Athletics leaders from Oceania have expressed fears for the future of their islands here, and warned

Rising sea levels in the Pacific region have put the future of several nations at risk, and World Athletics

in Budapest that some of its members "probably will not be in existence in the next 20 years".World Athletics

Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tuvalu and Vanuatu entitled "Sport on the Climate Change Front Lines".Tuvalu Athletics

the threat faced by his nation with the highest point only around four metres above sea level, while Athletics

Today when we are talking about a way forward with sports and athletics in general, we've got a climate

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stunning second world title ©Getty ImagesBurkina Faso's Hugues Fabrice Zango claimed his maiden World Athletics

ImagesThe United States' Grant Holloway claimed a third consecutive 110m hurdles gold at the World Athletics

The United States' Sha'Carri Richardson powered her way to the women's 100 metres gold in World Athletics

the world leader, Jaydon Hibbert of Jamaica pulling out on his third attempt due to injury.The World Athletics

By Patrick Burke at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest

For your elite international athlete, the classic Clash song is one that always seems relevant - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

The question was asked on the eve of these World Athletics Championships whether the concertina-effect

Maybe that’s the best song - on athletes.The question was answered, thoughtfully, by the World Athletics

We need more of these occasions, not fewer.World Athletics President Sebastian Coe reflected on the eve

of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest over the issues raised by athletes having successive

Now the upside of that the way that the calendar has now fallen we have got athletics centre stage for

The International School Sport Federation (ISF) U15 Gymnasiade 2023 is set to begin here tomorrow as more than 2,000 athletes aged 13 to 15 will compete in 18 disciplines.

Archery, athletics, badminton, 3×3 basketball, boxing, chess, karate, dance sport, fencing, artistic

gymnastics, judo, orienteering, skateboarding, swimming, surfing, table tennis, taekwondo, wrestling, Para athletics

Medals are set to be awarded in all six sessions across three days at next year's World Athletics Indoor

and men's high jump finals, with the 1500m deciders wrapping up 10 finals in the evening.The World Athletics

the World Indoor Championships, but they have been moved to earlier in the final session.The World Athletics

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centre ©Getty ImagesUganda's Joshua Cheptegei won his third consecutive men's 10,000m gold at the World Athletics

ImagesHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, right, was among those in attendance on day two of the World Athletics

Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson won her second heptathlon title at the World Athletics Championships

respectively.Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, left, claimed his third consecutive men's 10,000m gold at the World Athletics

Spain won the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time with a 1-0 victory over European champions England in Sydney, Australia.

world rankings, triumphed at Stadium Australia, which hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and athletics

Spanish 20 kilometres race walk double with an impressive victory in the women's event at the World Athletics

and gatecrash the medal positions, but fell six seconds short of Palmisano.Road races at the World Athletics

was ended by calls for a referendum, the head of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the World Athletics

not.Nevertheless, out of the bid has emerged the $700 million (£550 million/€650 million) National Athletics

Centre, built to host the World Athletics Championships, which opened here yesterday, on a former brownfield

neglected part of the city.Balázs Fürjes, left, co-chairman of the Local Organising Committee for the World Athletics

, we selected the exact location, acquired the land for public use and outlined the concept for the Athletics

Then in 2017 we started negotiations with World Athletics to deliver the 2023 World Championships."

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe gazed up into the towering stands of the new National Athletics

Walking around the centre of Hungary’s capital in the days leading up to these World Athletics Championships

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has been full of praise so far about the World Championships

The first land unit was the area of the National Athletics Centre and Park on a 15 hectares area.

"This is truly a new home of Hungarian elite, college and grassroots athletics."

One of such venues in the bid was the National Athletics Centre."

By Patrick Burke at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has insisted here "there is space" for the planned new "best

this month for 2026, the only year for the remainder of the decade without an Olympic Games or World Athletics

his desire for more events on the level of the one in Budapest with "a billion people watching".World Athletics

going forward", insisting they "should be more reflective of the quality" of athletes in each of World Athletics

' areas.Coe was re-elected as World Athletics President on Thursday (August 17) for a third and final