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World Athletics launches online learning platform

  • Athletics

World Athletics has launched an eLearning platform which the governing body says is designed to educate

The platform can be found on the World Athletics website and will provide educational courses and webinars

, coaches and medical professionals.Initial courses are aimed at technical officials, organisers of athletics

This platform will provide a window into our world," said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe."

Some 2,000 people complete technical official and coaching courses in athletics every year, but people

World Athletics says the platform is part of continued efforts to make the sport accessible and encourage


Rome awarded 2024 European Athletics Championships

  • Athletics

Rome will host the European Athletics Championships for a second time after it was awarded the 2024 edition

European Athletics decided to give Rome the hosting rights during its three-day Council meeting, which

and we would like to thank Katowice-Silesia for their excellent bid as well," European Athletics Interim

Italy has already demonstrated they are capable of staging excellent athletics championships across all

Hosts will also be confirmed for the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships and 2023 European Athletics

has been awarded the 2024 European Athletics Championships! ???


Sprunger will not defend title at Munich 2022 as Swiss star plans retirement

  • European Championships

not defend her European 400 metres hurdles title at Munich 2022 after announcing she will retire from athletics

European Championships, which will feature nine sports.Berlin and Glasgow co-hosted the 2018 event, with athletics

held in the former.Paris had been due to hold the standalone European Athletics Championships this year




Tokyo 2020 eyeing return of test events in early 2021

  • Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 could resume test events in March following the successful staging of an international gymnastics competition in the Japanese capital on Sunday (November 8).

with Tokyo 2020 staff members replacing athletes as the pandemic began to impact sport.Test events for athletics

rugby, shooting, skateboarding and volleyball were among those postponed.Paralympic test events for athletics


Football returns to Munich Olympic Stadium ahead of 2022 European Championships

  • European Championships

A professional football club is playing home matches at Munich's Olympic Stadium for the first time in 14 seasons, with third-tier Türkgücü Munich using it as one of the club's temporary bases.

 MSV Duisburg are due to meet Türkgücü Munich at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday (November 14).Athletics

League and European Cup finals also, but was not used during the 2006 World Cup.In 2002, the European Athletics


Rome and Katowice-Silesia set to learn 2024 European Athletics Championships fate

  • Athletics

The European Athletics Council will decide the host of the 2024 European Athletics Championships tomorrow

The award of the event will be the key decision taken by European Athletics during its three-day Council

Indoor Championships and 2023 European Athletics Under-23 Championships over the coming days.Candidates

for all the European Athletics events to be allocated next week will have the opportunity to make online

presentations supporting their bids during the Council meeting.European Athletics said the Council will

also assess preparations for other future events.This includes the Torun 2021 European Athletics Indoor


World Athletics announces contenders for COVID Inspiration Award

  • Athletics

World Athletics has announced the Herculis Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco, the Ultimate Garden

Clash and the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia as the nominations for the special

provide competition for our athletes and fans, which is the lifeblood of our sport," Sebastian Coe, World Athletics

The World Athletics Council selected the three nominations.The Herculis Wanda Diamond League meeting

in Monaco was put forward with World Athletics claiming the event overcame unprecedented public health

coverage streamed live on social media platforms.The event was the world's first high-level "live" athletics

attracted more than one million viewers from more than 90 countries in the first 24 hours.The World Athletics


UK Athletics launches 12-year blueprint to boost participation and lose win-at-all-costs focus

  • Athletics

UK Athletics chief executive Joanna Coates believes its new 12-year strategy will help to "address the

The governing body has developed the blueprint along with the four Home Country Athletics Federations

(HCAF) - Athletics Northern Ireland, England Athletics, Scottish Athletics and Welsh Athletics.Entitled

This is a key development as outlined in the Dame Sue Street review of UK Athletics published in May

The co-development of a long-term strategy and framework agreement for athletics across the UK, with

UK Athletics chief executive Joanna Coates claims the blueprint will improve how the sport is governed


Exclusive: Olympic champion Stefanidi fears cuts to medal bonuses will "hurt" Greek athletes

  • Athletics

demand that she and team mate Paraskevi Papachristou repay medal bonuses earned at the 2016 World Indoor Athletics

In contrast to other sports, in athletics they continue to exclude indoor medals from the bonuses," she

continued.Paraskevi Papachristou has also been told to repay a medal bonus from the 2016 World Indoor Athletics

But almost every other Greek athlete with a medal is indoors [except for the 2018 European Athletics


ASOIF and AIMS set to hold virtual General Assemblies

  • News

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and Alliance of Independent recognised Members of Sport (AIMS) are set to hold General Assemblies tomorrow, with the meetings taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Federation, the International Tennis Federation, the International Cycling Union, World Archery, World Athletics


Doha "Games-ready, right now", 2030 Asian Games Bid Committee pledges

  • Doha 2030

Doha 2030 Bid Committee President Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al-Thani says the city is "Games-ready, right now", as Qatar promises multiple venue clusters to increase efficiency should it win the right to stage the 2030 Asian Games.

event.Doha staged the Asian Games in 2006 and regularly hosts international events in sports ranging from athletics

network have previously transported big crowds at events including the 2006 Asian Games and 2019 World Athletics



Russian Triathlon Federation head Ivanov nominated for RusAF Presidency

  • Athletics

) and director general of High-Speed Railways, is the latest figure to be nominated for the Russian Athletics

Ivanov's name has been put forward by the Sverdlovsk Oblast Athletics Federation, state-run news agency

post in February, before withdrawing late on - and Andrei Shlyapnikov, director of the Russian Student Athletics

Privalova is among the nominees for RusAF President ©Getty ImagesRusAF is currently suspended by World Athletics

the global governing body with a reinstatement plan.It avoided expulsion in August by paying World Athletics

ANA scheme is currently suspended for Russian athletes, but is due to be discussed at the next World Athletics