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IAAF organise 24:1 races for Global Running Day

  • Athletics

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have announced the organisation of IAAF Run 24:1, which will see 24 one-mile runs take place around the world on June 6 as part of Global Running Day.

Argentina.The final race of the day takes place in Vancouver on Canada's west coast.IAAF Presdient Sebastian Coe

has called running the "mother of all sports" ©Getty ImagesIAAF President Sebastian Coe said: "Running


Mike Rowbottom: Say it ain’t so, Asbel…

  • Inside the Blogs

Once, and only once, a long, long time ago, I met an athlete who openly confessed that he had taken drugs. Not unknowingly. Not unwittingly. Had knowingly taken drugs because he thought he needed them to be competitive.

the biggest names since the formation of the Athletics Integrity Unit under the presidency of Lord Coe


Semenya hits back at IAAF over new testosterone rules

  • Athletics

South African middle-distance Caster Semenya has hit back at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) following the introduction of a new ruling that will force certain female athletes to take medication to reduce their testosterone levels, which could end the 27-year-old’s reign at the top.

the IAAF disciplinary tribunal over the ruling.In his resignation letter to IAAF President Sebastian Coe


Exclusive: IAAF Diamond League meetings must future-proof themselves using new criteria

  • Athletics

A new checklist is being put together for meetings seeking to remain on the worldwide athletics circuit once the current contract for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League ends following next year’s programme.

Diamond League board and shareholders in London last week, chaired by the IAAF President Sebastian Coe

new sporting landscape emerges in 2020.At last November’s Leaders Sport Business Summit in London, Coe

jointly composed of IAAF representatives and Diamond League meeting directors.On the IAAF side along with Coe

While Coe dismissed the idea that the new format would be as simple as reducing the core circuit to eight


IAAF and Diamond League preparing for the great leap forward

  • The Big Read

Johannes Vetter is pawing the ground.

setting is now being re-evaluated as the International Federation, having, as its President Sebastian Coe

Among the ideas conspicuously allowed to remain on the table, as far as Coe is concerned, are formats

the impasse of relations with Russia following their doping-related ban...IAAF President Sebastian Coe

the Diamond League more attractive ©IAAFAt last November’s Leaders Sport Business Summit in London, Coe

be a strong contender to join a new revamped version of the IAAF Diamond League ©Getty ImagesWhile Coe


Hawkins defends Shelley and plots golden return at Tokyo 2020

  • Gold Coast 2018

Scotland's Callum Hawkins has defended Australian rival Mike Shelley for running past him during the Commonwealth Games marathon in Gold Coast rather than stop and offer assistance after he collapsed in extreme heat.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) officials, including the body's President Sebastian Coe


Semenya reign at the top threatened by new IAAF regulations

  • Athletics

Caster Semenya’s dominance of women’s middle distance running is under threat following new regulations introduced by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that will restrict the eligibility of female athletes with high testosterone levels.

dominant form at this month's Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast ©Getty ImagesIAAF President Sebastian Coe




Gold Coast Mayor wants city to bid for IAAF World Championships after Commonwealth Games

  • Gold Coast 2018

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has announced he wants the city to bid for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships following the huge success of the Commonwealth Games.

IAAF President Sebastian Coe was among the guests at Gold Coast 2018 and Tate is convinced they have

him to bring the World Championships to Australia for the first time since it was launched in 1983.Coe

Sebastian Coe knows all about athletes, being a legend, and if he has spoken in our favour then we are

to be far more strategic about how we grow the sport and where we take it and who we partner with," Coe


Nick Butler: Does Sebastian Coe's mile plan have the potential to help revive athletics?

  • Inside the Blogs

Sebastian Coe pretended to have gone off-piste during a press conference yesterday by "accidentally"

confronting some of the bigger problems in the sport, although perhaps that was unfair considering how Coe

only spoke directly about the Commonwealth Games.IAAF President Sebastian Coe, right, alongside Gold

If I had to make a list of things that Seb Coe should be focusing on this would be number 1,052,232..

It will have universal approval in my opinion...and it is not an accident the IAAF President [Coe] is

They did also speak enthusiastically about the prospect of more mile races.To return to Coe, it was also


IAAF and CGF consider restoring mile to Commonwealth Games athletics programme

  • Athletics

A mile race could be added to the programme for future editions of the Commonwealth Games as part of a broader attempt to embrace the heritage of athletics.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe spoke enthusiastically

and celebrate our own heritage, because often we have events that are the bedrock of our history," Coe


Coe welcomes prospect of Queensland bid for IAAF World Championships after success of Gold Coast 2018

  • Athletics

International Association of Athletics Federations President Sebastian Coe has welcomed the prospect

2019 edition of the biennial event next year before Eugene in United States plays host in 2021.Coe

every time we have a World Championships, we have to take it to a place where we can drive our sport," Coe

Annastacia Palaszczuk, left, has had preliminary discussions with Sebastian Coe about a possible bid


Alan Hubbard: Brave Tessa, who fought for London's Olympics, now faces an even bigger battle

  • Inside the Blogs

But for Tessa Jowell, London may never have had the 2012 Olympics.

opposition earned tributes from her successor as Olympics Minister, Sir Hugh Robertson, and Sebastian Coe

And Coe certainly has reason to be grateful to her.When the Olympic bid initially was being assembled

If it were not for a few media colleagues and myself - as well as Tessa - Coe might not have taken charge

of our argument but to her credit, she listened, promised "I'l look into it" and shortly afterwards Coe

 Coe was the natural choice to take over as chairman; any political and personal prejudices were


2. Filbert Bayi sets world record in the 1,500m at Christchurch 1974 in one of greatest races in history

  • Top 10 Commonwealth Sports Moments

Athletics is always of a high standard at the Commonwealth Games but the programme at Christchurch 1974 was perhaps the best ever.

four years later, Bayi won a silver medal in the 3,000m steeplechase.It took five years, and Sebastian Coe

Coe, like every other subsequent runner who has broken the world record for the 1,500m, used pacemakers