Los Angeles 1984 race walk champion Ernesto Canto has died at the age of 61, following treatment for pancreatic and liver cancer.

battle.The 20-kilometre race walk gold medal Canto earned at Los Angeles 1984 is one of just three Olympic athletics

Olympic Committee called Canto "one of the best athletes in the history of Mexican sports", while World Athletics

McGill University's men's sports teams have a new name - the McGill Redbirds.

end the Redbirds rose to the forefront for its strong links to both the past and present of McGill Athletics

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has urged the United Kingdom Government to allow children to

emphasised the importance of sport to young people, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic ©TwitterWorld Athletics

World Athletics successfully hosted events this year across the Diamond League and the World Athletics

Two-time Paralympian high jumper Aaron Chatman, who won two Paralympic medals in the discipline, has announced his retirement at the age of 33.

at the age of 19 when he won the silver medal at the 2006 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics

he won bronze in the high jump at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, before winning silver at the World Para Athletics

Competing in athletics has brought me so much over the years," said Chatman."

Chatman was praised by Athletics Australia general manager of high performance Andrew Faichney, who thanked

Our sole high jumper on the Para-athletics team for quite some time now, Aaron has been an integral part

The inaugural Caribbean Games have been moved from 2021 to 2022 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

time.Netball, despite not being a staple of sport in Guadeloupe, will be a compulsory sport alongside athletics

British Athletics has republished its selection policy for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, now including

Marathon Trial race is to be held at Kew Gardens," said Cherry Alexander, major events director of UK Athletics

Callum Hawkins was pre-selected in December 2019 after back-to-back fourth-place finishes at the World Athletics

There has not been a lot of opportunity for new experiences this year, given much of the world’s population has spent the majority of 2020 living under restrictive measures.

online sporting contests include the Virtual Indoor Archery World Series, starting today, or the World Athletics

Iran’s Chef de Mission Hadi Rezaei has called on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to reduce the number of people allowed to attend Tokyo 2020 to ensure the safety of Para athletes.

revealed he hoped to draw up a plan for spectators by "next spring".Iran is expected to compete in athletics

The Chicago Marathon has announced its continuing its plans for holding the event again in 2021, returning after the cancellation of the 2020 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than RUB6 billion (£59.2 million/$78.8 million/€66.4 million) has been allocated for the construction of the Yekaterinburg 2023 World University Games Athletes' Village.

Palace, a medical centre, a community centre with a security perimeter and a rugby training field with athletics

Walter “Buddy” Davis, the 1952 Olympic high jump champion, has died at the age of 89, it has been announced.

leg-strengthening exercises he was forced to undertake were to later prove pivotal in his success in athletics

The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOC Belarus) has claimed preparations for next year's re-arranged Olympic Games remain on track, despite the widespread protests in the country which could threaten the team's under its own flag in Tokyo. 

attended a meeting to discuss preparations for Tokyo 2020 ©NOC Belarus"We work on a scheduled basis in athletics

Head coach of the national athletics team, Yuri Moisevich claimed that facilities in the country had

Pan American Games triple jump champion Omar Craddock has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics

in Lima last year, with his mark of 17.42m narrowly seeing off Cuban Jordan Díaz.At the 2019 World Athletics

Tokyo 2020 has announced the start time for the marathon swimming events at the Olympic Games has been brought forward amid heat concerns.

Organisers said start times for athletics, rhythmic gymnastics and the marathon swimming events had been

operational reasons and have been agreed with the respective international federations.The start time of athletics

A further 18 New Zealand Paralympians have been recognised for their achievements during the latest event held as part of Paralympics New Zealand's Celebration Project.

batch of athletes to be recognised as part of the project included Neroli Fairhal, who competed in athletics