Entrants are expected to hear the results of the voting next Friday, 16 February. Those who do not win a place will have the opportunity to run the world's largest half marathon in aid of a number of charities. The race will follow the iconic route from Newcastle to South Shields.

Celebrations are planned to mark the recent award of the World Athletics Heritage Plaque, in recognition

On the final day of one of the region's most important events, Bahrain's team of disabled athletes won two more medals, one in the shot put and another in the 400 metres.

The first day of competition at the Sharjah International Athletics Meeting got off to a very satisfactory

start for Bahrain's disabled athletics team.

in Sharjah.This new achievement by the Bahraini team is a solid sign of their outstanding record in athletics

 It is worth mentioning that the Sharjah International Athletics Meeting is one of the most important

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has accepted the review of the demolition and reconstruction project for The Gabba, and all signs point to a much more cost effective and sustainable redevelopment for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.

The reconstruction of the stadium, which will host the ceremonies and athletics at Australia's third

at the 52,000-seat Suncorp Stadium and the athletic events at the 48,000-seat Queensland Sport and Athletics

favourites to win a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and one of the athletes on the verge of making athletics

The athletics world is shocked by the tragic death of 24-year-old Kelvin Kiptum.

World Athletics remembered Kiptum as "one of the most exciting prospects to emerge in road running in

kipchoge pic.twitter.com/hNVWwrX7Ub— ELIPHAS MAWIRA O MWOBI🎆🎇 (@EliphasmawiraM) February 12, 2024World Athletics

On behalf of World Athletics, we send our deepest condolences to their families, friends, teammates and

Athletics Kenya sent its condolences "to the entire athletics community at this difficult time".

and World champions will return to the Emirate for the season-opening 15th Fazza International Para Athletics

They will be competing for vital world ranking points ahead of the Kobe 2024 World Para Athletics Championships

She won three gold medals at the 12th Sharjah International Open Para Athletics Meeting 2024.

- -Tunis 2024 WPA Grand Prix – 18th Tunis International Athletics Meeting (5-7 March 2024).

 -Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships (17-25 May 2024).

 -Nottwil 2024 WPA Grand Prix – Para Athletics 2024 (6-8 June 2024).

Former Australian swimming star James Magnussen is set to use performance-enhancing drugs to break a world record and collect a US$1 million prize, according to AFP.

 Backed by venture capitalists, the Games will include athletics, aquatics, gymnastics, strength

South African athlete Caster Semenya, a double Olympic champion who is barred from competing in some races because she refuses to undergo treatment to reduce her testosterone levels, appealed for help on Friday to finance her legal battle against this regulation.

 She has been battling the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for more than

 However, the Swiss authorities, backed by World Athletics, announced their intention to take the

The 39th SELL Student Games, to be held in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 16-19 May 2024, will open the registration process on 16 February 2024.

Volleyball, Basketball, 3×3 Basketball, Mini-Football (7x7), Badminton, Table Tennis, Powerlifting, Athletics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Para swimmer Worawut Marnnok for a period of two years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) in violation of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (Code).

 The IPC is the international governing body for five Para sports: World Para Athletics, World Para

The World Athletics Heritage Award, created by World Athletics President Lord Sebastian Coe, recognises

The Great Run Company, said: "It is fantastic that the Great North Run is being recognised by World Athletics

, said: "I am delighted that World Athletics is recognising the Great North Run with the World Athletics

: "I am delighted to confirm the award of the World Athletics Heritage Plaque to the Great North Run.

 World Athletics Heritage: The creation of the World Athletics Plaque was announced by the

President of World Athletics Sebastian Coe, at a World Athletics Heritage Night in Monaco in December

Bahrain's national team for people with disabilities put in a brilliant performance on the first day of competition. Rupa Al-Omari shone in the javelin competition, winning a gold medal.

Bahrain's Paralympic sport, the Bahraini team finished their first day at the Sharjah International Athletics

 It is expected that the Bahrain Paralympic Athletics Team will continue to deliver outstanding

The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC Zambia) has received a state-of-the-art 'multi-purpose floor carpet' from the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).

Sports and the Arts to get support and renovate some of the facilities such as the boxing hall, the athletics

Olympic officials have withdrawn their support for the A$2.7 billion (€1.6 billion) demolition and rebuilding of the Gabba Stadium ahead of the 2032 Summer Games in Brisbane.

made the case to the Review Commission that we should abandon the Gabba and find another venue for athletics

for the rebuild to be scrapped in favour of the opening and closing ceremonies at Suncorp Stadium and athletics

at the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre (formerly QEII Stadium) in the city's south.John Coates

, announced in an official statement on Wednesday that he had been "provisionally suspended" by the Athletics

 Katir was supposed to be the main attraction at Wednesday's athletics meeting in Valencia, where

oficial RFEA ⬇️https://t.co/KPRpgK9UqU— atletismoRFEA (@atletismoRFEA) February 7, 2024The Spanish Athletics

statement against doping in sport and announced that it had suspended Mo Katir's licence after World Athletics

The president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, Tony Estanguet, is the subject of a judicial inquiry into his salary as head of the organisation, and new interesting information emerged on Wednesday.

while Estanguet's remuneration may seem high, it is lower than what Sebastian Coe (now head of World Athletics