World Athletics
Heavy losses in World Athletics 2018 accounts but little light shed on Dentsu renegotiation
A leaked copy of World Athletics' 2018 financial accounts has shed more light on the constrained financial picture for the federation and referenced its attempts to renegotiate some of the controversial…
Diack: Russian doping sanctions spread out to protect IAAF sponsorship contracts
Former IAAF president Lamine Diack has suggested he intervened in the way the federation dealt with doping by Russian athletes to protect sponsorship deals and to avoid tarnishing Moscow’s hosting of t…
Round-Up: AFL and LaLiga resume, Diack trial revelations, IPL hopes, and more
The Australian Football League resumed its 2020 season on Thursday evening, with defending champions Richmond Tigers drawing with Collingwood Magpies during a match played at an empty Melbourne Cricket…
Weltklasse Zurich organisers to host ‘Inspiration Games’
Organisers of Weltklasse Zurich, an annual leg of the Diamond League athletics series, have revealed an innovative new event to replace their cancelled meet for this year
Coe set to reclaim IOC membership with ‘passive’ CSM role
World Athletics is poised to regain representation within the International Olympic Committee after president Sebastian Coe was nominated for IOC membership following assurances over his role as group…
Round-Up: AFL stadium opened, Pacquiao presidential bid, World Athletics losses, and more
Several thousand fans will be permitted to attend the Australian Football League game between the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval this Saturday night
Pinsent Masons named World Athletics’ first legal services supplier
World Athletics has signed a four-year agreement with Pinsent Masons that affords the London-based international law firm the role of athletics’ first official supplier of legal services.
How the Covid lockdown is redrawing international federations’ content strategies
Without live events, international federations are being forced to innovate with their fan engagement strategies. Adam Nelson reports.
Pound urges international federations to ‘come clean’ over finances to receive IOC support
Dick Pound, the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and an International Olympic Committee member, has warned international federations to “come clean” about the state of their finances as …
World Athletics unveils $500,000 athlete support fund
World Athletics has launched a relief fund worth a total of $500,000 (€461,000) to support athletes throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Paris’ European Athletics Championships cancelled, Diamond League events postponed
This year’s European Athletics Championships in the French capital of Paris, which were scheduled to take place from August 25-30, have been cancelled.
World Athletics creates outbreak prevention taskforce with input from other sports
World Athletics and the International Institute for Race Medicine are establishing a medical taskforce to provide guidelines for outbreak prevention in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
Federations continue coronavirus calendar rejigs
International federations including World Athletics and Fiba are continuing to rejig their calendars in response to the postponement of Tokyo 2020 and the ongoing coronavirus disruption
World Athletics suspends bidding processes for 2023 events
World Athletics has postponed the bidding processes for all 2023 World Athletics Series events due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Tokyo 2020 flame off display, qualified athletes to keep places
The Olympic flame is being removed from display in Japan as the country enters a month-long 'state of emergency' in response to the coronavirus pandemic
Uefa, World Athletics and CGF in talks to avoid event clashes
The Commonwealth Games Federation is working with World Athletics and Uefa to ensure the Birmingham Commonwealth Games don’t overlap with a rescheduled World Athletics Championships or the Women’s Eur…
World Athletics Championships moving to 2022
World Athletics is seeking dates in 2022 for its World Championships to avoid clashing with the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics
Coronavirus update: Wimbledon to be cancelled, F1 could race into January 2021, and more
Wimbledon will be cancelled for the first time since World War II, according to German Tennis Federation vice-president Dirk Hordorff. The event is scheduled to begin June 29