World Athletics

Kenyan Sports Minister Hassan Wario has said the East African nation will bid to host the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) 2023 World Championships.

Sebastian Coe, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has maintained that Doha will host the 2019 World Athletics Championships after comments from Ed Warner, chairman of the London 2017 Championships, that the decision to stage the next edition of the event in Qatar was a “really strange choice”.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) members voted overwhelmingly to maintain Russia’s suspension from events operated by the global governing body despite what was described as a “candid” apology by the president of the country’s athletics association.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is to introduce a new 50km race walk competition for women at this year’s World Championships as part of a wider effort to create gender equality across the field of athletics.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has today (Monday) provisionally suspended Council member Frank Fredericks amid an ethics investigation concerning allegations he received almost $300,000 (€263,300) from disgraced marketing consultant Papa Massata Diack.

The contentious decision to award hosting rights for the 2021 World Athletics Championships to the US city of Eugene is being probed by the FBI and the Criminal Division of America’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS), according to multiple reports.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has approved the applications of a further three Russians to compete as neutral athletes, but has rejected bids from a further 28, as two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva said she has resigned as chair of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada).

The International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) Doping Review Board has cleared a further seven Russian athletes to compete in professional events while the country remains banned from professional competitions.

Frankie Fredericks has stepped down from senior roles within the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after a newspaper report that he received almost $300,000 (€282,500) from disgraced marketing consultant Papa Massata Diack.

An independent panel of three experts, including former Fifa reform chief Mark Pieth, has been appointed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) as its latest measure in the overhaul of its governance.

Sebastian Coe, the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has denied suggestions that he misled a UK Parliamentary Committee investigating doping in sport.

A new independent Athletics Integrity Unit will launch in April 2017, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced.

The world of sport today (Friday) reacted to the latest findings from the second and final part of an independent commission report, led by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren, into Russian doping with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stating they demonstrate a “fundamental attack” on the integrity of the Olympic Games and on sport in general.

The Ethics Board of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has today (Wednesday) extended the suspensions of three senior officials as it continues an investigation related to the ongoing Russian doping scandal, while former Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has been appointed to chair the new supervisory board of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada).

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced that Taicang in China will stage its 2018 World Race Walking Team Championships after the Russian city of Cheboksary had its hosting rights withdrawn.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has confirmed the calendar for the second season of its World Indoor Tour, with new events added in Dusseldorf, Germany and Torun, Poland.