Francesco Sansovini of San Marino and Patrizia van der Weken of Luxembourg claimed the respective men’s and women’s 100 metres titles on the opening day of competition which saw Malta enjoy plenty of home success at the Games of the Small States of Europe.

sprint events and the men’s discus throw which was won by Montenegro’s Danijel Furtula, the first day of athletics

By the time you read this, I hope to be on my way to Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium to hear a concert by Bruce Springsteen, the veteran American rock musician known as "The Boss".

be fair, Paris 1924 was, for the most part, a strong renewal, highlighted by the "Chariots of Fire" athletics

The Government of Slovenia has pledged an extra €2.8 million (£2.4 million/$2.9 million) to help organise the Maribor 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF).

and Sports Matjaž Han signed a contract to co-finance construction of a warm-up track at the Poljane Athletics

Maltese Sports Minister Clifton Grafta has expressed his confidence that the Games of the Small States of Europe will strengthen relationships between the nine participating nations during the Opening Ceremony in Malta's Floriana Granaries.

The Games are due to run until June 3 and will see medals won in athletics, basketball, 3x3 basketball

World Taekwondo is investigating the Russian Taekwondo Union for its recognition of a regional federation in Crimea as one of its members, and has insisted all neutral athletes from Russia and Belarus at the World Championships here are not "actively engaged in the military".

sports have followed the IOC's updated recommendations on Russia and Belarus, but others including athletics

One small sidestep for a big man - one giant leap for shot putting.

RCrouserThrows at the @usatf Los Angeles Grand Prix 😎#ContinentalTourGold pic.twitter.com/fTJBMAbS2n— World Athletics

St Lucia has named Helena Renee-Emmanuel as Chef de Mission for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Renee-Emmanuel has represented the country in athletics and netball and was confirmed in the role by

USA Track & Field (USATF) have pledged their full support to the Los Angeles Grand Prix as part of its strategy to help raise interest in the sport before the 2028 Olympic Games in the Californian city.

Saturday (May 27) to watch this year’s inaugural event which was billed as the biggest gathering of athletics

talent in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympics.The highlight of an event that was part of the World Athletics

World Athletics under its President Sebastian Coe have long had the aim of making the sport more popular

in the States," Siegel told the Los Angeles Times.View this post on InstagramA post shared by World Athletics

Harris, who finished sixth in the 800m behind Murphy, warned that there is still much work to do before athletics

Commonwealth Games Scotland has re-elected Susan Jackson and added Marc Hope to its Board of Directors after a vote by members at the Annual General Meeting.

consultant currently advising the charity Access Sport, the International Island Games Association, national athletics

bodies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the next year's World Athletics Indoor Championships

with the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, British Olympic Association and British Athletics

, as well as organisers of World Championships in athletics, Para athletics and swimming.Hope chairs

Local hero Soufiane El Bakkali, the world and Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase champion, lived up to his billing once again at the Rabat Diamond League meeting as he broke his own meeting record with a personal best of 7min 56.68sec, the fastest time this season.

Tomorrow, the World Taekwondo Championships is set to become the latest sporting event added to the portfolio of Azerbaijan's capital Baku.

build in the National Gymnastics Arena.The 68,000-seater Baku Olympic Stadium was also constructed for athletics

A record 1,000 athletes from nine countries are set to take part in the Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE), due to open in Valetta tomorrow.

Olympic and one non-Olympic sport or two of the former.This year, the sports programme will feature athletics

America’s Ryan Crouser added 19 centimetres to his own world shot put record at the Los Angeles Grand Prix with a fourth-round throw of 23.56 metres.

Crouser has developed a new technique involving an extra sidestep during his rotation, and in this World Athletics

Wembley Stadium sets the seal on celebrations of its 100th year this weekend with the football match most associated with the venue.

to the stadium for any losses suffered by the closure of the greyhound track which was converted for athletics

explained.Eight hundred tons of "special dressing" were then laid to create a cinder running track for athletics

time and we shall win," Elvin told reporters.The Games opened on a scorching July day and apart from athletics

Budapest's National Athletics Centre is set to open on June 17 before it stages the World Athletics Championships

the official opening of the park, a veritable cavalcade of activities will take place," read a World Athletics

Those who want to get moving will be able to learn about athletics in a playful way, as many have already

special treat, with races ranging from the 100m flat to the 4.5km on the brand new track at the National Athletics

Centre, where athletics superheroes will be competing in August."

The opening of the National Athletics Centre will be accompanied by sporting events and a family day