World Athletics

As many as 16 member federations of Asian Athletics are fielding teams in the inaugural Asian Relay Championships, which will be held in Bangkok on May 20-21. The National Stadium, which witnessed a highly contested Asian Athletics Championships in the Thai Capital last year, will once again play host to the much-anticipated first edition of

Akani Simbine says he won’t let his world-lead performance in Atlanta on Saturday “get to my head” after the South African star clocked a superb 9.90 seconds. The 30-year-old sprinter, competing at the Atlanta City Games on a temporary short track in the open public Piedmont Park, opened up with a 10.10 time in the

BATHURST, Australia (Reuters) -Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet overhauled favourite Letesenbet Gidey with a stunning late burst over the last 100 metres to clinch the women’s cross country world title on Saturday. Jacob Kiplimo later won the men’s title for Uganda but only the wind whipped up by the approach of a thunder storm about to sweep

Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian won the gold medal in the men’s 60m final in his season debut at the Gothenburg Games, part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour, in Gothenburg, Sweden on Thursday. Su secured the first place in his group in 6.75 seconds in the heat, and the 33-year-old finished the final with a

(Reuters) – World Athletics on Saturday said it is consulting with member federations on a proposal that would impose more stringent testosterone limits on transgender women athletes competing in women’s track and field events. The governing body’s proposal stops short of calling for an outright ban on trans athletes and said it arrived at its