Cricket's bid for a place at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games will receive a boost from the massive investment being pumped into the new franchise league in the United States, organisers hope.

California, the Oakland Coliseum baseball stadium could accommodate cricket as current tenants Oakland Athletics

Proud Texan Eddie Southern, who won Olympic 400 metres hurdles silver at the 1956 Melbourne Games as an 18-year-old in only his fifth career race at the event, has died aged 85.

"Eddie Southern was a truly amazing runner and competitor," said longtime Texas Athletics director DeLoss

restaurant business in the Dallas area.He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1969, Texas Athletics

The esports event taking place alongside the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games has been confirmed for the National Stadium Sports Park in the Chilean capital.

Stadium - called the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos or simply Estadio Nacional - will host athletics

World Athletics will introduce the term "short track" to replace the current term "indoor" to describe

The World Athletics Council is supporting the concept of "short track" competition to allow more flexibility

For more than 150 years, athletics has been divided between 'outdoor' competition, staged on a standard

However, with the advent of modern athletics and the development of hybrid competition venues - city

to redefine the boundaries of outdoor and indoor athletics, so they relate to the competition facility

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe commented: "This change is designed to remove an unintentional

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) plans to hold a two-day virtual seminar for leaders of its National Federations aiming to promote good governance.

Presidents and secretary generals and identifying types of resolution forums for sports disputes.Football, athletics

Iran's athletics head has resigned after women competed at an event without wearing a headscarf.

Hashem Siami has quit as Athletics Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran President following photos

player Razieh Janbaz said she was banned from leaving the country.Iran is due to host the Asian Indoor Athletics

Basketball player Sarah Gates from McMaster University and Tokyo 2020 Olympian swimmer Gabriel Mastromatteo from the University of Toronto have received Lois and Doug Mitchell Awards as the 2022-23 Female and Male Athletes of the Year for U SPORTS - the Canadian university sports body.

Mastromatteo, a second-year swimmer with the Toronto Varsity Blues, is the 2022-23 Ontario University Athletics

Cuba plans to have around 400 athletes competing at this year’s Pan American Games in Santiago according to the general secretary of its National Olympic Committee, former basketball star Ruperto Herrera.

by Herrara as traditional areas of achievement by Cuba were boxing, judo, wrestling, combat sports, athletics

Athletics Australia has announced a squad of 39 athletes for the upcoming Summer World University Games

competed on the international stage for the country before.Cara Feain-Ryan, who competed at the 2022 World Athletics

athletes the chance to be exposed to the rigours of international competition at a high level," said Athletics

 The full Australian athletics team for 2023 can be viewed here.

A hospitality package with a ticket to watch the men's 100 metres final at the Stade de France has been advertised at €8,500 (£7,500/$9,000) on the official portal launched by Swiss-based company Fortius.

For the athletics session on August 4, a "Gold" package with "first" seat category invites guests to

Organisers have announced that tickets for the Paris 2024 Paralympics will go on sale on October 9.

highest sellers - with football in first place for tickets sold, followed by basketball, handball, athletics

The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) has reversed a decision to block its men's football team from competing at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

compete in 17 sports in all at the Games.As well as football, they will also send athletes in archery, athletics

A group of seven Members of Parliament (MPs) in Queensland have called for the Brisbane 2032 budget to be capped and for the planned rebuild of the Gabba to be axed.

upgrade project with the stadium planned as the flagship venue of Brisbane 2032, with Ceremonies and athletics

set to be held there.The MPs want this abandoned and have suggested that athletics could take place

Government has 52 MPs and Liberal National in opposition have 34.The cross-party group of MPs believe athletics

The Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) has revealed plans for the third edition of the Bahrain Baby Olympics, where competitors aged three to five are set to compete in six sports.

on offer in football with a free kicks competitions, basketball through free throws into the basket, athletics

three, four and five years olds.Football, basketball and swimming are scheduled for Monday (May 29) and athletics

, gymnastics and weightlifting for Tuesday (May 30).Additional athletics and gymnastics are planned on

French organisers are believed to be planning for the Flame to burn at the Eiffel Tower during next year's Olympic Games in Paris. 

Athens 2004 global Torch Relay.Stéphane Diagana, 400 metres hurdles gold medallist in the 1997 World Athletics