The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has accused "deplorable" European Governments opposed to its stance on the readmission of Russian and Belarusian athletes of "double standards".

Federations have been divided in their response to the IOC's recommendations with several, including athletics

Brazil's 58-year-old thrower Elizabeth Rodrigues finished day three of the 2023 World Para Athletics

Jersey's Hannah Silcock and Gotland's Max Hedbom won the first table tennis singles golds at the Island Games in Guernsey.

women's team gold, but had to settle for silver behind Saaremaa in the men's team standings.In today's athletics

The traditional summer Promenade Concerts are set to begin tonight at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Edward Elgar’s Cockaigne Overture, a piece to evoke London.During the interval, a talk on "Sport and Athletics

Rattana and Pongsakorn Paeyo set world records in back-to-back races on day three at the World Para Athletics

the men's T36 400m.China's Wen Xiaoyan set one of four world records on day three at the World Para Athletics

Japan have made a superb start to the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok with Marina Saito’s victory

 The Asian Athletics Championships are due to continue until Sunday (July 16).

European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Spyros Capralos hopes no athlete from the continent will be barred from competing at future European Games "because of their passport".

👏 #EG2023(@TeamBelgium, @The_EOC) pic.twitter.com/3rhERw9y5I— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June

A week has now passed since the Flame of Peace was extinguished during a festive Closing Ceremony of Kraków-Małopolska 2023 at the Henryk Reyman Stadium. Its light, however, has shown us the way to a bright future for the European Games.

They were seen hundreds of millions of times.This story began with a strong partnership with European Athletics

Two new races have been announced for fans and running enthusiasts on the final day of the World Athletics

Square - the start and finish of the official marathon events ©Budapest 2023/World AthleticsThe National Athletics

The athletics centre was finally full of life, we got a taste of the World Championships atmosphere,

and I think the competitors and spectators were amazed by the venue," Németh said, as reported by Athletics

The Asian Athletics Championships is set for its return after a four-year absence from tomorrow in Thailand's

Stadium from tomorrow until Sunday (July 16).It is set to mark the first time Thailand has held the Asian Athletics

Championships, and this year's event marks the 50th anniversary of the Asian Athletics Association.World

Athletics President and International Olympic Committee member Sebastian Coe has travelled to Bangkok

to mark the occasion.The event falls just over one month before the World Athletics Championships in

preparations for next month.Fabulous evening in Bangkok celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Asian Athletics

Isle of Man's Rachael Franklin set a women's 1500 metres Island Games record as she starred on day three of competition in Guernsey, and home favourite Alastair Chalmers matched her feat in the men's 400m hurdles.

Hughes of Ynys Môn by just 0.86sec.Marina Bagur Olives of Menorca took bronze in 4:33.37.There were two athletics

closest challenger with 60.37m, and James Bougourd of Guernsey placed third with 53.79m.Saaremaa won two athletics

Island Games is due to run until Friday (July 14), with tomorrow featuring more medal opportunities in athletics

Long jumper Léon Schäfer and club thrower Qing Bo set world records on day two at the World Para Athletics

Palomeque Moreno of Colombia was the day's other winner in 1:00.94 in the women's T37 400m.The World Para Athletics

Next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games host city Paris has moved top of Burson Cohn & Wolfe's (BCW) ranking of global cities most associated with sports.

11 next year, followed by the Paralympic Games from August 28 to September 8.The Stade de France, an athletics

World Athletics has insisted its rules on differences in sex development (DSD) will remain in place,

Federal Court and the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport, which ruled in 2019 that World Athletics

at Tokyo 2020 having missed the qualifying mark for the women's 5,000m.Semenya returned to the World Athletics

Government to appeal to the ECHR Grand Chamber for a final decision on the case ©Getty ImagesWorld Athletics

The case was filed against the state of Switzerland, rather than World Athletics."

In the meantime, the current DSD regulations, approved by the World Athletics Council in March 2023,

One way or another, the shadow of war looks set to hang over Paris 2024. The only question is whether the conflict will still be ongoing, or whether Olympicland will be attempting to navigate its aftermath.

on the imagination of all nations".It went on: "Observers say the world has entered a golden age of athletics