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Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir is feeling confident about her medal chances ahead of the 1500metre final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon

Eleanor Patterson and Olympic silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers will contest the women's high jump final, while Australian teammates Jess Hull and Georgia Griffith reached the decider of the 1,500 metres.

World Athletics president Seb Coe promises lessons will be learned after tens of athletes are denied entry to the States

LOS ANGELES — The acting president of Ukraine's track and field federation logged into the Zoom meeting from his olive-green tent near the front lines, the country's yellow and blue flag in the background.

Hundreds of athletes, mostly Africans, have faced visa delays in getting to the US to participate in the event.

The 2025 World Athletics Championships will return to Tokyo, the sport's global governing body announced Thursday. The World Athletics Council confirmed that Tokyo would stage the championships for the second time after beating out competition from Kenya, Poland and Singapore, AFP said. It means Tokyo's Olympic Stadium will get the…

The world’s best athletes are heading for a town with a population of 170,000 where track and field still reigns supreme

EUGENE, Oregon: Organisers of the World Athletics Championships were desperately trying to clear a visa issuing logjam that threatened to prevent around 100 athletes, coaches and officials from entering the United States for the competition, which starts on Friday.

The leader of global track and field said it would have been “inconceivable” to have allowed Russians into this week’s world championships given the country’s war against Ukraine