UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) claimed it is "pleased" Mark Dry's ban for tampering violations has been reduced from four years to 28 months after an independent appeal tribunal unanimously endorsed its issued decision earlier this year.

Poland's Dawid Tomala won the last ever Olympic men's 50 kilometres race walk title in Sapporo's Odori Park this morning, finishing 36 seconds clear of all opposition in 3 hour 50min 08sec after making a break after 30km that, at 44km, saw him lead by more than three minutes. 

The two Belarusian officials involved in trying to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya to return to Minsk against her will have been sent home from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after having their accreditations revoked.

Belarus athletics head coach Yuri Moisevich and team official Artur Shumak "were requested to leave the

interim relief".The NOCRB had claimed in a statement the "coaching staff of the Belarusian national athletics

A new logo for the Bahrain 2021 Asian Youth Para Games has been revealed by the Bahrain Paralympic Committee (BPC), prior to the event in December.

2009, Kuala Lumpur in 2013 and Dubai in 2017.Bahrain was confirmed as host of the Games in June 2020.Athletics

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an Olympic hockey title for the first time ©Getty ImagesThere was also a gold medal for Belgium in athletics

The final of the women's football tournament at the Tokyo 2020 has been moved from the Olympic Stadium to the Yokohama Stadium after kickoff was changed due to fears over heat.

poor pitch condition was also cited as a reason for the switch.The Olympic Stadium is due to stage athletics

Russian two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has launched an audacious bid to become chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission.

title after being banned by her own sport from competing at the Games in the Brazilian city.The Russian athletics

Isinbayeva, were blocked.Isinbayeva, one of two Russian IOC members, has been an outspoken critic of World Athletics

Katie Nageotte of the United States earned gold here as the women’s pole vault took a final twist away from the athlete who seemed destined to win it, world champion Anzhelika Sidorova of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team.

with Michael Cherry of the US fourth in a personal best of 44.21.Massimo Stano earned Italy's third athletics

Earlier in the afternoon Massimo Stano had earned Italy’s third athletics gold medal of these Games in

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has acknowledged the upholding of its decision to make Ukraine’s Nazar

Howman, chair of the AIU said: "Through this rule we have set a standard of expectation from World Athletics

ineligible to compete in ©Getty Images"We trust it is also showing the wider public that the sport of athletics

The 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha were the first major event to take place after the introduction

from Belarus were also struck off the entry lists.Two Kenyan athletes were deemed non-eligible, but Athletics

Kenya replaced them before submitting its final entries to World Athletics.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has apologised to the nation for the failures that led to 10

the AFN is determined to ensure Nigeria is removed from the unwanted categorisation as one of World Athletics

and the Athletics Integrity Unit have named to have the highest doping risk and considered as a threat

to the overall integrity of athletics," said Okowa."

They are also to ensure appropriate anti-doping measures are in place in accordance with World Athletics

Integrity Unit (AIU) on the morning when she was due to run in the semi-finals.So far in the athletics

Ryan Crouser of the United States turned the men’s shot put into a virtual demonstration event today as he set three Olympic records, culminating in a last round effort of 22.30 metres, to retain his Rio 2016 title.

A team of 240, including guides for six athletes with visual impairments, has been officially selected by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

decorated athletes in the squad are 23-time Paralympic swimming medallist Jessica Long and 17-time athletics

Andre De Grasse held off three United States sprinters, including world champion Noah Lyles, to become the first Canadian winner of the men's Olympic 200 metres title since Percy Williams in 1928.

The only field final of the evening session on day six of the athletics programme saw Poland dominate

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has insisted it has no regrets about the controversial decision to move the race walks and marathons at Tokyo 2020 from the Japanese capital to Sapporo prior to the start of events there tomorrow.

go…#TomWalksFast pic.twitter.com/kD9DLCuhdw— Tom Bosworth (@TomBosworth) August 4, 2021Both World Athletics

It was a brave and difficult move and we did it in collaboration with World Athletics and Tokyo 2020

New Zealand has announced a further addition to their team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, with Para athlete Anna Steven set to make her Games debut.

won gold in the men’s 200 metres and 400m T44 classification.She competed at the World Junior Para Athletics

2017, and set a new record for an Oceanian athlete in the women’s 100m T64 heat at the 2019 World Para Athletics

inspire other people living with disability to take up sport.Her addition takes New Zealand’s Para athletics

On behalf of the New Zealand athletics community I would like to congratulate Anna on her selection to

I know Anna was inspired to take up athletics after watching the team in Rio and will now be the one