Ever since an F111 swooped over Sydney’s Olympic stadium at the end of the 2000 Games to capture the Flame in its afterburn, the Australians have made no secret of their wish for the Games to return to the land of the Southern Cross.

Games ©Getty ImagesFacilities already built included the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, expected to hold athletics

had been proposed by Ron Aitken, an executive at the Carlton and United breweries and an enthusiastic athletics

Recent developments in the never-ending fallout to the Russian doping scandal have done little to dispel the theory that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) verdict was a punishment in name only.

officials occupying positions at the country’s sports organisations, including the head of the scandal-hit athletics

One World Para Athletics Grand Prix leg has been cancelled and another postponed indefinitely as the

events with confirmed dates scheduled ahead of this year's Paralympics, after the Fazza International Athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has attempted to rally the Japanese public behind the postponed

includes the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the delayed World Athletics

Former West Indies cricketer Wavell Hinds has been appointed Jamaica's Chef de Mission for the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

selected as Paris 2024 Chef de Mission and will also lead the Jamaican contingent at the World Para Athletics

Games.Robert Darby, who has a background in horse racing, will be Chef de Mission for the 2023 World Para Athletics

That edition saw Anguilla enter a small team of athletes in athletics.

The size of their team increased over the next three editions, and they participated in athletics and

At Gold Coast 2018, Belize arrived with a delegation of 12 athletes competing across athletics, cycling

The Cook Islands also competed in athletics, swimming and weightlifting but were unable to repeat the

At Gold Coast 2018, Eswatini sent 10 athletes in athletics, boxing and cycling but were unable to win

Birmingham 2022 organisers have earmarked the final Sunday of next year’s Commonwealth Games as a day to celebrate women’s sport after unveiling the competition schedule.

every single medal event in those three sports all the way through that day, plus flicking over to the athletics

Semenya has confirmed her appeal to the European Court of Human Rights as she seeks to overturn World Athletics

confirmed yesterday that it was planning an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.The World Athletics

events from the 400m through the mile for athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD).World Athletics

I hope the European court will put an end to the longstanding human rights violations by World Athletics

World Athletics has consistently said the rules and lawful and are necessary to ensure female athletes

Throughout this long battle, World Athletics has always maintained that its regulations are lawful and

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to announce the Refugee Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020 in June, with 55 athletes seeking to compete at the Games.

Olympic Team debuted at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where 10 athletes were selected to compete across athletics

Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom are hosting athletes.The athletes represent the sports of athletics

Kenya has banned its athletes from taking part in this Saturday’s (February 27) Kilimanjaro Marathon in Tanzania because of growing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the host country.

Athletics Kenya announced it would not permit its runners to participate in the event at the foothills

We have to protect our athletes," a senior official at Athletics Kenya told The Nation."

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has suggested one major stadium could be constructed ahead of the proposed Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies during the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, as well as athletics

metres hurdles record he has been chasing all season as he clocked 7.29sec in the concluding World Athletics

: https://t.co/zCi4oRJwyr pic.twitter.com/1oM4G3DKP2— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) February 24,

pic.twitter.com/g9T6sggMDg— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) February 24, 2021In the women’s 800m, victory

jumping 8.41 metres there 12 months ago.On this occasion 8.14m sufficed to win.As with other World Athletics

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) has confirmed its athletes will not participate at next month's

There had been hope that World Athletics may restore the Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) scheme, which

certain criteria to take part at elite events, prior to the Championships beginning on March 5.But World Athletics

compete again as ANA in international competitions, including allowing up to 10 to participate in World Athletics

possible reinstatement of the Russian athletes' neutral status is highly likely to be viewed by World Athletics

Therefore, Russian athletes will be unable to compete at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.

 The centrepiece of the event was Meadowbank where the athletics track, indoor hall and Royal Commonwealth

Africa, Wales and Zimbabwe.The programme was initially limited to eight sports and in 2000 comprised athletics

In athletics, future hurdles champion Sally Pearson from Australia and England's heptathlete Jessica

South Africa’s Government has confirmed that it is planning to file an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in a last-ditch attempt to clear Caster Semenya to be allowed to compete in this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

would force her to take testosterone-suppressing medication to compete in her best events.The World Athletics

events from the 400m through the mile for athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD).World Athletics

A World Athletics spokesperson told insidethegames: "For many years World Athletics (formerly IAAF

 "Throughout this long battle, World Athletics has always maintained that its regulations are lawful