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Saudi Arabia aims to boost performance in Paris to bid for 2036 Olympics

  • Olympics

There is still a long way to go before the 2036 Games, but time flies and the Saudis know they need to improve their sporting performance in order to leverage their petrodollars in their bid to host the Olympics, just as they did in their bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2034.

are still other athletes with a chance of joining the 33 in the Saudi delegation, including those in athletics


Kenya praised for pre-Olympic support for Athletics

  • Olympics

The National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOCK) is being praised for their financial support towards Athletics

why we are getting involved even before the trials while also ensuring our support is 360 degrees’.Athletics

As coaches, we are ready to prepare the athletes with that support from NOCK and Athletics Kenya," she


GOC President denies Acquah funding claims

  • Commonwealth Games

failed to deliver on his promise to provide her support after she injured her Achilles at the World Athletics

I got injured in Eugene [during the World Athletics Championships].

The only thing I could do was buy a massage gun and use it." she continued.Ghana Athletics President,


Olympic flame to light up the Cannes red carpet

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic flame will be one of the stars of the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this Tuesday, just over two months before the thirty-third Olympic Games.

, will also be present, along with several prominent sports personalities such as Marie-José Perec (athletics


Lyles takes the American 150m record in Atlanta

  • Athletics

Olympic champion Noah Lyles claimed the 150m title at the Atlanta City Games last Saturday, clocking a 14.41 seconds. While Lyles failed to break Usain Bolt’s world record, he equalled Tyson Gay’s American best, set in 2010— tying him for the fastest American man in history. 


Dosso, Tortu disappointed with Sprint Festival performances despite wins

  • Athletics

Last weekend, Italy’s capital welcomed back reigning Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs who beat Ali Chituru with a season’s best time of 10.07 seconds at this weekend’s Sprint Festival. Chituru followed in second clocking 10.11 with Matteo Melluzzo finishing third with a personal best of 10.13.


Jamaica's Jackson wins the Diamond League in Marrakech with Paris 2024 in his sights

  • Athlete's Websites

The athlete began the season with a victory, winning the 200 metres in 22.82 seconds. The Jamaican became the first woman to win medals in all sprint events, including relays. She expressed her satisfaction. "I think it's good for the first race."

pic.twitter.com/fIBD9vKBA9— CITIUS MAG (@CitiusMag) May 19, 2024The 200m is a long-standing record in women's athletics

Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, who clocked 21.41 seconds at the World Championships in Athletics in 2023


Carl Lewis unveils purple track at the Olympics

  • Paris 2024

The athletics track at the Stade de France is now ready for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will

The Stade de France is more than ready for the Athletics event this summer.

From 1 to 11 August, the track will host 46 of the 48 athletics events of the 2024 Olympic Games.

 The new purple 💜 Mondotrack EB is said to be the fastest athletics track ever.

Athletics at the Olympic Games begins on 1 August, in 76 days.

Three hundred world records have been broken on the Italian company's athletics tracks since 1972 and




IPC launches promotional film to mark 100 days until Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

One hundred days from today, Monday 20 May, the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games get underway. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has released a film addressing the romantic stereotypes of what some people think the Paralympics represent versus the brutal reality of high-performance sport.

Committee - are appealing to the French public to come and cheer on the athletes in the stadiums.Paralympic athletics

expectations - "To make (the French) proud like never before".With tickets priced at 15 euros for Para athletics


Rai Benjamin wins LA 400m hurdles in blistering 46.64sec

  • Athletics

American Rai Benjamin won the men's 400m hurdles in a world-leading 46.64 seconds at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix on Saturday as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone posted an impressive 200m victory, Agence France-Presse reported Saturday. 

field at the @usatf Los Angeles Grand Prix 😱#ContinentalTourGold pic.twitter.com/BvPG28n89i— World Athletics


Paralympic Games organisers target Paris 2024 breakthrough

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

Despite sluggish ticket sales so far, organisers of the upcoming Paris 2024 Paralympics are hopeful that  the event can capture public imagination around the world.

blade - holds the T64 world record with 8.64m which is further than the winning jumps at the last World Athletics


Americans shine in Innsbruck's Golden Roof Challenge

  • Olympics

The tournament, which celebrated its 20th anniversary on Saturday, recruited elite athletes who delivered outstanding performances in the pole vault and long jump in Innsbruck. Zachery Bradford led the charge with a 5.82 metres effort.

Magdalena Rauter was third with a jump of 3.83 metres.The Golden Roof Challenge, part of the World Athletics