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World Athletics says transgender policy not set in stone after athlete criticism

The global organisation is consulting with member federations over a new policy.

The Independent UK

World Athletics’ transgender regulations see scientific rigour give way to a fudge

Sebastian Coe promised to be ‘guided by science’ when it comes to sport’s most divisive issue. But World Athletics’ solution is clearly designed to protect it from legal action too

The Guardian - UK

Lord Coe details ‘important questions’ in possible run to become International Olympic Committee president

Coe has been World Athletics president since 2015

The Independent UK

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World Athletics proposals to preserve path for trans women in female category

World Athletics is set to keep the door open for transgender women to compete at the highest level under a ‘preferred option’ proposal to be voted on in March

The Guardian - UK

Transgender athletes to be allowed to compete against women in new World Athletics rules

World Athletics have reportedly sent a 'confidential consultation' to member federations with the preferred option to tighten rules around trans women athletes but not ban them from female events

Daily Mirror

Tata Mumbai Marathon: Hit the ground running

Women's course record more vulnerable than the men's, says race commentator Hutchings

The Times of India

Benin: Civil society leaders running in elections hope to influence decision making

In tonight's edition: 46 Ivorian troops appear at a court of appeal in Bamako as West African leaders decide not to sanction Mali following the arrest of the soldiers back in July. Also, in Benin, fresh faces have emerged on the political scene and a youthful electorate is looking to…

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Seb Coe backs UK Athletics to recover from financial slump of £1.8m

World Athletics boss Seb Coe has backed UK Athletics to recover from its current financial predicament.

Evening Standard

Neeraj Chopra eclipses Usain Bolt as most written about track and field athlete in 2022

Not many have gone past Usain Bolt in the 21st century, but India's Neeraj Chopra has managed to do that.

The Times of India

Female athletes targeted by most online abuse, World Athletics study finds

World Athletics’ research looked at almost half a million social media posts.

The Independent UK

Kenya avoids ban despite 55 athletes serving suspensions as Lord Coe sends warning

The famed East African running nation has avoided being blacklisted after Lord Coe confirmed that they would not be given a blanket ban from competition

Daily Mirror

Kenya faces threat of athletics ban amid doping crisis

Government commits to ‘zero tolerance’ approach as it urges world athletics governing body not to ban its athletes.

Al Jazeera

Belfast Irish Milers Meet set to return in 2023 with added bonus

The event has secured World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger Status for the second year running

Belfast Live

Sports: World Athletics Relays 2023 Postponed Until 2025

The Council said that the decision was taken with the agreement of both the Guangzhou organizing committee (LOC) and the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA). Read on for details:

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Daily Mirror

Seven nation 'watch list' announced by World Athletics over suspicious Olympic qualifying

Seven Olympic nations have been placed on a "Competition Manipulation Watch List" by World Athletics due to suspicious qualification patterns for last year's Tokyo Olympics.

Daily Mirror

Ex-Team GB Olympian Brian Hewson who was one of first to run four-minute mile dies

Brian Hewson, a former Team GB runner who competed at two Olympic Games and was one of the first people to run a mile in under four minutes, has passed away

Daily Mirror

London Marathon to offer non-binary gender option to make event "truly inclusive"

Elite races at the London Marathon will still operate under the World Athletics rules but the change for the mass-participation race has been changed following an extensive review

Bangkok Post

More sports events scrapped in zero-Covid China

Hong Kong’s top badminton tournament has been cancelled because of stringent anti-Covid policies that required players to compete in an “isolation bubble”, organisers said on Thursday.

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The Guardian - UK

Yevhen Pronin: ‘If we do not kill them, they can kill our children’

The acting president of Ukraine’s Athletics Federation has such a reputation for flying drones against Russian targets that he has a bounty on his head

The Times of India

CWG 2022: A redemption silver for Murali Sreeshankar

I dedicate this medal to my father after all that we've gone through, together, says Sreeshankar

The Conversation

Athletics: Kenyans are running for other countries, but that's not why medals are fewer

The 2022 World Athletics Championships ended in relative disappointment for Kenya, which continued its decline in the overall medal standings. Since the 2005 championships in Helsinki, when Kenya ranked ninth with only seven medals, the team has been exceptionally consistent. It has ranked in the top three in all subsequent…

Wales Online

Raucous Birmingham crowd providing the perfect backdrop to tales of dramatic athlete triumph at Commonwealth Games

Another capacity crowd - take note Seb Coe and World Athletics - rose as one to roar Eilish McColgan and Katarina Johnson-Thompson to golds in the space of 29 raucous and rocking minutes on Wednesday

The Guardian - AU

Amusan shatters 100m hurdles world record to revive super shoes debate

A foot injury prompted Tobi Amusan to start wearing bouncy longer-distance Adidas shoes instead of track spikes

Evening Standard

Keely Hodgkinson edged out of 800m gold on final day of World Athletics Championships

Keely Hodgkinson was edged out of a gold in a thrilling 800metre final to fellow 20-year-old Athing Mu at the World Athletics Championships.

The Independent UK

Neeraj Chopra wins India’s first silver at World Athletics Championships

Indian javelin champion secured the silver with his 88.13m hurl in Oregon’s Hayward Field

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