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Athletics chiefs have apologised to fans after the sold-out British Championships were rescheduled for behind closed doors. The two-day event at Manchester Regional Arena was initially postponed from June to August, but even that is now considered too soon. UK Athletics chief executive Jo Coates said: “We are sorry that we cannot host our brilliant […]
SEBASTIAN COE insists there will be no deals done to allow banned track and field stars to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. World champions Christian Coleman and Salwa Eid Naser are provisionally suspended for each missing three drugs tests in a 12-month period – an offence which carries a two-year ban. Coleman, who won 100 […]
In her own words, Jessica Ennis-Hill reflects on her achievements… I’ve got incredible, consistent people around me. I’ve lived in Sheffield all my life and if I’d moved to London or LA, I would probably have changed. It would’ve been very hard not to, but my friends and family – including my husband Andy, who […]
The new boss of British athletics has pledged to “reinvent” the stricken sport in this country after its flagship event was lost to the coronavirus pandemic. The forced cancellation of the Anniversary Games will cost UK Athletics £1 million and leaves it heavily reliant on UK Sport securing extra government funding to get it through […]
Former UK Athletics performance director Neil Black has died aged 60. Black took up the UK Athletics performance director role in September 2012 after Charles Van Commenee left his position as Olympic head coach. He left in October 2019 following Great Britain's disappointing showing in the World Athletics Championships in Doha and amid controversy over […]
This Sunday thousands of runners should have been taking part in the 40th London Marathon. Normally, it would have marked the end of months of hard winter training and in the process raised millions of pounds for charities. But because of coronavirus the event has been postponed until 4 October, leaving a big gap in […]
Sir Mo Farah has insisted all his career achievements pale in comparison with the extraordinary efforts of coronavirus fundraiser Captain Tom Moore. The 99-year-old has raised more than £25m for NHS Charities Together having initially targeted £1,000 by walking 100 laps of his garden. Speaking on Sky Sports News, four-time Olympic gold medallist Farah said: […]
Reduced drug testing during the Covid-19 pandemic is like a “gift” for those unscrupulous athletes who will go to any lengths to win and make money, British race walker Tom Bosworth has said. The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) said last month that the pandemic had created challenges for drug testers with countries closing borders, cancelling […]
Sebastian Coe and Rugby Football Union boss Bill Sweeney insist their sports must use the coronavirus shutdown to take stock and come back stronger. Lord Coe, president of World Athletics, has demanded that track and field reviews what it is doing in the time made available by the postponement of the Olympics and much of […]
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe is confident of delivering three major championships in the summer of 2022, with the Commonwealth Games, the European Athletics Championships and the World Athletics Championships all set to go ahead in the space of just six weeks. The World Athletics Championships, which will be hosted by the city of Eugene […]