The Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay has arrived in The Gambia, two weeks after departing Buckingham Palace in London.

when pools were closed thanks to efforts by Fabio Spiteri, a ultra-triathlete who was a medallist in athletics

World Netball President Liz Nicholl was presented with the Arthur Bell Trophy at the Sport and Recreation Alliance's Annual General Meeting.

umbrella body operating in the United Kingdom.Previous winners of the Arthur Bell Trophy include World Athletics

A plot to kill world bronze medallist Agnes Tirop could have been hatched during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, after it was found that most of her property had changed ownership while she was competing in the Japanese capital.

civil case is set to be pursued by Tirop's family as it looks to recover the property with the help of Athletics

The flexible sports programme outlined in the Strategic Roadmap approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly earlier this month has been described as "a really positive step towards New Zealand hosting another Commonwealth Games" by the nation's Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) President.

Athletics and swimming are now the only two compulsory sports, with the CGF recommending that approximately

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has effectively opened the door for prospective hosts to design the event whichever way they please, after a strategic roadmap was approved at the organisation's General Assembly last week.

eye-catching part of the roadmap was the decision to reduce the number of core sports to just two, with only athletics

Agnes Tirop’s husband has appeared in court in Kenya after allegedly murdering the world record holder.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe today paid tribute to Tirop."

Athletics has lost one of its brightest young stars in the most tragic circumstances," he said."

This is a terrible blow to the entire athletics community, but especially to her family, her friends

and Athletics Kenya and I send them all our most heartfelt condolences."

The five-person shortlist of nominees for the Female and Male World Athlete of the Year Awards will be announced later this week.

International governing body World Athletics today revealed the schedule for the build-up to December's

and said further information on the event itself will be confirmed at a future date.Last year's World Athletics

nominees for the Female and Male World Athlete of the Year awards, and a vote split between the World Athletics

Council, "World Athletics Family" and fans of the sport will trim this down to five in both categories.The

As always, the World Athletics Awards will recognise athletes who have performed at the highest level

U.S. Ski & Snowboard has entered a general aviation aircraft and aviation products sponsorship deal with Textron Aviation Inc. which will see four of its athletes receive support in their careers.

Ski & Snowboard Foundation to supporting our athletics, to professional aviation career advancement

Changes to the Commonwealth Games programme which mean athletics and swimming will be the only compulsory

Athletics and swimming will be the only compulsory sports for future hosts of the Commonwealth Games

Boston Athletic Association's (BAA) chief executive Tom Grilk has revealed that 93 per cent of runners at last weekend's Boston Marathon were fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

For a man who has devoted so many of his 90 years to statistics - in the beloved sphere of athletics

Some people find it irritating, but I love the fact that in athletics there is something going on all

©Getty ImagesStan’s career as a stat-wise athletics follower has fallen into three main sections.

Athletics statistician and writer Mel Watman, who died last month aged 83, was a lifelong friend and

colleague of Greenberg, who has given him the highest praise ©BAWAMuch of Stan’s life within athletics

I think he was the greatest statistician and writer in athletics."

Kenya's Elisha Rotich set a new Paris Marathon record as he finished in 2 hours 4min 21sec to win the race in the French capital.

The Wuhan Marathon is set to return next weekend in China, featuring 10,000 runners in the 42.195-kilometre event and approximately 26,000 across the three races overall.

Sifan Hassan from The Netherlands and Norway’s Karsten Warholm have been crowned the 2021 European Athletes of the Year at the Golden Tracks awards ceremony which was held in Lausanne in Switzerland.

of the Year and 2017 Men's Rising Star awards.View this post on InstagramA post shared by European Athletics

Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs, both of whom won gold medals at the Olympics as well as at the European Athletics

60m and 110m hurdles at under-20 level, including world records of 12.93 and 12.72sec at the World Athletics

Championships in Nairobi in Kenya.Javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk of Poland received the European Athletics

Britain's Charlotte Arter triumphed in the first World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold event of the

The next Gold event on the 14-leg World Athletics Cross Country Tour is set to take place in Amorebieta-Etxano