Kirsty Coventry officially became the president of the International Olympic Committee following a formal handover on Monday ...

Monaco Diamond League could be the potential meet where David Rudisha's more than a decade-old world record gets broken.

1916: First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men. 1920: French tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to win the ...

Despite not being on the Olympic program, where races follow metric measurements, the mile holds certain prestige in the ...

Sebastian Coe has two years left as World Athletics president and it promises to be lively as he says next year's inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Team Championship will remind the world the sport ...

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry was elected as the first woman and the first person from Africa to the post of International Olympic Committee president in March. She has now taken over from Thomas Bach of ...