Paralympic Athletics

Paralympic Athletics

UKA ups Euro qualifying standards

UK Athletics announces tougher qualifying standards for next year’s European Championships in Barcelona.

Men’s Triple Jump

Men’s Triple Jump

Women’s Triple Jump

Women’s Triple Jump

Coe eyes 2012 stadium for Worlds

Lord Coe has hinted that UK Athletics may use London’s 2012 Olympic stadium as its centre-piece for a bid to host the 2015 World Athletics Championships.

Netball seeks makeover to wow Olympic chiefs

Netball is hoping to follow the example of rugby sevens by campaigning for the inclusion of a cut-down, speeded-up version of the sport in the Olympics, overhauling its image and attempting to banish forever associations with airtex shirts, bibs and windblown playgrounds.
A new version of the sport trialled earlier this month will be used as [...]

Helsinki to host 2012 Europeans

Helsinki will host the European Athletics Championships for a third time in 2012 as the event switches to a two-year cycle.

US Olympics team deal is signed

A deal is finalised to bring the 160-strong United States athletics team to Birmingham for the 2012 London Olympics.

US Olympics team deal is signed

A deal is finalised to bring the 160-strong United States athletics team to Birmingham for the 2012 London Olympics.

SA body to hold Semenya inquiry

Athletics South Africa is launching an inquiry into its own handling of the Caster Semenya affair.