The Refugee Olympic Team has completed a two-day training camp in Qatar as they prepare to fly out to compete at Tokyo 2020 here.

The 29 athletes are due to compete in athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, cycling, judo, karate,

Trayvon Bromell, winner of the United States Olympic trials 100 metres last month, looked the part of an Olympic favourite tonight as Gateshead staged its second stand-in performance for the Diamond League.

Michael Johnson has been selected by New Zealand to represent his country for the fifth time in shooting at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. 

compete at Paris 2024, he will be tied for the record number of appearances at the Paralympics - joining athletics

Tomorrow’s British Grand Prix at Gateshead, the last Diamond League meeting before the Olympics open on July 23, will provide some of the world’s leading performers, including this season's fastest 100 metres runner Trayvon Bromell, with a chance to gauge their form.

European Athletics has appointed the sports practice of communications agency Burson, Cohn & Wolfe

brand sponsors, commercial partners and fans.The communications agency says it will work with European Athletics

We are delighted to start working with European Athletics to create stronger connections with future

Athletics events also bring so many interesting opportunities to the cities hosting them, and European

Athletics has many great stories to tell."

The partnership is aimed at enhancing the attractiveness and relevance of European Athletics events ©

On the same day as the Wimbledon men's singles final and the Euro 2020 final, two mass participation events took place in the United Kingdom as part of the country's return-to-sport test events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The twice-postponed 2021 Hong Kong Marathon, due to take place in October, will have its numbers cut by 75 per cent to 18,500, organisers have announced.

reduced from its normal total of 74,000 as part of COVID-19 precautions.The Hong Kong Association of Athletics

to pave a way to stage the event his year," said HKAAA chairman Kwan Kee.World governing body World Athletics

Kenya's Lengen Lolurrentaru and Joyce Muthoni Njeru won the men's and women's races respectively on the second leg of the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) Mountain Running World Cup at the Grossglockner Berglauf event in Austria.

Iranian shooter Hanieh Rostamian and basketball player Samad Nikkhah Bahrami have been chosen to serve as the country’s flagbearers at the delayed Olympic Games here.

while 11 wrestlers will compete in men’s events at the Games.Iran will also field athletes in archery, athletics

Britain’s Olympic medallist Adrian Metcalfe has died at the age of 79 after a long illness, it has been announced.

4x400 metres relay team that won silver at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, was better known to many athletics

part of Britain's 4x400m relay team ©Getty ImagesLater, Metcalfe moved into broadcasting and was an athletics

adviser and producer for both the International Olympic Committee and International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) - now World Athletics - serving on their respective Press and Television Commissions.Metcalfe

Heiligenblut is set to host the second leg of the 2021 World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) Mountain Running World Cup tomorrow as the next stage is set to be held in the shadow of Austria's highest mountain, Grossglockner.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has announced sponsorship agreements with MPL Sports Foundation, JSW Group and Amul for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

FC, a professional football team playing in the Indian Super League.The company supports athletes in athletics

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon laid down a huge marker for her chances of retaining the Olympic women’s 1500 metres title in Tokyo as she lowered her national record to 3min 51.07sec - moving to fourth on the all-time list - in winning at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco.

Four-time Paralympic judo champion Antônio Tenório is set to compete at his seventh Paralympics after being named as part of Brazil’s squad for Tokyo 2020.

Grande do Sul will also represent the country.The sport with the largest number of athletes will be athletics

Athletics travels with its second largest delegation, second only to the Rio 2016 Olympics."

The route of the Great North Run has been changed to reduce the risk of catching coronavirus, organisers have confirmed.