The streets of the French capital will be the scene of a popular marathon this Sunday, with around 54,000 people taking part. The route will be different from the Olympic event, but it will serve as an appetizer, with Ethiopia's Abeje Ayana and Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot the favourites.

The death of Kiptum, the man credited with breaking the two hour mark in the marathon, has left athletics

were announced on Thursday as part of a star-studded marathon team for the upcoming Paris Olympics, athletics

Athletics Kenya on Thursday unveiled its men's and women's marathon teams for Paris 2024, with six women

Success to #TeamKenya #AthleticsKenya pic.twitter.com/fZWSKgF5lw— Athletics Kenya (@athletics_kenya

Speaking to the press after the inauguration of the Paris 2024 Aquatics Centre, French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that there is a Plan B for the opening ceremony, but called for greater confidence to reassure the public about possible terrorist attacks.

through the centre of Paris in a flotilla of more than a hundred boats instead of parading through the athletics

The President of the French Republic inaugurated the Seine-Saint-Denis Olympic Aquatics Centre in the city of Saint-Denis, next to the Porte de la Chapelle Arena, which was built specifically for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

existing infrastructure, starting with the neighbouring Stade de France in Saint Denis, where the main athletics

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published its 2022 Testing Figures Report, which provides an overview of the results of all samples analysed and reported by WADA-accredited laboratories in the WADA Anti-Doping Administration and Management System during 2022.

Polish tennis player Kamil Majchrzak; 2021 Boston Marathon winner Diana Kipyogei and the Kenyan cases in athletics

Spain, Portugal and Morocco are set to host the 2030 World Cup, with the African nation determined not to be left behind in the race to host the final. A new 115,000-seater stadium and problems at the Spanish Federation could see the Bernabeu or Camp Nou overturned as venues.

with a seating capacity of 114,000.In addition to its huge capacity, the stadium will also feature an athletics

Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo and Kenya's Beatrice Chebet successfully defended their world cross country titles in Belgrade on Saturday, confirming the absolute dominance of the African continent at this event.

 The World Athletics Council decided to award the event to the Serbian capital after concluding

I was hungry for a medal after missing out at last year's World Athletics Championships in Budapest,"

Some of Britain's biggest track and field stars will be heading to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this summer and Channel 4 cameras will be following their preparations and training. 

silver medallist Morgan Lake (high jump), all of whom have dreams of becoming Olympic champions in athletics

seven-time Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m), 2021 European Para Athletics

Zak Skinner (long jump), former Wales basketball international Funmi Oduwaiye,  who took up Para-athletics

Channel 4 viewers a real sense of the sweat and sacrifice it takes to succeed at the elite level of athletics

GETTY IMAGES"National Lottery players have transformed athletics and Para-athletics in the UK, but you

With 70 days to go, an exciting and iconic half marathon route has been unveiled, taking in many of Rome's most famous landmarks from 7-12 June.

For the first time since Gothenburg 2006, the half marathon or marathon course at an European Athletics

It will be a fantastic half marathon for Rome, which is becoming the capital of European athletics."

GETTY IMAGESThe marathon has always been part of the European Athletics Championships programme, but

 Baldini won two marathon golds at the European Athletics Championships.

GETTY IMAGESItaly's first victory in the men's marathon at the European Athletics Championships came

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has called for "change" and a move away from routine.

Speaking to the World Athletics podcast 'Inside Track', the Briton said.

 This is the question posed by Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics and double Olympic 1,500m

His comments are part of the World Athletics podcast "Inside Track".Coe is confident because he claims

For the President of World Athletics, it is important to "keep your feet on the ground".

@SanyaRichiRoss, @RKilty1 and World Athletics President Seb Coe exclusively on Inside Track 🙌— World

Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 28, 2024There was also a message for the organisers.

The Ordinary General Assembly of the Dominican Olympic Committee (COD) replaced four resigning members and swore in the new executives.

meeting, the president of the Equestrian Federation, engineer José Manuel Ramos, the president of the Athletics

Nicoll was British shot put champion in 2022 and 2023 after competing at the 2023 World Bobsleigh Championships. She was an Olympian at the Beijing Winter Games in 2022 and is now aiming to qualify for Paris 2024. "You should never give up," she said.

she has devoted most of her time, but along the way she showed that she is still among the best in athletics

The competition already has official dates and will take place from 1 to 12 August 2027. It will be led by Kang Chang-hee as President of the Organising Committee and will feature 18 sports, including optional rowing, beach volleyball and golf.

These include archery, artistic gymnastics, athletics, badminton, basketball, diving, fencing, judo,

The Olympic flame will burn in the Tuileries Gardens in front of the iconic Louvre Museum and not near the Eiffel Tower, as some had speculated in recent months.

cauldron remains unknown, while details of the opening ceremony, which will take place outside the athletics

The former head of Chinese football has been sentenced to life in prison for taking millions of dollars in bribes during his time at the helm of the country's game.

Outside of football but linked to the world of sport, Yu Hongchen, the former president of the Chinese Athletics