The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) has injected more funding to help Olympic hopefuls prepare for Tokyo 2020 qualification events.

medals at the Olympics, as well as 35 silver and 21 bronze.All but one of these medals has come in athletics

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have signed a new cooperation agreement on the eve of the CGF's virtual General Assembly tomorrow.

Our success has increased our desire to do more.Australia's Isis Holt was one of the big Para-athletics

The first Para-sports at the Commonwealth Games were athletics, lawn bowls, table tennis, swimming and

Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi and triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou no longer need to repay medal bonuses earned at the 2016 World Indoor Championships following a clarification of the law by Greek authorities.

performances would have dissuaded her from seeking further success on the boards - with the European Athletics

Indoor Championships set for Torun in Poland from March 5 to 7 and the World Athletics Indoor Championships

Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is among the five finalists for this year's Female Athlete of the Year accolade.

 Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas, who was named as the World Athletics Rising Star award winner in 2017

her become world champion.A three-way voting process determined this year's finalists, with the World Athletics

Council and the World Athletics Family casting their votes by email and fans selecting their favourite

Willie Smith, winner of an Olympic gold medal at Los Angeles 1984 as part of the United States 4x400 metres relay squad, has died at the age of 64.

1996.Smith was also a member of winning US 4x400m in the 1979 and 1981 International Association of Athletics

Volker Herrmann has left his role as high-performance director for the Athletics Federation of India

India has not earned an Olympic medal in athletics since 1900, but performed well in the sport at the

being the second-most populous country in the world behind China, India has not won an Olympic medal in athletics

 Nine foreign athletics coaches, including Herrmann, had been awarded contract extensions by India

he claimed the Olympic silver medal in the 10,000 metres at Montreal 1976 have been donated to World Athletics

It is the most elemental and natural of all the athletics events and provides an excellent foundation

spikes she was wearing the day she won the 2001 World Cross Country Championships in Ostend ©World Athletics

world record for the marathon of 2 hours 07min 12sec in Rotterdam.Carlos Lopes has gifted to World Athletics

Heritage the vest he wore when he won the Olympic silver medal in the 10,000m at Montreal 1976 ©World Athletics

It seemed the appropriate moment to contribute to World Athletics Heritage."

The Association for the Promotion of German Para Athletics has been founded in Stuttgart.

promoted.Work to form the organisation has been ongoing since 2018 and its founding means support for Para-athletics

Para-athletics is becoming increasingly important in Germany," said the organisation's chairman Eike

Organisers of the Wanda Diamond League have scheduled a full season of 14 meetings for the 2021 campaign after this year's circuit was severely disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Moroccan city opens the season on May 23, before the circuit heads to Doha, hosts of the 2019 World Athletics

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) says its new independent Disciplinary and Ethics Commission will become operational at the end of December.

Takatori, a Japanese arbitrator, also has a role.Kenyan Moni Wekesa, a professor and member of the World Athletics

Dual Summer and Winter Olympian Lolo Jones has returned to the United States bobsleigh squad after being named in the women's team for the 2020-2021 season.

held two days of trials in Lake Placid.Jones won gold in the 60 metres hurdles at the World Indoor Athletics

World Athletics has signed a 10-year agreement with NBC Sports for United States media rights to all

World Athletics Series events.

The deal will cover five editions of the World Athletics Championships, among other competitions, and

Sports exclusive multi-platform media rights in the United States.The US is set to stage the World Athletics

The World Athletics Championships Oregon22 will be a historic occasion for our sport and we are delighted

World Athletics' Indoor Championships, Cross Country Championships, Half Marathon Championships, Race

too do the World Athletics Relays.The deal covers five editions of the World Athletics Indoor Championships

World Para Athletics has launched a membership consultation on the medal programme for the Paris 2024

submission of the medal programme to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Board.World Para Athletics

reflect the development of the sport, with new classes, new events and more participants.World Para Athletics

 Frame running events may feature at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games ©World Para Athletics"World

Para Athletics was tasked to maintain an event programme that is fair, exciting, and well-rounded and

showcases every element of our sport which is diverse in nature," said World Para Athletics head Haozhe

Organisers of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon have unveiled the official logo, social

We are delighted to bring our flagship event to the United States for the first time," said World Athletics

 "American athletes have contributed so much to the extraordinary history of athletics and another

Sweden's Armand Duplantis - who broke Sergey Bubka's 26-year outdoor pole vault world record - has been named as one of the five finalists for the Male World Athlete of the Year 2020 award.

10,000m with 26:11.00 and 5km on the roads with 12:51.The 24-year-old also finished fourth at the World Athletics

this year and produced the second best javelin throw of all time at the Continental Tour Gold level athletics

at the Impossible Games in June.A three-way voting process determined the finalists with the World Athletics

Council and the World Athletics Family casting their votes by email and fans selecting their favourite