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With Council targets met four years early, gender leadership set to focus on technical officials and coaches
Image: World Athletics 50% female representation on Council four years early • 34% average female representation across the six World...
Mar 103 min read


Indoor 4x400m mixed relay added to rule book as official discipline
Image: AFP / Getty Images, courtesy of World Athletics The initial indoor 4x400m mixed relay world record standard and designated running...
Mar 61 min read


World Athletics Road Running Championships 2025 to be moved from San Diego
Image: World Athletics Following detailed discussions between World Athletics and the Local Organising Committee of the World Athletics...
Mar 51 min read


The top female favorites for the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON 2025
Image: SCC Events Top Athletes Invitation to Press Conference Skater Favorites New Partnership On April 6, 2025, the who's who of the...
Mar 53 min read


11 World Indoor Tour champions win wild cards for Nanjing
Image: World Athletics Eleven athletes have secured wild card places for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 as winners...
Mar 52 min read


The top female favorites for the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON 2025
Image: SCC EVENTS Top Athletes Invitation to Press Conference Skater Favorites New Partnership On April 6, 2025, the who's who of the...
Mar 43 min read


Duplantis breaks world pole vault record with 6.27m in Clermont-Ferrand
Image: AFP / Getty Images, courtesy of World Athletics Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis soared 6.27m* to set the 11th world pole vault record of...
Mar 11 min read


Fortunato breaks world indoor 5000m race walk record in Ancona
Image: Chiara Montesano, courtesy of World Athletics European bronze medallist Francesco Fortunato smashed the long-standing world indoor...
Feb 231 min read


World Athletics' focus on innovation makes strides with test events in Düsseldorf and Berlin
Image: ISTAF Indoor / Tilo Wiedensohler, courtesy of World Athletics Early testing of take-off zone shows clear impact on competition...
Feb 213 min read


IOC and TCL announce long-term global TOP Partnership through to 2032
Image: IOC TCL products will drive new experiences for fans and athletes, from digital displays at the Olympic and Paralympic Games to...
Feb 202 min read


Out of more than 5,000 applications: IOC Young Leaders Programme welcomes 25 new recruits for 2025 to 2028
Image: IOC After receiving an overwhelming number of more than 5,000 applications, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has...
Feb 203 min read


Fisher smashes world indoor 5000m record in Boston
Image: Josh Sawyer, courtesy of World Athletics Less than a week after he took apart the world indoor 3000m record in New York, USA's...
Feb 151 min read


Ikeda Banned for Four Years
Image: JAAF, Courtesy of World Athletics Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Koki Ikeda has been banned for four years by the...
Feb 142 min read


Ingebrigtsen smashes world indoor 1500m and mile records in Lievin
Image: Supplied by World Athletics Just five days after his US rival Yared Nuguse set a world indoor mile record in New York, Jakob...
Feb 141 min read


World Athletics opens nomination process for 2025 Athletes’ Commission elections
Image: World Athletics World Athletics is pleased to announce that the nomination process for the World Athletics Athletes’ Commission is...
Feb 112 min read


Inaugural Olympic Esports Games to be held in Riyadh in 2027 – Road to the Games to start this year
Image: IOC/Greg Martin The first edition of the Olympic Esports Games, a landmark event both in the world of esports and within the...
Feb 113 min read


World Athletics launches new stakeholder consultation on female eligibility
Image: Mark Sampson Female eligibility guidelines being updated to reflect latest developments in science, sport and law Widespread...
Feb 102 min read


Nuguse breaks world indoor mile record in New York
Image: © Josh Sawyer, Courtesy of World Athletics Little more than an hour after Grant Fisher’s historic performance in the 3000m, Yared...
Feb 101 min read


Fisher breaks world indoor 3000m record in New York
Image: © Josh Sawyer, courtesy of World Athletics USA’s Grant Fisher broke the world indoor 3000m record at the Millrose Games, clocking...
Feb 101 min read


IOC invites world’s best winter sports athletes to the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026
Image: IOC To mark one year until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 , the International Olympic...
Feb 65 min read
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