Athletics

Athletics
Finance & Law

Nasser Al-Khelaifi, chairman of beIN Media Group and president of French Ligue 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain, has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a corruption case relating to Qatar’s bids to h…
Athletics
Events

Kenya has said it will bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships after missing out on rights for the 2025 event to Tokyo, Japan
Athletics
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Sportfive agency has stepped up its engagement with the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) by being appointed to lead the search for the next primary sponsor of the Boston Marathon
Athletics
Events

The World Athletics Relays will return to its birthplace in 2024, with the sport’s world governing body awarding hosting rights for the event to Nassau in the Bahamas.
Athletics
Media

Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has acquired non-exclusive rights to broadcast the 2023 World Athletics Championships in over 45 countries across Europe.
Athletics
Sponsorship & Marketing

Indian tech giant Tata Consultancy Services has extended its sponsorship of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon to cover the period from 2023 to 2026
Athletics
Events

The UK will host the European Athletics Championships for the first time after hosting rights to the 2026 edition were awarded to the English city of Birmingham
Athletics
Industry Moves

European Athletics has announced a re-organisation at its Lausanne-based head office that includes the promotion of four existing staff to director roles
Athletics
Events

World Athletics has announced that its 2023 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou will be postponed to 2025, the third major event it has had to reschedule this year due to the Covid-19 situation in China
Athletics
Media

The TCS New York City Marathon will have a domestic Spanish-language broadcast for the first time this year, as the November 6 race returns to its full capacity of 50,000 runners for the first time in…
Athletics
Industry Moves

New York Road Runners, the organizing body of the TCS New York City Marathon, has appointed former ESPN and NBC Sports executive Rob Simmelkjaer as its new chief executive
Athletics
Sponsorship & Marketing

German dairy products company Müller will end its long-running main sponsorship of UK Athletics at the end of this year.
Athletics
Fan Engagement

Jon Ridgeon, World Athletics' chief executive, details the plan to expand fan interest in the United States in the sport. Shawn Medow reports.
Athletics
Sponsorship & Marketing

John Hancock, the Boston, Massachusetts-based insurance company, will end its position as the principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon after the 2023 race on the expiration of the current deal
Athletics
Finance & Law

World Athletics saw its revenue almost double and profits increase tenfold in 2021 as the sport’s international governing body was buoyed by a year that saw a strong return to international competition, i…
Athletics
Events

World Athletics has announced the postponement of the Nanjing World Athletics Indoor Championships, which were due to be held next March, until 2025 as a result of “ongoing pandemic conditions” in Chi…
Athletics
Media

Live coverage of the athletics events at Munich’s multi-sports European Championships netted an average audience of 4.15 million viewers last night on ARD, the German public broadcaster.
Athletics
Events

Athletics’ European governing body has said that it still “strongly believes” in the value of a multi-sports European Championships as it opens the door for its possible participation in four years’ time, d…