World Athletics

World Athletics and the World Federation of Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to continue and strengthen their collaboration.

The agreement seeks to consolidate existing work streams involving athletic shoe regulation. However, the MOU also sets out areas for future cooperation such as getting more kids active and into athletics, enhancing the presentation and the sustainable development of the sport for the benefit of the sport, the athletes, and the industry.

Jun 29, 2020 18:06
MONACO: World Athletics and parkrun Global Limited Sunday announced a new partnership by which they will combine their resources to grow the sport of athletics and deliver good health and fitness outcomes for communities around the world.
Jun 04, 2020 18:06
MONACO: With the reopening of its headquarters this week, World Athletics has taken the opportunity to discuss with its 214 member federations its new strategic plan to drive growth, the latest medical advice on the coronavirus pandemic, particularly as it impacts on athletes returning to training and competition, and the updated Olympic qualifying process for Tokyo next year.
May 12, 2020 18:05
MONACO: The Wanda Diamond League today announces a shortened, provisional calendar for late summer and autumn 2020. Several events will be rescheduled, others cancelled as organisers continue to adapt the season in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
Apr 28, 2020 18:04
MONACO: World Athletics, together with the International Athletics Foundation (IAF), has launched a $500,000 fund to support professional athletes experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 20, 2020 17:04
MONACO: World Athletics has joined forces with the International Institute for Race Medicine (IIRM) to set up a medical taskforce to provide endurance events that include mass gatherings with guidelines for outbreak prevention.
Apr 09, 2020 13:04
MONACO: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, World Athletics has postponed the bidding processes for 2023 World Athletics Series events. The bidding processes for the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships and the 2023 World Athletics Relays will now open in November. Bidding processes for future World Athletics Series events beyond 2023 remain unchanged.
Apr 08, 2020 15:04
MONACO: World Athletics announced Monday that the qualification period for the Tokyo Olympic Games is suspended effective from 6 April until 30 November included, following consultation with its Athletes' Commission, Area Presidents and Council.
Mar 31, 2020 17:03
MONACO: The 2021 World Athletics Championships will be shifted to 2022 to accommodate the re-arranged Tokyo Olympics, World Athletics announced Monday. World Athletics statement: "The IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that the postponed 2020 Games will take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021.
Mar 27, 2020 19:03
MONACO: The Wanda Diamond League Friday postponed three more meetings which had been scheduled to take place in May. An alternative calendar for the 2020 season is to be announced in due course. Following the postponement of early-season events in Qatar and China last week, the series has decided to also suspend meetings in Stockholm (scheduled for 24 May), Naples/Rome (28 May) and Rabat (31 May). 
Mar 23, 2020 16:03
CANADA AND Australia have become the first countries to withdraw their teams from the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics, even as Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said for the first time on Monday that the Games could be postponed if it could not be held in its "complete form" because of the COVID-19 pandemic.