(Reuters) -Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania made history on Sunday by breaking the world discus record and becoming the first ...

Farida Aborage, Seyd Taha Ghafari, Omar Hassan, Emmanuel Kiruhura Ntagunga and Seyfu Jamaal Tahir share the same goal: to ...

Already a world U20 champion and senior world indoor medallist, Nugent has her sights set on becoming an outdoor global champion at senior level. She knows it is not an easy road, but her unrelenting ...

Norwegian Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen will race alongside British world champion Josh Kerr over 1500 metres at the ...

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe announced the decision following a council meeting at the World Indoor Championships ...

In the 1960s, a radical aircraft design—powered by 10 engines with a cockpit perched above a giant fuselage—nearly became ...

Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania made history on Sunday by breaking the world discus record and becoming the first athlete to ...

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe unveiled the cheek-swab test to confirm athletes' eligibility in the female category on Tuesday.

World Athletics, the governing body of international track and field events, announced it would introduce DNA testing to confirm the eligibility of women competitors in future events. Sebastian Coe, a ...

World Athletics approves a one-time genetic test for athletes who wish to compete in the women's category at international events.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe announced the genetic test after proposals to tighten eligibility rules in women's events were discussed.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Tuesday that the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek swabs and dry blood-spot tests for female athletes in order ...