Faith Kipyegon and Lamecha Girma provided the Paris Diamond League meeting with respective world records in the women's 5,000 metres and men's 3,000m steeplechase of 14min 05.20sec and 7:52.11.

Thousands of people will be able to attend the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Budapest for

Budapest 2023 is due to run between August 19 and 27 at the new National Athletics Centre.Twenty-four-year

I am immensely proud to serve as an ambassador for the World Athletics Championships.

UK Athletics has received up to £150,000 ($188,323/€174,767) to stage the Diamond League next month.

This is a great opportunity for the British public to see world class athletics up close just a year

We are looking forward to working collaboratively with our colleagues at UK Athletics in the build up

UK Athletics chief executive Jack Buckner welcomed the funding from UK Sport ©Getty ImagesUK Athletics

 The latest funding is expected to help future athletics events in the UK.Earlier, an investment

in Glasgow while £3 million ($3.7 million/€3.4 million) was dedicated for the 2026 European Athletics

Vietnam captured 11 swimming titles in an impressive day in the pool at the Association of Southeast Asian Nation Para Games in Phnom Penh.

six silvers and four bronzes, while Indonesia claimed 10 golds in a 31-medal haul in the final day of athletics

Thailand and Indonesia racked up almost 200 medals between them on the third day of competition at the Association of Southeast Asian Nation Para Games in Phnom Penh.

the respective men’s under-80kg and women’s under-73kg divisions.Thailand shaded Indonesia in Para athletics

World 200 metres bronze medallist Erriyon Knighton contributed to an evening of meeting records at the Irena Szewinska Memorial meeting in Bydgoszcz with victory in 19.95 seconds.

the 19-year-old American clocked 19.89 in winning at the Florence Diamond League meeting.This World Athletics

#ContinentalTourGoldReport 📰https://t.co/okTQhpG5O5 pic.twitter.com/I4K38LV9V4— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics

Santiago 2023 Pan American Games athletics technical delegate Julio Roberto Gómez has claimed that the

The Colombian recently visited the venue to analyse its progress as it gets ready to stage athletics

Indonesia racked up a whopping 32 golds in a 72-medal haul on a dominant day at the Association of Southeast Asian Nation Para Games in Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.

Much of that success came in athletics where they claimed 13 golds, 13 silvers and nine bronzes in track

America's Jim Hines, the 1968 Olympic 100 metres gold medallist and the first man to officially break the 10-second barrier for the distance, has died at the age of 76.

September 1946, but raised in Oakland in California.Baseball was one of his early sporting interests, but athletics

anchored the US to 4x100m victory in 38.24.Jim Hines had a brief career in the NFL after retiring from athletics

, but struggled to find success in the sport ©Getty ImagesAfter retiring from athletics at the end of

Shortly before the London 2012 Olympics began I was with a press group that visited the Aquatics Centre to meet Peter Huerzeler, the former President of Omega, overseeing the timing operation.

was a bemedalled sprinter and beloved coach ©Getty ImagesBy the time I began writing regularly about athletics

Athletics, however, has since availed itself of judging where necessary to three decimal points.One of

African 800 metres champion Jarinter Mwasya and World Under-20 3,000m silver medallist Zena Jemutai are among 20 athletes suspended by the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) as the crisis in the country deepens.

surprising 9.94sec to finish second behind team-mate and African champion Ferdinand Omanyala.World Athletics

acetonide, a synthetic corticosteroid medication.The 20-year-old had finished second at the 2021 World Athletics

;Others facing bans are Hannah Mwangi, winner of the 400m hurdles at the Kip Keino Classic, a World Athletics

of other athletes from the country.Last year, the country narrowly avoided a ban from international athletics

Integrity Unit (@aiu_athletics) May 19, 2023David Howman, chair of the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU

Tiger Woods has led the praise for National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) champion Rose Zhang

Indonesia amassed 31 gold medals to lead the way on the first main day of competition at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Para Games in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh.

Vietnam's star Le Van Cong at the National Paralympic Committee Hall.A total of eight gold medals came in athletics

participating nations.The ASEAN Para Games are due to continue tomorrow with 67 medals available in athletics

Virtus, the International Sports Federation for athletes with an intellectual impairment, has renewed its efforts to get Nordic skiing on the programme for the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

VirtusAthletes with an intellectual impairment can currently compete in the Summer Paralympic Games in athletics

Prodigious home female talents Sifan Hassan and Femke Bol, produced outstanding victories at the Fanny Blankers Koen (FBK) Games in Hengelo on a day when Mondo Duplantis raised his 2023 men’s pole vault world best to 6.11 metres.

her marathon debut Hassan showed her extraordinary range in completing a winning double at this World Athletics

50.11 400m meeting record at the @FBKGamesHengelo📸 @DanVernonPhoto pic.twitter.com/okW8CCoSmt— World Athletics

FBKGamesHengelo as he praises @kcltft for his American record on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/58HHzvKIgK— World Athletics