Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) President Francesco Ricci Bitti wants his members to make a decision on Russian and Belarusian participation at next year's Olympic Games in Paris "easier", but insists each sport has its own factors to take into account which should be respected.

not affiliated to the military.The majority of individual sports have followed the IOC's lead, but athletics

Ricci Bitti said ASOIF supported the IOC's recommendations, but also backed World Athletics President

call.Francesco Ricci Bitti said he supported the IOC's stance, but is also "very in line" with World Athletics

Copenhagen has launched a bid to stage the 2026 World Athletics Road Running Championships after the

With the World Athletics Road Running Championships, we plan to cook up all the experiences and spice

," said Lars Lundov, chief executive of Sport Event Denmark.Denmark has experience of hosting major athletics

competition having held the 2014 World Half Marathon Championships and the 2019 World Athletics Cross-Country

The inaugural edition of the World Athletics Road Running Championships is set to be held in Latvian

capital Riga on October 1.The event is set to include the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships

is staring at a potential 10-year ban for four anti-doping rule violations (ADRV) according to the Athletics

Nigerian officials have issued a plea to the Government after their dreams of competing at the Chengdu 2021 International University Sports Federation (FISU) were thrust into jeopardy.

 Athletics' Musa Nureni from the University of Ilorin remains confident of a financial intervention

Puerto Rico and Mexico captured the respective men's and women's 3x3 basketball titles at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador.

😍🥇… pic.twitter.com/Hm7dQOHHkQ— San Salvador 2023 (@SSalvador2023) July 3, 2023The opening day of athletics

Climate change activists staged a protest at tonight’s rainswept Wanda Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, running on to the track during the men’s 400 metres hurdles race and stretching two posters across six lanes of it 10 metres from the finish line.

delights the @BAUHAUSGALAN crowd and it ain't over yet 👀#DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/6kM6bENxrt— World Athletics

season in the women’s 1500m.Hailu, who finished fourth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and last year’s World Athletics

Mitsugi Ogata, President of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF), has been elected as

head of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo's Olympic

the LOC will be inaugurated on Tuesday (July 4) as preparations get fully underway to stage the World Athletics

We awarded the 2025 World Athletics Championships to Tokyo because we have faith in the local authorities

After athletics took place in an empty Olympic Stadium during Tokyo 2020, it is due to return for its

Tokyo will be staging the World Athletics Championships for the second time in 2025 having hosted it

 The next edition of the World Athletics Championships is due to be held in Budapest from August

European Olympic Committees (EOC) sports director Peter Brüll has insisted here the European Games can "perfectly co-exist" with the multi-sport European Championships.

While European Athletics plans to leave the multi-sport European Championships in favour of a standalone

We believe this was successful and the format both us and European Athletics want to continue," he said

European Athletics changed the format of the European Athletics Team Championships because of the European

In two years from now, they have the European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid and they continue

Athletics competition at Kraków-Małopolska 2023 was held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, and concluded

On paper, the European Games as a concept should thrive in a continent which loves its sport. Its inaugural edition in Baku in 2015 completed a full set of five continental Games across the Olympic Movement.

brought to another level at Kraków-Małopolska 2023 compared to previous European Games, with the European Athletics

city during competition days which had perhaps been lacking with the absence of a main stadium for athletics

The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has received a big financial boost from the country's

Government before this year's World Athletics Championships.

25 million (£128,000/$162,000/€148,500) will be made available to support preparations for the World Athletics

Gayle said the national trials were proof of why Jamaica was regarded as a "powerhouse in the world of athletics

heights.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce topped a Jamaican one-two-three in the women's 100 metres at last year's World Athletics

Jamaica is ranked fifth in the all-time medals table for the World Athletics Championships behind the

Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a men’s 1500 metres meeting record of 3min 28.72sec at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting as he held off the challenge of Ethiopia’s recently installed world record holder in the 3,000m steeplechase, Lamecha Girma.

#DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/Ani9LqlDRt— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) June 30, 2023India’s Tokyo

#DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/uGbep4t8cx— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) June 30, 2023Botswana’s

The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) has granted 18 sporting organisations funding totalling CAD200,000 (£118,000/$151,000/€138,000).

Clubs from a variety of sports including boccia, Alpine skiing, athletics, badminton, equestrian, ice

Rioters have smashed the windows of the under construction Aubervilliers Aquatic Centre, which is due to be used as a training site for next year's Olympic Games, during ongoing protests in the country.

at the Stade de France tonight and tomorrow, have been cancelled.The Stade de France is due to host athletics

Chilean Sports Minister Jaime Pizarro is unconcerned by an investigation into the management of the Pan American and Parapan American Games in Santiago, claiming "everything will go smoothly and we can finish on time".

have got the big National Stadium Sports Park which has different venues like the centre of tennis and athletics

Ukraine's Olympic bronze medallist Yaroslava Mahuchikh has questioned the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) change of stance regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in world sport.

about competing with Russians and Belarusians in her sport in non-Olympic competitions at least.World Athletics