Athletics News

South Africa's Caster Semenya will not run in the 400m at the Rio Olympics to focus on winning gold in the 800m.

Team GB has become one of the most feared outfits at the Olympics, but will have to win at least 48 medals if they are to consider Rio a success Better Never Stops. The grammatically suspect Team GB slogan from the gilde...

Russian whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova will not contest her ban from the Rio Olympics, despite a legal ruling in her favour.

World Anti-Doping Agency removes Kenya from its list of "non-compliant" countries following new anti-doping legislation.

On the eve of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, IAAF Ambassador Tegla Loroupe joined several other leading figures at the Nutrition For Growth event on Thursday (4), calling for world leaders to increase financial investments ...

The eyes of the world will today be focused on Brazil as the Rio 2016 Olympic Games officially gets underway.

IAAF Senior Vice President Sergey Bubka was re-elected to the IOC Executive Board at the 129th IOC Session ahead of the Olympic Games Rio 2016.

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