Obadele Thompson, the only Barbadian to win an Olympic medal, has been elected on the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) Board of Directors.

Lumpur and men’s 200m silver at the 1999 World Indoor Championships in Maebashi.Since finishing his athletics

left, claimed men's 100m bronze at Sydney 2000 ©Getty ImagesTrevor Welch, general secretary of the Athletics

British-based barrister James Drake has been appointed head of the Panel at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that will decide later this month whether Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva violated anti-doping rules and should be disqualified from last year's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, it was announced today.

uncovered during the investigation into Russian state-sponsored doping and a challenge against World Athletics

Although he never led the International Olympic Committee (IOC), there are many who consider that in his heyday, former FIFA President João Havelange was the most powerful sporting official in the world.

stadium used by the Botafogo football club had been named in his honour.It had been chosen to host athletics

Australia have named a 20-strong athletics team as well as eight judokas for this year's Pacific Games

set to send a 80-strong delegation to the Pacific Games.We're proud to announce the 20 members of the athletics

invited to compete in several sports at Port Moresby 2015.Australia is set to participate in archery, athletics

Vladimir Putin has claimed the Olympic Movement is "degrading" after bans were imposed on Russian athletes in retaliation against his invasion of Ukraine, leaving their participation at Paris 2024 in doubt. 

majority of International Federations have adhered to the IOC's updated recommendations, some, including athletics

Athletics statistician and commentator Peter Matthews has died suddenly at the age of 78, it has been

Matthews was a long-time editor of the ATFS International Athletics Annual published by the Association

of Track and Field Statisticians.He was editor of the Athletics International newsletter working alongside

up until the latest edition.Matthews also edited the British Athletics Annual from the early 1980s,

, and in 2018 he was inducted into the England Athletics hall of fame.Geoff Wightman, the in-stadium

Nobody in athletics has a bad word about Peter Matthews," he said."

National Olympic Committee (NOC) Presidents from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have renewed their opposition to Russia and Belarus' participation under any banner in international sport.

effective outright ban.Most International Federations have followed the IOC's line, but some including athletics

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and legendary pole vaulter Sergey Bubka has hit back at a "campaign to destroy my reputation" after reports emerged of him trying to do business in Russian occupied Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) since the invasion of Ukraine began.

Sergey Bubka, right, received a special award from re-elected World Athletics President Sebastian Coe

the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine after 17 years in charge.He also stepped down from World Athletics

Hungary as Britain's double Olympic 1500 metres gold medallist Sebastian Coe was re-elected as World Athletics

Established in 2005 by Duncan Mackay a former British Sports Writer of the Year and former Athletics

In a statement after this year's Mexico City Marathon, organisers insisted that the annual event represents an occasion "to reaffirm the transcendental values of sport".

race.Getting past that isn’t going to be easy for an event that is currently one of 38 holding World Athletics

the second-highest level of prestige for such events.In a statement sent to insidethegames, a World Athletics

Beatrice Chepkoech concluded the final World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of the season in

world best to end the #ContinentalTourGold 2023 on a high note 🙌 pic.twitter.com/FjspeEuutb— World Athletics

her discus out to 67.71m 💪📸 Zagreb Meeting#ContinentalTourGold pic.twitter.com/20GGatJNon— World Athletics

to the Jamaican’s fourth-round best of 8.07m with 8.09m in the next round.The next big date on the athletics

World Rugby says it is taking steps to improve access to the Stade Vélodrome after fans faced major delays and congestion entering the Paris 2024 venue, prior to the men's Rugby World Cup clash between England and Argentina.

commissioned by UEFA found "it is remarkable no one lost their life".The Stade de France is due host athletics

, Para athletics, rugby sevens and the Closing Ceremonies at next year's Olympics and Paralympics.

More than 600 athletes are set to represent India at the Asian Games in Hangzhou after participating in an official send-off ceremony.

Tajinderpal Singh Toor wore the competition and training kits.Rowing has the largest squad next to athletics

recent success on the international stage.Neeraj Chopra claimed men’s javelin gold medal at the World Athletics

Jakob Ingebrigtsen, running here in a revamped stadium with a super-fast new track, marked the occasion of the penultimate Diamond League meeting of the season by setting a world record in the men’s 2,000 metres.

Twenty-one nations have entered the sixth edition of the Invictus Games, which is due to start tomorrow in the German city of Düsseldorf.

their first appearances, the latter becoming the first South American nation to participate.Archery, athletics

for the first time at the Games.Competition is due to start with powerlifting, wheelchair rugby and athletics