World Athletics news

Technogym has announced the launch of the Run X World Treadmill Championship, the first world championship for running on connected treadmills over five kilometres.  The ... More

Former international long-distance runner and British Triathlon chief Zara Hyde Peters OBE has been named the new CEO of UK Athletics. Her appointment brings to ... More

British Athletics has announced that eight of the world's top athletics nations will compete in the first Athletics World Cup in London this summer. Athletics ... More

Sports minister Tracey Crouch has described the government’s strategy for sport as making “good progress” since its introduction in December 2015. Crouch published the second ... More

As the 2017 sporting calendar draws to a close, an event impact study has measured the value to the UK of hosting the World Athletics ... More

A day of mass participation running is being organised by UK Sport and parkrun to coincide with London hosting the 2017 World Athletics Championships. The ... More

National tourism quango VisitEngland is hoping to capitalise on a bumper year of sport to boost the amount spent by day-trippers beyond the record £45.3bn ... More

The hosting of major sporting events has contributed £1.6bn (US$2.1bn, €1.9bn) to London’s economy since the 2012 Olympics, according to a report. Published by London ... More

London 2017 – the wholly-owned subsidiary of UK Athletics – will see its role in delivering the 2017 World Championship scaled back following the appointment ... More

Sportswear giant Nike will invest US$13.5m (£9.3m, €12.4m) to renovate the track and field facilities at the University of Oregon – one of the venues ... More

The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) will double its anti-doping budget and rewrite its constitution in a bid to clean up the sport. IAAF ... More

The All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) must “sever ties” with individuals connected with doping and resolve pending disciplinary cases before it will be reinstated for international ... More

West Ham United FC has revealed new images of what its new Olympic Stadium home will look like once the club moves in permanently next ... More

French authorities have launched an investigation which will probe the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) decision to award the 2021 World Athletics Championships to ... More

Sebastian Coe has admitted that athletics is at a “crossroads” and faces an uncertain future if it cannot win back people’s trust following allegations of ... More

Elite sport quango, UK Sport, will receive a 29 per cent increase in government funding to help Britain’s athletes at the 2016 Olympic Games in ... More

Athletics legend Daley Thompson believes the same secret that helped bring him two Olympic gold medals can lead to success with his new high-end gym ... More

The cost of converting the London Olympic Stadium into a 54,000-capacity multi-use stadium is set to rise from £154m to £190m due to complications in ... More

West Ham United has been named as the preferred bidder to become the permanent tenant at the London Olympic Stadium. The London Legacy Corporation board ... More

Image: The current national stadium opened in 1958 Japan Sport Council (JSC) has announced the launch of an international design competition for a new national ... More

The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) has announced the launch of a fresh bidding process to secure a long-term, multi-purpose future for London's Olympic Stadium. ... More

In the build up to London 2012 and the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017, all seven of GLL's purpose built athletics tracks have achieved grade ... More