Igor Nikulin has become the latest Olympic hammer medallist to die.

three had competed for the Soviet Union.The cause of Nikulin’s death was not reported by the Russian Athletics

Oscar Pistorius is set to be released from prison once he has agreed to meet with the parents of Reva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he was convicted of murdering in 2013, it has been reported.

A Sport at COP Day of Action event has been held at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

solutions to accelerate climate action in sport.Examples were highlighted across different continents.World Athletics

The athletics programme for the Munich 2022 European Championships has been confirmed, with marathon

European Athletics confirmed men’s and women’s marathon events will be held in the morning on August

contested, along with the women’s 1500m and triple jump finals will also be held.The penultimate day of athletics

women’s 100m hurdles.The men’s and women’s 4x100m relay events will bring the programme to a close.The athletics

Double Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Athing Mu is among the five nominees for the 2021 Female Rising Star Award.

who claimed silver in the 200m after being forced to drop down from her preferred 400m due to a World Athletics

nominated for the award.Christine Mboma, second right, came second in the Olympics 200m after World Athletics

tomorrow.The winner will be selected by an international panel of experts and announced at the World Athletics

Katie Sadleir has started work as chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) after five years with World Rugby.

its centenary in 2030.Last month, the CGF announced that its event would become more flexible, with athletics

Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya made history at the 50th New York City Marathon as she became the first Olympic marathon champion to win the race.

Ethiopia’s Dawit Seyaum took two seconds off the world record for five kilometres in mixed racing as she clocked 14min 41sec at the Urbain Trail Lille event in France.

*subject to ratification— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) November 6, 2021The performance comes just

David Armstrong, chair of Pentathlon GB, has expressed sympathy with the position of leading athletes including Olympic men's champion Joe Choong over the proposal to drop riding from the modern pentathlon programme.

Armstrong, formerly chief executive of Premiership Rugby club Wasps, was a director of the 2017 World Athletics

The New York City Marathon is set to return tomorrow, with Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele poised to make his debut on the 50th edition of the race.

The investigation into the disqualification of Malaysia's Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics has upheld the initial decision, stating there is no evidence that Ziyad arrived at the call room at the appointed time.

Ukrainian shot putter Maksym Koval subsequently handed the gold medal.The investigation, led by World Para Athletics

A Gateshead bid to host the 2026 European Championships is "dead in the water" after a proposal to win £25 million ($33.7 million/€29.2 million) in Government funding was refused, the leader of the Gateshead Council has claimed. 

— Munich2022 (@ECMunich2022) November 1, 2021Gannon said local politicians had been working with UK Athletics

Saint Lucia is set to host the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) with the event taking place in a hybrid format for the first time.

in 2022.The Games will feature under-23 athletes from nations in the region.Futsal, 3x3 basketball, athletics

More than a 100 new roles are set to be filled in the operations division of Birmingham 2022 during the next few months.

Birmingham, the West Midlands and beyond.Four of these roles - the technical operations managers for diving, athletics

and Para athletics, swimming and Para swimming and boxing - are due to begin in the next few weeks,

Tahiti and Vanuatu will hope to be named hosts of the 2027 Pacific Games during the two-day Pacific Games Council (PGC) General Assembly.

sports.Tennis, weightlifting and va'a were reinstated, with the sports joining baseball, badminton, athletics