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Clash of the titans in Eugene mile
Image: Logan Hannigan, courtesy of Wanda Diamond League Three of the world’s biggest middle-distance stars will lock horns at one of...
Apr 172 min read


Global champions face off in Doha steeplechase
Image: Courtesy of Wanda Diamond League All three Olympic medallists will be reunited in the women’s steeplechase at the third Wanda...
Apr 172 min read


Alekna shatters discus world record with 75.56m in Ramona
Image: Laszlo Zsigmond for World Athletics Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna improved his own discus world record by more than a metre with a...
Apr 142 min read


LA28 event programme marks strong commitment towards innovation and gender equality
Image: IOC The event programme and athlete quotas for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) have been approved by the Executive Board...
Apr 103 min read


World Athletics aims to create world’s biggest kids’ relay with Relay Around the World Challenge
Image: Christel Saneh for World Athletics • Challenge aims to be biggest Kids’ Athletics activation to date with target of 500,000 kids...
Apr 63 min read


Tesfay pulverizes course record, Dida wins the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON
Image: SCC EVENTS/Jean-Marc Wiesner Fotyen Tesfay has pulverized the course record of the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON. The Ethiopian...
Apr 62 min read


Content Creator Programme returns for 2025
Image: World Athletics World Athletics will once again run its Content Creator Programme in 2025, building on the success of the...
Apr 41 min read


Battocletti and Kwizera win 2024-2025 World Athletics Cross Country Tour
Image: Organisers, courtesy of World Athletics Italy’s Nadia Battocletti and Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera topped the standings at the end...
Mar 282 min read


History-making WIC Nanjing 25 sets scene for Guangzhou and Tokyo
Image: Dan Vernon, courtesy of World Athletics The World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 drew to a close on Sunday (23) after...
Mar 254 min read


Ratified: world records for Fisher, Giles and Nuguse
Image: Josh Sawyer, courtesy of World Athletics Men’s indoor mile 3:46.63 Yared Nuguse (USA) New York, 8 February 2025 Men’s indoor 3000m...
Mar 212 min read


Kirsty Coventry elected IOC President, the first female President in IOC history
Image: IOC/Greg Martin Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected today as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),...
Mar 212 min read


WIC Nanjing 25 to kick off three-year journey through China
Image: Dan Vernon, courtesy of World Athletics On the eve of the 20th edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships, World...
Mar 214 min read


IOC President Thomas Bach opens 144th IOC Session at Ancient Olympia paying tribute to Olympic history and expressing confidence for the future
Image: IOC/Greg Martin “Values first” – IOC President Thomas Bach opens 144th IOC Session at Ancient Olympia paying tribute to Olympic...
Mar 193 min read


Entry lists published for WIC Nanjing 25
Image: AFP / Getty Images, courtesy of World Athletics Eleven individual defending champions and 20 medallists from the Paris 2024...
Mar 171 min read


World Athletics Media Academy: developing new talents in journalism, photography and TV commentary
Image: Mercedes Oliver World Athletics is proud to announce the next step in its Media Development Programme (MDP): the World Athletics...
Mar 123 min read


IOC and Allianz agree extension of Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partnership
Image: IOC Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together: Following the unique Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, Allianz and the...
Mar 125 min read
The top male favorites for the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON 2025
The strongest top runners Handbikers and wheelchair athletes New partnerships Invitation to press conference After announcing the female...
Mar 123 min read


IOC publishes highlights of Olympic Agenda reforms ahead of 144th IOC Session in Greece
Image: IOC Ahead of the 144th IOC Session in Greece later this month, the IOC has released the highlights of the Olympic Agenda reforms ....
Mar 103 min read


World Athletics President Coe discusses sport’s path with Future Leaders in Apeldoorn
Image: Chiara Montesano for European Athletics World Athletics President Sebastian Coe held a wide-ranging discussion with members of the...
Mar 104 min read


Coe encouraged by efforts made in Kenya to tackle gender-based violence
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe and Kenyan President William Ruto, Image: State House Kenya World Athletics Council committed to...
Mar 103 min read
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