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US Olympian McPherson banned for 16 months after second doping violation of career

  • Athletics

High jumper and Rio 2016 Olympian Inika McPherson has been handed a 16-month suspension by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) after she tested positive for prohibited substance furosemide - the second doping ban of her career. 

2007 Pan American Games which was also in the Brazilian city, the 2011, 2013, 2017, and 2019 World Athletics


Wembley Stadium celebrates its first century

  • The Big Read

There has been a sports stadium in North London at what was known in Anglo Saxon times as "Wemba’s Lea" for 100 years.

George VI opened the Games, a quarter of a century after he had helped lay the foundation stone.When the athletics


Hungarian athletes attend MOWA exhibition launch in run-up to Budapest 2023

  • Budapest 2023

Five celebrated Hungarian athletes are due to attend tonight’s official opening of the Museum Of World Athletics

(MOWA) installation in Budapest, which will host the 19th World Athletics Championships from August

The MOWA Heritage Athletics Exhibition Budapest 2023, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the World Athletics

Minister and co-chair of the governing body of World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, and Miklós

Gyulai, President of the Hungarian Athletics Association, and co-chair of the governing body of World

Athletics Championships Budapest 23.Among the featured items are two from the most bemedaled athletes

in the history of the World Athletics Championships, which launched in 1983 at the Helsinki Olympic


Disciplines

  • Budapest 2023 Sponsored Section

[/modal][modal title="Run" id="budapest-run"]The running events are an essential part of any World Athletics

modal title="Hurdles" id="budapest-hurdles"]Men and women both have two hurdles events at the World Athletics


Kansas Relays awarded World Athletics Heritage Plaque on 100th anniversary

  • Athletics

The Kansas Relays is the latest recipient of the World Athletics Heritage Plaque as it celebrates the

Significantly, the award of the World Athletics Heritage Plaque marks the return of the Kansas Relays

, last held in 2019, following the pandemic," said United States' World Athletics Council Member Willie

record-breakers.The Kansas Relays is celebrating its centenary this year and 93rd edition of the event ©World Athletics"Over

the world that we proudly host right here in Lawrence, Kansas," said University of Kansas director of athletics


Olympic and Paralympic athletes slam proposal for transgender sports ban in US

  • Olympics

American Olympic and Paralympic athletes have signed an open letter opposing a Bill that would ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports across the United States.

Bill that is seeking to amend the landmark Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments Act so that "in athletics

should be able to have the full experience of attending school in America, including participating in athletics


First phase of Perry Barr residential scheme completed as Birmingham 2022 legacy

  • Birmingham 2022

The regeneration of Birmingham’s Perry Barr - one of the key legacies of last year’s Commonwealth Games - continues to take shape with the first phase of its residential scheme completed.

underwent a major revamp in time for Birmingham 2022 as it staged the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and athletics





Oregon 2022 organisers provide $275,000 grant to TrackTown USA

  • Athletics

a $275,000 (£220,000/€250,000) legacy grant from the Organising Committee of the Oregon 2022 World Athletics

funds was a planned priority for the Organising Committee as it hopes to contribute to the growth of athletics

being a leader in sustainability.The organisation is responsible for staging the 2014 World Junior Athletics

Championships, 2015 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships, the 2016 World Athletics Indoor Championships


Jamaica dominant at the CARIFTA Games in Nassau

  • Athletics

Jamaica accumulated 78 medals, 40 of them being gold, at the 2023 Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) Games in Nassau, the Bahamas as they asserted their dominance in the Caribbean region in track and field.


Kenya Tokyo 2020 Chef de Mission Kioni dies suddenly at age of 70

  • ANOCA

There is shock in Kenya following the announcement that the country's Tokyo 2020 Chef de Mission Waithaka Kioni has died at the age of 70 following a heart attack.

delay in them being staged.Kenya won a total of 10 medals at Tokyo 2020, including four gold, all in athletics

at Tokyo 2020, including Eliud Kipchoge in the men's marathon, as they finished top on the overall athletics


German Minister threatens not to give Russian athletes visas

  • Olympics

Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has threatened to block Russian athletes from entering her country if they are permitted to compete internationally.

have indicated that they will also adhere with the IOC’s recommendations.However, others including athletics