As someone who grew up supporting West Ham United I have long been familiar with the concept of footballers social distancing - it used to be a speciality of my team’s defenders at corner kicks.

meetings this year, starting in August and running through to October.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

circumstances may require athletes’ efforts to be viewed via TV rather than directly by spectators, Coe

Coe remains heartened, however, by the fact that, as an individual sport with numerous field events,

aR6g5sxOQH— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) May 14, 2020"In the short term we know what the challenge is," Coe

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says meetings may have to take place in empty stadiums as the

circumstances may require athletes’ efforts to be viewed via television rather than directly by spectators, Coe

also created a window of opportunity for national championships to be held between August 8 to 9, and Coe

https://t.co/mwZgqOna8u— Seb Coe (@sebcoe) May 3, 2020World Athletics - which subsequently shifted its

The teams met the other day," Coe said."It was a very good, very respectful meeting."

An IOC decision on the matter is not expected until the end of the year.Further details from Coe are

World Athletics has opened registration to its COVID-19 relief fund, to help athletes financially who are struggling due to the suspension of activity during the pandemic.

eligibility criteria and the application process now being finalised.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

Organisers of the 2.6 Challenge say the campaign raised money for 3,961 charities - believed to be a record in both the United Kingdom and the world.

Murray, Hayley Carruthers, Jess Piasecki, Tish Jones and Jo Pavey.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has said the organisation is holding discussions with the International

receive around $40 million (£32 million/€36 million) from the IOC from revenue secured from Tokyo 2020.Coe

Olympic sports, we are very grateful but also reliant on the share of the IOC broadcast revenues," Coe

Apart from halting most sport, the lockdown so widely applied amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic has also changed it profoundly. Suddenly all sport is nostalgic.

competition on either side of the Atlantic Ocean ©World AthleticsWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe

World pole vault record holder Mondo Duplantis and London 2012 Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie finished dead level in today’s self-styled Ultimate Garden Clash as athletics found a novel way to break free of COVID-19 lockdown.

the three protagonists were thanked for their initiative by the World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

“I know I’m very excited, and our teams are very excited, and the fans are very excited," said Coe."

World Athletics, together with the International Athletics Foundation (IAF), has set-up a support fund worth $500,000 (£400,000/€459,000) to help athletes through the financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Morocco's 1,500 metres world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj, the double Olympic gold medallist.Sebastian Coe

grants to athletes and will also discuss other ways to raise money.Two-time Olympic gold medallist Coe

The 2.6 Challenge, a fundraising event set up to replace the postponed London Marathon, has raised more than £4.6 million ($5.6million/€5.2million).

the other famous faces participating in the virtual relay were World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

World Athletics are welcoming candidates to become a member of the organisation’s screening panel, which determines the eligibility of members of its vetting panel.

established in 2017 as part of governance reforms introduced by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

A behind-closed-doors Diamond League event entitled the "Impossible Games" is set to be held in place of the traditional Oslo meeting in June, organisers have announced.

be pushed back in light of continued concerns over the pandemic.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

organisers of the Diamond League meeting in Norway ©Getty ImagesWorld Athletics President Sebastian Coe

dreaming this up and following it through, working within the pandemic guidelines set out in Norway," Coe

Despite the absence of live sport almost anywhere on earth it does not seem to have dampened the desire of young people who have aspirations to write about or broadcast about it, judging from the number of emails I still receive from wannabe sports journalists asking how they should go about it. Some even enquire: "How did you begin?"

I have made lasting friendships with many in sport, including their lordships Coe and Moynihan, as well

The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) has donated 9,000 masks to their Spanish counterparts to help aid the organisation and the country of Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) President Alejandro Blanco announced in a tweet details of the assistance

more than 2.35 million reported cases.Blanco said that even if its a small gesture, it is one that COE

COE aims to distribute the masks to the national Sports Federations, as well as charities CEAR and the

Irish sprinter Phil Healy has backed World Athletics' decision to suspend Olympic qualification until December despite strong opposition from some athletes.

Euromeetings, a group representing European meets, has written to World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

The Euromeetings group, representing European one-day meetings, has added its voice to those calling on World Athletics to reverse this year’s freeze of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying window.

The group, founded in 1979, has written to World Athletics President Sebastian Coe requesting that he

European Championships are scheduled for August 25 to 30 in Paris.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe