World Athletics

Athletics
Governance

World Athletics has committed to conduct a global survey of its stakeholders to create a ‘World Plan’ for the sport from 2022 to 2030.
Athletics
Events

World Athletics has said 12 cities have expressed interest in hosting its inaugural Road Running Championships in 2023, although declined to identify them
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Insurance company Allianz has committed to a four-year title sponsorship of the Memorial Van Damme track and field event in Belgium, from 2021 to 2024
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Media

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired exclusive rights to the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Tour
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Events

The Scottish city of Glasgow is investigating the possibility of bidding to host the 2024 edition of World Athletics’ Indoor Championships and has given the go-ahead for a feasibility study into the e…
Athletics
Media

The Infront agency has agreed an exclusive three-year deal to sell international media rights to the World Athletics Indoor Tour
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Events

World Athletics has today (Thursday) postponed its World Indoor Championships in Nanjing for a second time due to remaining “significant uncertainty” concerning the Covid-19 pandemic in the early part of …
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Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has agreed a rights deal for the 2021 edition of World Athletics’ Continental Tour series. Sky Italia will show all 11 Gold stages of the tour next year.
Athletics
Events

The Diamond League plans to run 13 events in 12 countries in 2021, and to reintroduce 32 disciplines after recently cutting them back
Athletics
Governance

World Athletics has spelt out a pathway for the return of the suspended Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) to the international fold, following five years of exile due to the country’s state-sponsored d…
Athletics
Events

Former UK Athletics chief executive Niels de Vos talks about his new role as executive director for the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships, and explains how the event is trying to pioneer a more cost-efficient and athlete-centric hosting model.
Athletics
Events

World Athletics has revealed its provisional calendar for the 2021 Diamond League, which will see the competition return to a full schedule of 14 meets and includes a brand new event in China
Athletics
Media

NBC Sports has extended its domestic media-rights contract with World Athletics in a deal which will provide the US network exclusive multi-platform rights to elite World Athletics Series events through…
Athletics
Events

World Athletics has announced it will expand its World Athletics Indoor Tour to encompass 26 meetings spread across 12 different countries in Europe and North America
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Events

World Athletics will launch a new global road running event from 2023, calling it the World Athletics Road Running Championships, and is now calling for expressions of interest from cities to host the…
Events

French prosecutors and police investigators who have expanded their investigation of former World Athletics president Lamine Diack and his son Papa Massata Diack have said they are surprised by the level…
Athletics
Events

A consulting firm working for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid committee paid $370,000 (€315,196/£289,227) to Papa Massata Diack, the controversial son of former IOC member and World Athletics president Lamine Di…
Athletics
Finance & Law

Lamine Diack, the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has been found guilty of corruption following charges associated with the Russian doping scandal and…