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World Athletics's Sebastian Coe explained that the reward could ease the financial burden on families that support athletes in their foundational years.

Every four years, the best athletes from around the globe converge to battle it out for top honours at the Olympic Games. Athletes go through the rigours of qualification, competing through injury and travel fatigue, with a wide variety of weather conditions, in order to secure their spot on the…

Since Senegal first competed in the Olympic Games in 1964, its success has been marked by a single medal, a feat achieved in 1988 by El Hadji Amadou Dia Bâ at the Seoul games. His remarkable performance in the 400m hurdles secured him a silver medal.

Athletes at the Paris Olympics later this month will be tested for performance-enhancing drugs, but at a competition plotting to rival the Games, doping will be the point.

Coe praised the resilience of athletes he met at the country’s national championships, which also served as trials for this summer’s Paris Olympics.

World Athletics leader Sebastian Coe visited Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv over the weekend

World Athletics President invites Ukrainian President to Olympics amidst conflict with Russia, supporting Ukrainian athletes. Zelensky's attendance uncertain.

Track and field athletes heading to the Paris Games will be competing not only for a gold medal but a first-prize check worth $50,000 that goes with it

The defending 800m Olympic champion won’t defend her title after a stumble in a single race. Her absence is a needless wound for Team USA

The inclusion of trans women athletes – women who were assigned male at birth – is one of the most controversial issues in world sports.

A group of Olympians collaborated with climate scientists and heat physiologists to assess the threat warming temperatures could pose for athletes.