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Jonnie Peacock calls for Seb Coe to include para-athletics in Diamond League

The Brit used his platform at the Paris 2024 Paralymipcs to demand more visibility for his sport

The Independent UK

Jonnie Peacock urges Lord Coe to include Para athletics in Diamond League meets

The 31-year-old name-checked World Athletics president Lord Coe as he called for his event to be included in future Diamond League meets.

The Independent UK

'I’ve heard stories of him head-butting walls - maybe that can be my trademark!' — meet the Grindley racing duo

The British teenager has hit the ground running in his sportingcareer, but that’s no surprise as his father did exactly the same

Cycling Weekly

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Olympics 2024: Cole Hocker upstages Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen in dramatic men's 1500m final

American arrives late on the scene to deny rivals gold medal

Evening Standard

Olympics 2024: Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen set for 'race for the ages' in 1500m final

The Team GB star faces his fierce rival as he looks to emulate Seb Coe

Evening Standard

Noah Lyles proves the perfect star for the perfect stage: this is his Games

American sprinter has been talking about this for so long, sketching out his legend in plain sight. It took 30 paces to make it real

The Guardian - UK

Manchester United consider building new 100,000 seater stadium

The Red Devils’ current ground, Old Trafford, is in desperate need of renovation

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‘It’s a very strange feeling’: can the man who won Olympic gold bring glory to the Paris Games?

2024 Games organiser Tony Estanguet tells how chats with British sporting legend Sebastian Coe have kept him on an even keel

The Guardian - UK

Olympic track and field winners will win more than eternal glory for the first time with $50,000 prize money: 'They deserve some skin in the game'

World Athletics's Sebastian Coe explained that the reward could ease the financial burden on families that support athletes in their foundational years.

Fortune

Olympic track and field seeing dollar signs with splashy cash infusions into the sport

Track and field athletes heading to the Paris Games will be competing not only for a gold medal but a first-prize check worth $50,000 that goes with it

The Independent UK

Sports quiz of the week: Masters, money, mud, monikers and main courses

Have you been following the big stories in football, golf, cricket, horse racing, athletics, basketball and the NFL?

The Guardian - UK

Coe defends World Athletics’ move to award $50,000 to Olympic gold winners

World Athletics has broken 128 years of Olympic tradition by announcing it will give athletes money for winning a gold medal at the Games

The Guardian - UK

Kenya’s world-record marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum killed in car crash

Kiptum, who exploded onto the marathon scene in October, was the overwhelming favourite to win the Paris Olympics.

Al Jazeera

Seb Coe criticises Paris Olympic bosses amid £595 ticket furore

Tickets start from as much as £595 for certain events

Evening Standard

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‘The focus had to be on the ice’: Robin Cousins on skating and his double life as a gay Olympian

The 1980 BBC Sports Personality winner talks to Donald McRae about the road to glory at Lake Placid while having to keep his sexuality secret

Evening Standard

Crystal Palace National Sports Centre revival is the best possible answer for London athletics

The jewel in the crown of British athletics has been left to rack and ruin, but now there is hope on the horizon

The Guardian - UK

Thomas Bach open to extending IOC presidency and denting Coe’s ambitions

International Olympic Committee rules state that Bach must stand down after 12 years as president in 2025 but he has refused to rule out standing again

Evening Standard

Athletics needs lift in Budapest as Olympics loom with Usain Bolt legacy still impossible to replace

The World Athletics Championships must provide an injection of interest in the sport as the Netflix cameras roll into town

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Evening Standard

World Athletics Championships: Zharnel Hughes leads race for gold as downsizing Brits hope to profit

Great Britain are sending their smallest team for 15 years to Budapest as UK Athletics hope streamlined selection will pay off

The Guardian - UK

Athletics would be ‘insane’ not to change to attract new fans, says Seb Coe

Seb Coe, the World Athletics president, admitted that the sport was in a ‘race against time’ to stay relevant among young people

Daily Mirror

Usain Bolt: 'We need to make athletics more exciting - people don't want to watch'

'If you don't have a superstar that stands out like I did, then it's going to be hard to draw the big crowds and draw that attention that you want'

Bangkok Post

Transgender athletes condemn ban on inclusion in female events

SYDNEY/LOS ANGELES: Transgender athletes have condemned World Athletics' exclusion of transgender women from elite female competitions, while the decision was welcomed by some sportswomen as a win for fairness.

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics Council excludes transgender women from female events

World Athletics has confirmed that its council has voted to exclude transgender women from female events

Evening Standard

Seb Coe backs UK Athletics to recover from financial slump of £1.8m

World Athletics boss Seb Coe has backed UK Athletics to recover from its current financial predicament.

The Independent UK

Female athletes targeted by most online abuse, World Athletics study finds

World Athletics’ research looked at almost half a million social media posts.

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