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Norway charges Jakob Ingebrigtsen's father with domestic violence

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Norwegian police announced on Monday that Gjert Ingebrigtsen, father and former coach of 1,500m Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, faces charges of domestic violence against a family member.

Following the split with his sons, Gjert Ingebrigtsen surprised the Norwegian athletics community by

accreditation for the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, similar to the situation at last year's World Athletics


Qatar set to submit bid for 2036 Olympics?

  • Summer Olympics

Qatari newspaper Al-Watan reports that the Qatar Olympic Committee has decided to compile a bid in order to try and become the first Arabic nation to host the Olympic Games.

favour is their success in hosting numerous global competitions including, most notably, the 2019 World Athletics




The 89th session of the ANOC Executive Council held in Athens

  • ANOC News

The 89th meeting of the ANOC Executive Council took place yesterday in Athens, where discussions revolved around ANOC's key initiatives and events aimed at delivering maximum value to the National Olympic Committees (NOCs).

athletes at the Olympic Games and Sebastian Coe's announcement of prizes for gold medalists in the 48 athletics

events at Paris 2024, the Executive Board expressed its concern about World Athletics' decision to award


John Reniewicki sets new 1500m Drake Relays record

  • Athletics

American John Reniewicki broke a 40-year-old meet record in the men's 1500 meters on Saturday at the 114th Drake Relays.

event in 3:36.44, beating the 3:38.27 record time set in 1984 by American Steve Scott in the annual athletics

is '𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬'John Reniewicki is a Relays Record Holder with a 3:36.44 in the World Athletics


Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs gets campaign underway with a 10.11

  • Athletics

Defending Olympic 100-meter champion Marcell Jacobs posted a time of 10.11 seconds to finish second in the East Coast Relays on Saturday in his first race in nearly eight months, Agence France-Presse reported on Sunday. 

Jacobs' last race took place at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold final in Zagreb, Croatia on


Bach states “full confidence in WADA” in Chinese swimmers scandal

  • Olympics

 Thomas Bach has the World Anti-Doping Agency’s back regarding the organization’s handling of positive drug tests by 23 Chinese swimmers prior to the 2021 Tokyo Games. The head of the International Olympic Committee left no room for doubt in an exclusive interview with AFP on Friday.

for the grandiose event either already built or on track.Instead of a traditional parade through the athletics


The IOC rejects prize money for medallists from World Athletics

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has distanced itself from the groundbreaking move by World Athletics

World Athletics announced weeks ago that it would pay $50,000 (€46.7k) to gold medalists in Paris, becoming

the first sport to introduce cash prizes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.World Athletics President Sebastian

decades.Coe's idea is to award about $2.4 million (€2.2m) to the gold medalists of the 48 events in the athletics

the privileged and the less privileged or underprivileged," the German said.The President of World Athletics


Olympic chief supports Seine River Opening Ceremony

  • Paris 2024

Thomas Bach pledged that the Paris Games' Opening Ceremony along the Seine would be "iconic" and "unforgettable," notwithstanding persistent concerns regarding security for the open-air river procession.

Departing from the customary tradition of teams parading through the athletics stadium, the event will


Gulf Youth Games 2024: UAE leads with 191 medals across 13 sports

  • Olympics

The Gulf Youth Games, themed "Our Gulf is One... Our Youth is Promising," kicked off on 16 April and runs until 2 May in the UAE. With 3,500 male and female athletes participating, the event showcases 24 sports competitions.

athletes continue to dominate the medal standings at the Gulf Youth Games, excelling in sports like athletics

talents in golf across the GCC.Mohammed Talib Al Balushi, a member of the Board of Directors of the Omani Athletics


Paris 2024: Great Britain star Jazmin Sawyers 'devastated' to miss Olympic Games with injury

  • Summer Olympics

British long jumper Jazmin Sawyers won't compete in this summer's Paris Olympics due to an Achilles rupture, it has been confirmed.

at Paris 2024, following her inability to qualify for the long jump final during last summer's World Athletics

achieving eighth place in both events.The 29-year-old long jumper clinched gold in the 2023 European Indoor Athletics


One less hurdle for women in track: USATF expands maternity benefits for athletes

  • Athletics

USA Track & Field (USATF) announced in a press release Thursday that it has expanded maternity support for its athletes, building on the coverage currently offered by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC). The expanded policy will provide athletes with more time to recover and requalify for Tier benefits.


Shared Olympic gold moment will not be repeated, says Barshim

  • Olympics

The touching moment of two athletes sharing Olympic gold in a near-empty stadium in Tokyo captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences around the world, then ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic.

forever," recalls Barshim.Barshim joked that the the$50,000 (46,000 euros) prize money that World Athletics

The prize money in athletics doesn't compare to football or basketball, for example," the Asian pointed