ATHLETICS

France's former 800m world champion Pierre-Ambroise Bosse has received a 16-month ban from the French Anti-Doping Agency after missing three drug tests in the space of nine months. Bosse announced he was quitting athletics late last year…

The Canadian federal government has announced plans to increase funding for the Athlete Assistance Programme. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) believes additional support is still needed to fully meet the needs of athletes striving for…

In February 2024, Insidethegames reported on the situation in Taekwondo New Zealand. Athletes who were due to represent New Zealand at the Olympic Qualification Tournament were told by the Oceania Taekwondo Union (OTU) that the New Zealand…

Red Stag Rotorua Marathon's inaugural winner Dave Heine will return for the 60th anniversary event on 4 May and hopes to participate in the Go Media 10km race. The 82-year-old retired civil engineer won the 1965 Rotorua Marathon in a…

US Olympic chiefs said they were "not surprised" by French President Emmanuel Macron's comments that the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics could be moved from the Seine River to the national stadium in the event of a terrorist threat.…

A few weeks back came the announcement of the Friendship Games, to be held in Russia in September. Total prize money across all sports: $100 million. Winners get $40,000. Second place, $25,000. Third: $17,000. On Wednesday, World…

Three of Taekwondo Canada's top athletes will compete against some of the continent's best at the Pan American Qualifying Tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 9-10 April. The Continental…

World Athletics has announced it will become the first international federation to award prize money at the Olympic Games. The global governing body said a total prize pot of $2.4m (£1.9m) has been made available for this summer's…

During his visit to Paris on 2 and 3 April, Ukrainian Sports Minister Matvi Bidny told 'Le Monde' that Ukraine was closely following the International Olympic Committee's examination of athletes eligible to take part in the Olympic Games …

Russian athlete Ekaterina Poistogova-Guliyev, 33, will almost certainly be stripped of her silver medal in the 800 metres at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Russian athletics federation, RusAF, has banned the athlete, who now competes…

The athletics track for the Paris Olympics will be built in Italy, in a striking purple colour, with a bespoke surface that could be the fastest yet for athletes seeking top prizes in the sport. Italian company Mondo will be responsible…

Rio 2016 bronze medallist Kimia Alizadeh has been introduced by the Bulgarian Taekwondo Federation as a new member of the Bulgarian national taekwondo team after representing the Refugee team from 2021. Alizadeh is the first woman to…

As part of the celebration of International Women's Day on 8 March, the ITF joined the global campaign #InspireInclusion. The idea is to help raise awareness of the importance of inclusion and gender equality, and to create environments…

The Chairman of the House Committee on Sports, Honorable Ekene Adams, has expressed disappointment over the delay in the payment of allowances owed to Team Nigeria athletes who participated in the recently concluded African Games in Ghana.…

Athletes who have already qualified for Paris 2024 and have also completed their university studies received their awards last week. The project is funded by the European Union. The combination of athlete and student has its rewards.…

The 2024 World Friendship Games will be held in Moscow and Yekaterinburg from 15 to 29 September..The World Friendship Games (WFG) will feature competitions in 36 different sports programmes and award 283 sets of medals to the winners,…

Egypt's dominance at the 2023 African Games was also reflected in some of the combat sports, in an important part of its record breaking 100 gold medals in the whole biggest continental sporting event. The Mediterranean country's men's…

Gambian taekwondo athlete Alasan Ann has opened a taekwondo school in Andover, Minnesota, USA. Ann, from Maple Grove, Minnesota, represents his father's country, Gambia, and won an Olympic quota in February 2024 through the African…

The French government raised its terror alert to the highest level on Sunday in response to last Friday's attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow that killed 137 people. "In response to the claim of responsibility for the…

Like the elite athletes, the Torch Relay has been fine-tuning its training, with a key test on 22 March. This first full one-day test was successfully carried out in the Aube, a unique area on the outskirts of Paris, where the final…