The inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships in Latvian capital Riga will take place from September 30 to October 1 in 2023, the 226th meeting of the World Athletics Council decided today.

for reinstatement was granted by the Council in March, although World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

The World Athletics Council, which will meet tomorrow and Wednesday, will hear of what further progress has been made by the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) in its quest to be restored to full international status.

for reinstatement was approved by the Council in March, although World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Should you need quiet diplomacy with an upcoming Olympic host to ascertain whether an athlete is safe?

diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 is being considered ©Getty ImagesWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Online abuse during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games overwhelmingly targeted female athletes, research published by World Athletics has found.

environments should be safe and happy places for those in our sport," World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Back when it all started, with the inaugural Empire Games at Hamilton, Ontario in 1930, two men who had won Olympic gold on the same day in Amsterdam two years earlier were the focus of attention for media and spectators.

was AAA1, and he was a lifelong campaigner for athletics to remain amateur.Lord Burghley was the Seb Coe

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe believes a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Coe also pointed to the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games held under the Nazi regime, which he claimed demonstrated

considering", while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly mulling over shunning the Games.But Coe

That is a meaningless gesture and a damaging gesture," Coe told BBC Radio Four’s Today programme

Nobody, me included, has taken lightly the issue of human rights," said Coe."

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin is optimistic that his country will be restored to full membership of World Athletics in 2022.

compete at Tokyo 2020 but won an Olympic silver medal ©Getty ImagesWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe

I cannot make predictions," Coe answered during a press conference following the conclusion of the World

motion "important initiatives" for the future of the sport, the World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

World Plan 2022-2030, which sets clear objectives against World Athletics' vision for the sport," said Coe

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has hailed the "important initiatives" agreed by the 53rd World

Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics, has expressed concern at the length of time it is taking

conference following the second and final day of the 53rd World Athletics Congress, also held virtually, Coe

want to see continue and we are pleased we can move forward with RusAF under the same conditions," Coe

contender with a huge emotional power for its case.No candidate cities have yet been named officially, but Coe

Athletes' Commission members will be allowed to take up voting membership of the World Athletics Council, even if they come from the same territory as another Council member, World Athletics Congress decided after vigorous debate today.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe noted that, in cases where voting involved an issue specifically

serve on the Council means leaving countries at the door and taking on an international position," Coe

World Athletics and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have extended their media rights partnership to 2029.

champion Karston Warholm ©Getty ImagesIn welcoming the agreement, World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) remains suspended pending the completion of its reinstatement plan, the World Athletics Congress ruled today, as the RusAF acting President, Irina Privalova, told delegates there could be "no return to the past."

World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe said the "suspension of RusAF’s membership until all the

Speaking before the vote, World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe said: "In July 2021 Rune Andersen

Agnes Tirop’s husband Ibrahim Rotich has to undergo a mental assessment before he can be officially charged with her murder, a High Court in Kenya ordered today.

Guiyang in China.International Olympic Committee and World Athletics Presidents Thomas Bach and Sebastian Coe

Sport is faced with "many threats" and has to be credible “both on and off the field" if it is to survive, Francesco Ricci Bitti, President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Sports Federations (ASOIF), has warned.

the then International Association of Athletics Federations, under the new Presidency of Sebastian Coe

Next year’s World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Yangzhou have been put back eight months, it was announced today.

and a fire that nearly knocked out the timing system, leading to World Athletics President Sebastian Coe