International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach lauded the "heroic" efforts of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis at the first Session to be held in-person since the pandemic hit last March.

meeting virtually.These include Sebastian Coe and Gianni Infantino, the respective Presidents of World Athletics

A further 20 Russians have been granted permission by the World Athletics Doping Review Board to compete

were granted ANA status in April, followed by 23 in May, 35 on June 7 and 61 on June 26.The Russian Athletics

Federation (RusAF) has been allowed by the World Athletics Council to select 10 athletes with ANA status

athletes also applies to all other championship competitions for the rest of 2021, including World Athletics

has been suspended since November 2015 in relation to doping cover-ups,It faced expulsion from World Athletics

pay the outstanding fine of $6.31 million (£4.52 million/€5.28 million).In March this year, the World Athletics

Swimmer Andrew Chetcuti and shooter Eleanor Bezzina will share the flagbearing duties for Malta at the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo 2020.

set to outnumber men for the first time in a Maltese Olympic team, which has athletes competing in athletics

The Maldives Olympic Committee (MOC) Executive Committee has appointment of Thamooh Ahmed Saeed as the organisation's new secretary general and Hussain Rasheed as financial director.

treasurer.The Maldives will be represented by four athletes at the Olympics this summer - one from athletics

A 30-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman at the Japan National Stadium, the focal venue of Tokyo 2020.

Japan National Stadium will stage athletics and football finals at Tokyo 2020, as well as the Opening

In Australia, they are already getting the celebration areas for Wednesday's (July 21) big announcement which is expected to confirm Brisbane and the Gold Coast as the 2032 Olympic host cities.

sports.As part of Brisbane's bid for the 2032 Olympics, it pledged to use the QEII Stadium, which hosted athletics

Every member of the Australian athletics team for Tokyo 2020 was quarantined for several hours after

status can be completely confirmed.Chesterman claimed the impact of the incident on the Australian athletics

It's another sign though of the systems and meticulous planning of Athletics Australia - this was an

 "I should say that the Athletics Australia medical personnel worked in really close consultation

But when you have an issue like this crop up, the fact that Athletics Australia have been so meticulous

in their planning shows that they have managed to protect their athletics cohort, their coaches, and

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach insisted yesterday that the meaning of this Olympic Games did not differ from the editions which had come before.

remained the busiest period during the schedule, when the programmes of the largest sports of swimming and athletics

South African footballers Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi have become the first athletes to test positive for COVID-19 at the Olympic Village for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games here.

virus on athletes who are set to compete at the Games.Britain is among them, with six members of the athletics

Bhutan, the tiny Buddhist kingdom nestling in the Himalayas, will make sporting history next month by making its debut at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Prix in 2019, sealed the place at Tokyo 2020 through their performance at the Dubai 2019 World Para Athletics

“Both of them managed to secure the MQS at the World Para Athletics Championship in Dubai in November

“We are very happy that they have been granted athlete allocation slots by the World Para Athletics.

“My life has changed a lot since I started Para athletics two years back.

Kenya’s former world champion Lucy Murigi won the third race of this season’s World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) World Cup held over the classic La Montee du Nid d'Aigle (Rise of the Eagle’s Nest) course on the side of Mont Blanc at Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains in France.

The Wanda Diamond League has reallocated some disciplines due to have taken place during the two meetings in China that are not going ahead as planned next month to give athletes a fair chance of qualifying for the final.

Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on July 4.The other three disciplines have been reallocated to World Athletics

The World Athletics U20 Championships due to be held in Nairobi from August 17 to 22 will be held behind

will be spectator free unless the situation changes for the better and we get a green light from World Athletics

track is of the international standards and if a record is broken it will be ratified by the World Athletics

Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei has said that all necessary measures have been taken in preparation

for next month's World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, which will be held behind closed doors

We are more than ready for the World Under-20 Athletics Championships and as I have been saying, this

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe hailed the "inspiring" efforts of the university sport community

Reigning Paralympic high jump champion Mariyappan Thangavelu has been chosen as India’s flagbearer for Tokyo 2020 here next month.

school.Thangavelu booked his place at Tokyo 2020 when he finished third in the event at the 2019 World Para Athletics

is my target and I think I can achieve it," Thangavelu told the Press Trust of India.India held its athletics