Alexánder Zamora Gómez has assumed the Costa Rican National Olympic Committee (CONCRC) Presidency, nearly one year after being elected to the role.

years ©CONCRCEquestrian’s Rocío Echeverri, tennis’ Kenneth Thome, triathlon’s Cristina González and athletics

Šamorín will host the final stages of the Global Champions Tour (GCT) after COVID-19 prevented events in New York and Shanghai from going ahead.

continent.Shanghai has been forced to give up a series of events during the COVID-19 pandemic, across sports such as athletics

The age limit for the Chengdu 2021 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games has been extended, reflecting the year’s delay to the event.

clash with other major events next year such as the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the World Athletics

A project to collect 22,000 Lego bricks by the end of this month to be used for wheelchair ramps has been launched by organisers of the multi-sport European Championships in the German city of Munich, which is being held in 2022.

from August 11 to 21 next year.It features the continental championships for nine Olympic sports in athletics

Oceania Paralympic Committee President Paul Bird has called for National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in the region to provide greater support to Paralympians.

Pacific nations to be represented at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.Fiji were represented by two athletes in athletics

The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) aims to build on its historic performance at Tokyo 2020 by winning at least 25 medals, including 10 golds, at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

We will also focus on more para athletics events in which we can win medals like wheelchair race and

Launched by the International School Sport Federation (ISF), the world's largest multi-sport Games for school students is set to begin tomorrow in Belgrade in Serbia.

inaugural ISF Under-15 World School Sport Games features athletes aged between 13 and 15 across 14 sports - athletics

Anzhelika Sidorova, who was in tears after having to settle for Olympic silver in Tokyo, experienced a reversal of fortune at the Diamond League Final in Zurich as she became only the third women’s pole vaulter to better 5.00 metres outdoors, winning with a Diamond League record of 5.01m.

winners - each earning a $30,000 (£21,700/€25,280) prize and a wildcard entry to next year’s World Athletics

metres Mboma, who has moved down from her first specialist distance of 400m in line with the World Athletics

@Diamond_League/@matthewquine #WDLFinal | #DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/jR4TGj2x6Z— British Athletics

Double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge plans to build a library in every school in Kenya and to plant a forest in all 47 counties of his native country as part of the first stage of projects within the Eliud Kipchoge Foundation, which launched today.

would have a clearer idea at that time whether he would be running the marathon at next year's World Athletics

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a reception for the country’s Paralympians today to mark their best ever medal haul at Tokyo 2020.

category and Krishna Nagar in the men’s singles SH6 category.The country’s remaining medal was won in athletics

The Europe Triathlon Age Group Sprint Championships will be held as part of the multi-sport Munich 2022 European Championships, it has been announced.

Munich.A total of 4,400 of the continent’s best athletes will compete at the multi-sport event, across athletics

Olympic women’s high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene finished her season on a fresh high with victory on the opening day of the Diamond League Final in Zurich, as the destination of seven Diamond Trophies was determined on Sechseläutenplatz - one of the city’s most famous squares.

earn a Diamond Trophy, a $30,000 (£21,700/€25,280) prize and a wildcard entry to next year’s World Athletics

that event.The Rio 2016 800m silver medallist, who has moved up in distance in line with the World Athletics

To coin, or slightly reinvent, a famous old cliché, some of my best friends are Hungarians.

where I have covered several sporting events over the years, from ice skating through to boxing and athletics

There are plans to stage next year’s Nagoya Women’s Marathon with a full field of 22,000, despite fears of rising COVID-19 cases in Japan.

due to take place on March 13, claims to be the world’s largest women’s-only marathon and is a World Athletics

Athletics Australia has elected Jan Swinhoe as its first female President in its 124-year history after

The changeover is part of a leadership succession plan approved by the Board of Athletics Australia,

Swinhoe will replace Mark Arbib as President of Athletics Australia after he stepped down following

I am a firm believer in athletics for life and it's something that I am deeply passionate about."

the sport transitions with the proposed merger with Little Athletics later this year," he said."

 "The future of athletics in Australia is in very safe hands."