Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from World Athletics

India to host its first World Athletics Continental tour event in August 2025

India is set to organise its first-ever World Athletics Continental Tour competition in Bhubaneswar on August 10, 2025, as announced by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) during the release of the 2025 competition schedule on Sunday.

The Times of India

Lord Coe does not see Grand Slam Track as a threat to World Athletics

The new track event is scheduled to make its debut in 2025.

The Independent UK

Hosting the Olympics can help turbocharge interest in Olympic sport: Sebastian Coe

MUMBAI: While India are officially in the running to bid for the Olympics in 2036, a development that has ignited excitement among Indians, a look at the country's performances in recent editions, however, begs an uncomfortable question. In its priority list, would a nation that's yet to achieve a double-digit…

The Times of India

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The World Treadmill Championships sounds like the best idea I've heard in a while

Virtual running just got serious—here’s how World Athletics is transforming treadmills into the next global sporting stage

Sebastian Coe pledges ‘clearcut policy’ on protecting women’s sport in IOC pitch

Sebastian Coe is in contention to be elected as IOC president and has made it clear that he wants clearer rules on transgender competitors

The Guardian - UK

IOC must act to protect women’s sport, says presidential candidate Sebastian Coe

Coe says he has been ‘in training for most of his life’ for the Olympic movement’s top job.

The Independent UK

World Athlete of the Year 2024: Finalists announced, no place for Olympics gold medallist Noah Lyles

NEW DELHI: Despite winning the Olympic 100m title, Noah Lyles will not compete for the World Athlete of the Year award. World Athletics announced the finalists on Monday, and Lyles was not among the top two male track athletes.

The Times of India

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Sebastian Coe tells AP his run to be IOC president might not be such a longshot after all

A common observation about Sebastian Coe’s lifetime of going against the grain is that it makes him more of a thorn in the side of the International Olympic Committee than an ideal candidate to become its next president

The Independent UK

Double 1960 Olympic champion Otis Davis dies at 92

Otis Davis, the Olympic champion in the 400 meters and 4x400 relay from the 1960 Olympics in Rome, has passed away at the age of 92, according to the University of Oregon.

The Times of India

What time is the IOC presidential election, who are the candidates and how does the vote work?

Seb Coe battles Juan Antonio Samaranch – son of the seventh IOC president – and decorated Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry for the prestigious role running the Olympic movement

The Independent UK

Lord Coe promises ‘laser-like focus on sport’ if elected IOC president

Coe is currently president of World Athletics.

The Independent UK

Lord Coe among seven candidates shortlisted in race to become new IOC president

World Athletics president is vying to succeed Thomas Bach, who will not seek a third IOC term

Evening Standard

‘Laser-like focus’: Coe makes pitch for IOC presidency against tough field

The 67-year-old will have to face off against several tough challengers, with the deciding vote to be held at the 143rd IOC session in March 2025

The Guardian - UK

Lord Coe confirms bid to be next IOC president as seven candidates confirmed

Coe is the current president of World Athletics and will hope to succeed Thomas Bach

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Sebastian Coe faces a fight to become IOC president – but write him off at your peril

Despite his record running London 2012 and World Athletics, the Olympian cannot count on winning the popularity contest

The National (Scotland)

Susan Egelstaff: Bach still hoping to have the last word in IOC power battle with Coe

There are few things pettier than two older privileged men behaving increasingly passively aggressively towards each other in the pursuit of…

Radio France Internationale

Paris to honour murdered Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei

Paris is to honour murdered Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her, according to the French capital's Mayor Anne Hidalgo. Cheptegei, who competed in the women's marathon during the Paris Olympics last month, succumbed to severe burns on Thursday after being doused with petrol and…

International Business Times

Funeral For Slain Athlete Cheptegei In Uganda On Sept 14

The funeral for Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died in Kenya after being set on fire by her boyfriend, will be held on September 14 in her home country, organisers said Sunday.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Salon

Ugandan runner's death & gender violence

Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed in the women's marathon at the Paris Games in August, was killed by her boyfriend

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 Guardian - UK

Transgender sprinter Valentina Petrillo fails to reach 400m final on Paralympic debut

The Italian transgender sprinter Valentina Petrillo was emotionally overwhelmed after missing out on the final of the women’s T12 400m

Fortune

Some Paralympic athletes will receive 75% less than their Olympic peers for winning a gold medal

"Ultimately, I do this because I love it. We want parity and that's what we push for every time."

Evening Standard

Paralympics 2024: Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo qualifies for women’s T12 400m semi-finals

Visually-impaired Italian previously won 11 national titles in the men's category as a married father of two

The Independent UK

Hannah Cockroft pushes for equal prize money after latest Paralympics triumph

Cockroft was a class above her rivals in the women’s T34 100m final and delivered Great Britain’s first athletics gold of the Paris Games in a time of 16.8 seconds

The Conversation

Technology has helped para athletes compete for decades. But it can also create an unfair advantage

The Paralympic Games, now a major global event, has a history rooted in rehabilitation.

1 … 5 6 7 8

People

Juan Antonio Samaranch

21 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the International Olympic Committee

the Athletics Federation of India

21 stories

the University of Oregon

18 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.