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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...

Sifiso Ngobese
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...

Sifiso Ngobese
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...

Sifiso Ngobese
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...

Sifiso Ngobese
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...

Sifiso Ngobese
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...

Sifiso Ngobese
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...

Sifiso Ngobese
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...

Sifiso Ngobese
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...

Sifiso Ngobese
Feb 65 min read


IOC awards TelevisaUnivision exclusive media rights in Mexico through to 2032
Image: IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that TelevisaUnivision has acquired exclusive media rights on...

Sifiso Ngobese
Feb 52 min read


IOC elects Dolomiti Valtellina in the Italian Alps as host of the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2028
Image: IOC Dolomiti Valtellina 2028 will be the fifth edition of the Winter YOG. Competitions will take place only in existing venues...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jan 314 min read


Record $36 Million Raised for Charity at the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Image: AI Runners Can Secure an Entry into the Sold-Out 2025 Event by Running and Fundraising for Charity The Bank of America Chicago...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jan 293 min read


Chebet smashes world 5km record with 13:54 in Barcelona
Image: Ziao Jiang / organisers Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet ended her year on a high by running a stunning 13:54* to shatter...

Sifiso Ngobese
Jan 21 min read


Yang and Bonfim confirmed winners of World Athletics Race Walking Tour
Dan Vernom China’s Yang Jiayu and Brazil’s Caio Bonfim have been confirmed as the overall winners in the 2024 World Athletics Race...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 18, 20242 min read


Ratified: world records for Chebet, Duplantis, McLaughlin-Levrone, Chepngetich and Kawano
Image: Getty Images Women’s 10,000m 28:54.14 Beatrice Chebet (KEN) Eugene, 25 May 2024 Mixed 4x400m 3:07.41 United States (V Norwood, S...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 12, 20242 min read


Skotheim wins International Fair Play Award
Norwegian decathlete Sander Skotheim has been named winner of the International Fair Play Award as part of the World Athletics Awards...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 7, 20243 min read


Full qualification system and ‘road to’ tool launch for World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25
The full qualification system and the ‘road to’ tracking tool have been published for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 . As...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 7, 20241 min read


Around 5 billion people - 84 per cent of the potential global audience - followed the Olympic Games Paris 2024
A record 84 per cent of the potential global audience* followed the Olympic Games Paris 2024 according to independent research conducted...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 7, 20243 min read


Refugee Olympic Team to compete at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026
The Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 will be the first to include the participation of a Youth Refugee Olympic Team. This was decided by...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 5, 20242 min read


World Athletics Council commits to action against gender-based violence
The World Athletics Council committed to taking action against gender-based violence and made a series of other decisions ranging from...

Sifiso Ngobese
Dec 5, 20246 min read
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