The death of Olympic long jump bronze medallist Herb Douglas at the age of 101 has severed one of very few remaining links with the 1948 London Games. 

was soon forced to return home to help the family garage business.He transferred to Pittsburgh (Pitt Athletics

States President George Bush senior.In 2018 Douglas became one of the first inductees into the Pitt Athletics

Herb Douglas was a friend and mentor to me for more than two decades," Pitt Athletics Head Coach Coach

our future indoor track will be named in Herb’s honor, ensuring his name and legacy live on," Pitt Athletics

Olympic champion sprinter Asafa Powell is set to deliver a speech at the inaugural Max Velocity Speed Summit in Ghana which is taking place prior to the 2023 African Games in the country's capital city of Accra.

The Summit is set to take place on Wednesday (April 26) at the University of Ghana Athletics Oval in

Cedi Conference Centre the following day.Athletes will then participate in the Ghana's Fastest Human athletics

World Athletics has released a new "Kids' Athletics Day at home" toolkit for children around the world

who wish to take part in Kids' Athletics Day 2023.

' wider Kids' Athletics Day celebrations.As announced on April 7, World Athletics is inviting children

across the world to "MOVE, PLAY, EXPLORE" in celebration of Kids' Athletics Day 2023.World Athletics

Day is the cornerstone of World Athletics' Kids' Athletics programme - a free and exciting programme

Day - World Athletics has launched a global Kids' Athletics Day Challenge to all of its Member Federations

suggested activities and ways to bring Kids' Athletics to life in a celebration event.

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has held meetings with officials from Venezuela, Bolivia, Honduras and Cuba seeking to advance ties with Central and South American nations.

to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to their competitions, although others including athletics

Organisers of next year's Olympics in Paris have revealed that four million people have registered for the draw in the second phase of ticket sales.

France are expected to go on sale for the first time in this phase, as well as the 100 metres finals in athletics

How to explain Sifan Hassan? If she were in Friends, she would be Phoebe. She has that same unpredictability - you think she might be an airhead and then - boom! - she gets right to the point.

had spoken beforehand of how she was not thinking of running another marathon at this summer’s World Athletics

Gracia of France, who secured the only male vice-president position available at yesterday's European Athletics

The confirmation came during the first meeting of the newly-elected European Athletics Council which

requirement of two representatives of each gender to be elected to the combined positions of European Athletics

President and vice-president.Consequently, for the first time in the 53-year history of European Athletics

Alexander of Britain and Karin Grute Movin of Sweden, assured of places.The new 18-strong European Athletics

working for a four year period from 2023 to 2027.Opening the inaugural meeting, Karamarinov and World Athletics

Marcel Hug of Switzerland made his own contribution to an extraordinary day of racing at the TCS London Marathon as he won his third consecutive men’s wheelchair title, obliterating his own 2022 course record in the process.

Two staggering performances made the 43rd London Marathon arguably the greatest seen as Sifan Hassan, on her debut at the distance, outsprinted the event's finest to claim a shock win and then Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum, in only his second marathon, won in 2 hours 2min 27sec, the second fastest time ever.

Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games Flame of Peace is set to be paraded at the PGE Narodowy Stadium during the Korzeniowski Warsaw Race Walking Cup to build anticipation for the continental event.

The Race Walking Cup is part of the World Athletics Walking Tour and is due to be the final event of

The newly-appointed World Para Sports Unit Board held its first meeting following the introduction by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) of its five designated Board members.

authority to govern the six Para sports for which the IPC serves as the International Federation - athletics

Eilish McColgan, out of tomorrow’s London Marathon because of a knee injury, has said her problems were made worse by a sponsor row which she claimed had put her participation in jeopardy.

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin and his Bolivian counterpart Jeyson Auza have held talks over developing a new strategic partnership to enhance sport in the two countries.

in football, rhythmic gymnastics, motor sports, rock climbing, water skiing, artistic gymnastics and athletics

The four fastest marathon runners in history will assemble at the start of tomorrow’s TCS London Marathon - and although the world record holder, Eliud Kipchoge, will only be present as official starter, Kenenisa Bekele, Kelvin Kiptum and Birhanu Legese will seek a first London win.

Dobromir Karamarinov has been re-elected as European Athletics President after defeating Czech rival

Libor Varhanik 28-21 in a vote at the European Athletics Congress in Belgrade.

Indoor Championships.The European Athletics Constitution requires that a minimum of five members of

place on the Council of World Athletics, whose President, Sebastian Coe, was present in Belgrade."

Sebastian Coe congratulates Dobromir Karamarinov on his re-election as European Athletics President

©European Athletics"I like certainty in the flow of the day at World Athletics, I like certainty in all

Setting out his plans, Karamarinov said:"I believe European Athletics is the strongest continental athletics