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Olyslagers and Vadlejch shine at Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku

  • Athletics

Australia’s Olympic silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers joined Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine at the top of this season’s women’s high jump world rankings as she cleared 2.01 metres to win at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku in Finland.

challenged by Britain’s Morgan Lake, who equalled her outdoor personal best of 1.97m at this World Athletics

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Venues of Azerbaijan

  • Azerbaijan Sponsored Section

Olympic StadiumThe Baku Olympic Stadium has been designed at the highest standards for football and athletics

final between London clubs Chelsea and Arsenal, which the former won 4-1.It also staged Ceremonies and athletics


Officials confident that metro extension will be completed before Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Île-de-France President Valérie Pécresse and Autonomous Parisian Transportation Administration (RATP) chief executive Jean Castex have insisted that the extension to line 14 of the city's metro will be completed before the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

connect Orly Airport to Saint-Denis-Pleyel station near the Stade de France, which is due to stage athletics

and rugby sevens at the Olympics, as well as athletics at the Paralympics.It is set to cost €3 billion


French delegation for 2023 Francophone Games expected to feature between 60 and 80 people

  • Francophone Games

France’s delegation for the 2023 Francophone Games, due to be held in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo later this year, is expected to number between 60 and 80 people.

French speaking nations and former colonies of France.Sporting disciplines in Kinshasa are due to be athletics

, basketball, road cycling, football, Para athletics, judo, table tennis and wrestling.The head of the


Paris 2024 rent bill for Stade de France could double if contract not signed

  • Paris 2024

Organisers of next year’s Olympics and Paralympics could face paying twice as much as what was previously expected to use the Stade de France if the contract is not finalised, the French Court of Auditors has warned.

-capacity venue in the build-up to and during next year’s Games.The Stade de France is due to stage athletics

and rugby sevens events at the Olympics, and Para athletics competitions at the Paralympics.It is also

June 1 2024.During that time, a series of work is set to be conducted including the renovation of the athletics

track at the Stade de France which staged the 2003 World Athletics Championships ©Getty ImagesThe Court

and 2007 Rugby World Cups, for which it is set to be used again as a venue later this year.The World Athletics


Exclusive: Ukrainian Underwater Federation loss of national status for Arzhanova photo branded "ridiculous"

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Underwater Sports and Underwater Activities of Ukraine (UFUA) has been stripped of its National Federation status by the Sports Ministry, in a decision branded "ridiculous" by former vice-president Stanislav Predek whose wife was photographed with the Russian head of the World Underwater Federation (CMAS).

We asked to be represented by a sports lawyer, the head of the National Athletics Federation Yevhen Pronin



Mike Rowbottom: Athletics - not a team thing unless it actually is

  • Inside the Blogs

The axiom that athletics is an individual sport is true. That is, true up to a point.

ImagesFor whatever reason, Akabusi’s event often used to be the first one in the European Cup, the athletics

preparation and performance.But the point about this event - which changed identity to the European Athletics

European Cup for the first time in 1989 on the home ground of Gateshead was a very big deal for British athletics



Yale University's Ami Gianchandani awarded 2023 Dinah Shore Trophy

  • Golf

Yale University golfer Ami Gianchandani has been awarded the Dinah Shore Trophy by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Foundation for making an impact on the course and through her leadership and on society through charitable endeavour.

Trophy in 2008 and 2009 while studying at Duke University ©TwitterGianchandani has also won the Yale Athletics

during the past four years have demonstrated a commitment to strengthening the relationship between Yale Athletics

golf statistics programme used by golfers at all levels worldwide.With one year of intercollegiate athletics




Olympic Refuge Foundation to work with displaced youth in Île-de-France in the build-up to Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) Board have announced its plans to "build a strong connection" with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Refugee Team (EOR) and displaced communities in the Île-de-France region in the build-up to Paris 2024.

Jamali Galeh of Iran, Sudanese Kun Waar Liem and Dominican Republic's Kiruhura Emmanuel Ntagunga in athletics


German Interior Minister claims Munich 2022 report shows country "excellent host of sustainable major sporting events"

  • Munich 2022

Organisers of the Munich 2022 European Championships have published a final report on sustainability, claiming the multi-sport event "created long-term effects at economic, environmental, and social levels" and showed Germany's potential as a host nation.

consideration by Germany.Germany has failed in five bids since it last staged the Olympics in Munich in 1972.Athletics

second edition of the multi-sport European Championships.A third edition is planned in 2026, although athletics