World Athletics

Athletics
Finance & Law

World Athletics registered a loss of $17.42m (€14.71m/£13.58m) in 2019, further eating into its cash reserves in the year before the Covid-19 pandemic struck the sports industry.
Athletics
Esports

The Tokyo Olympic flame went on display at the Japanese Olympic Museum next to the National Stadium, the main venue for next year's Games
Athletics
Events

World Athletics has begun using a bespoke technology to generate artificial crowd noise and event atmosphere at its Diamond League meets
Athletics
Events

Chinese company LD Sports is to walk away from its £7.5m ($9.8m/€8.3m
Athletics
Media

Live coverage of World Athletics’ Diamond League competition will be shown by the BBC this season after a late agreement was struck by the public-service broadcaster with the IMG agency.
Athletics
Governance

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) is seemingly set to avoid expulsion from membership of World Athletics after it was announced that payments exceeding $6m (€5.1
Athletics
Events

Fifa said there is "no reason" for the Swiss criminal investigation into president Gianni Infantino, and he will continue in his role as normal
Athletics
Governance

The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) will be expelled from membership of the World Athletics global governing body if it does not make outstanding payments of a $5m (€4.2m) fine and $1.3
Events

World Athletics said Olympic qualification for marathon and race walk events will restart from September 1, three months earlier than previously announced - Reuters/CNA
Athletics
Events

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Events

The Chinese Basketball Association’s first chief executive officer Wang Dawei has left his post after just 14 months in the job citing “personal reasons”. The
Athletics
Governance

A new union called the Athletics Association has emerged to represent the interests of track and field athletes around the world after widespread changes were made to the format of the Diamond League athletics…
Athletics
Industry Moves

Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) president Yevgeny Yurchenko has resigned after less than five months in the position after the national governing body came under fire from World Athletics for failing…
Athletics
Governance

World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe, has said the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) is falling “well short of expectations” after confirming that the world governing body has not received the pay…
Athletics
Esports

World Athletics has halted the process allowing Russian track and field athletes to compete internationally as neutral athletes after Russian Athletics missed a deadline to pay a $6
Athletics
Sponsorship & Marketing

World Athletics has stated it ambition to double its number of commercial partners, align its hosting protocols with the needs of cities and broaden the mass participation components of its business in…
Athletics
Events

Eugene and Paris have become the latest meetings to fall off the 2020 Diamond League calendar, while organisers of the annual athletics series have announced a proposed new date for the event in Gateshead,…
Athletics
Events

World Athletics has reached an agreement with mass participation events company Parkrun through which they will seek to combine their resources to grow the sport of athletics and deliver health and fitness…