINA) honours list 21 years after his conviction relating to doping with East German swimmers in the 1970s and 1980s.

Games as led by the Soviet Union - it won 38 gold medals in swimming, the joint-most of any sport with athletics

Emmanuel Ibrahim Rotich, the husband of Kenyan distance runner and 10 kilometres women's-only race world record holder Agnes Tirop, has been charged with the athlete's murder, but has pled not guilty today at Eldoret High Court.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has released its new draft constitution which looks to move power away from the organisation and instead to its respective divisions and athletes.

universities to avoid spending wars.Health and safety and women's sport investment could be discussed too.An "athletics