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The Latest Breaking News from World Athletics

Sebastian Coe pushes for a cross-country running race at the 2030 Winter Olympics

Sebastian Coe would love to see a cross-country running race brought back to the Olympics at the 2030 Winter Games

The Independent UK

World Athletics blames employees for $1.7M taken in 'systematic theft'

World Athletics says it has lost more than $1.7 million to “systematic theft” by its own employees

The Independent UK

World Athletics reveals £1.3m theft by former employees

The theft was conducted by two employees and a contractor over the span of several years

The Independent UK

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Gender testing on tap for female skiers, snowboarders with 100 days to Olympics

With 100 days to go until the Winter Olympics, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has begun the complicated and expensive task of identifying female skiers and snowboarders who need to take gender tests before they arrive in Italy

The Independent UK

Treadmills just became a global sport – Technogym’s new Run X could change running forever

Run X competitions will let runners worldwide race against each other on connected treadmills

Olympic champion runner Semenya ends landmark legal fight against sex eligibility rules

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending her seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field

The Independent UK

Susan Egelstaff: Of course athletes should be paid for the Ryder Cup and Olympics

USA's Ryder Cup players have been criticised for receiving money to play this year, in the same way World Athletics was criticised for giving…

The National (Scotland)

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Seb Coe reveals Olympic calendar will need ‘re-engineering’ due to climate change

This year’s World Athletics Championships were contested in Japan during its hottest summer since records began

The Independent UK

Expert issues warning over World Athletics bringing back sex testing

WORLD Athletics’s reintroduction of sex testing at the World Championships 2025 is "a threat to all women", an expert has said.

The National (Scotland)

Max Burgin misses out on worlds 800m medal as Great Britain relay heats go awry

Burgin took another step closer to Seb Coe’s longstanding British record despite missing out on the podium

The Independent UK

World Athletics defends warm-up logistics in Tokyo after criticism

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson is among those to have voiced concerns.

The Independent UK

World Athletics Championships: Keely Hodgkinson not happy with warm-up situation in Tokyo

Briton is into the final of the women’s 800m

Evening Standard

Keely Hodgkinson not happy with warm-up situation at World Championships

Yoyogi Park, where the warm-up track is located, is a near 15-minute drive from the stadium.

The Independent UK

Sex tests brought in after data showed 50-60 DSD athletes in finals, World Athletics says

World Athletics’ head of health and science told a panel in Tokyo that DSD athletes were ‘over-represented’ in female category finals since 2000

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The Independent UK

Impossible conditions can’t stop Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone making history

McLaughlin-Levrone bested the pouring rain and gusting wind to run the second-fastest 400m of all time and claim World athletics Championship gold with a previously unbreakable record now in her sights

The Independent UK

Enhanced Games: Lord Sebastian Coe refuses to discuss controversial event

The World Athletics president faced the media after former world 100m champion Fred Kerley became the first track athlete to join the Enhanced Games.

The Guardian - UK

Enhanced Games targets British stars after signing US sprinter Fred Kerley

The signature of British athletes across all sports are being prioritised by controversial start-up the Enhanced Games

The Independent UK

Fred Kerley becomes first track athlete to join Enhanced Games

The former 100m world champion, who is serving a doping ban, is the highest-profile athlete yet to join the controversial event

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The Independent UK

Champion runner back on track after four-year ‘burrito ban’

Shelby Houlihan was banned for doping, but blamed it on drug-tainted pork from a food truck

Al Jazeera

India’s Neeraj Chopra, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem to meet in javelin final

Olympic gold medallists will face off in the men’s javelin final at the World Athletics Championship 2025 in Tokyo.

The Guardian - UK

McLaughlin-Levrone throws down gauntlet to Kipyegon in race to be greatest

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran one of the fastest times in history to qualify for the women’s 400m final, while Faith Kipyegon underlined her status by speeding to a historic fourth 1500m

International Business Times UK

Doping Outrage: Erriyon Knighton and Diribe Welteji Axed – Is Anyone in World Athletics Clean Anymore?

US sprinter Erriyon Knighton and Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji ruled out of the Tokyo World Athletics Championships amid major doping controversy.

The Independent UK

Cole Hocker breaks silence after being disqualified in 1500m at World Athletics Championships

The Olympic champion will not compete in Wednesday’s 1500m final after being penalised for ‘jostling’ with Germany’s Robert Farken

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics Championships 2025: Duplantis claims pole vault world record as Kambundji wins 100m hurdles – as it happened

Mondo Duplantis broke his 14th world record while Ditaji Kambundji won gold in the women’s 100m hurdles

Evening Standard

World Athletics Championships: Molly Caudery and Emile Cairess forced into early exits on day three

Britain’s hopes for medals in women’s pole vault and men’s marathon dashed by injury and tricky conditions

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