A somersault, a handstand, a cartwheel and five pushups. That's how Lunani the giraffe, captain of the World Athletics Relays Silesia21 mascot relay, presented herself at a press conference today to mark the event’s 100 days to go landmark.

A Kyodo News survey has found around 80 per cent of Japanese people want this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo to be cancelled or postponed.

Two-month training in Ethiopian town of Sululta will enable Turkish athletes to qualify for Tokyo Olympics, say team leaders

While the staggering marathon feats of Eliud Kipchoge and to a lesser extent Kenenisa Bekele have quite righty earned the bulk of media attention in recent years, it would be a little churlish not to also acknowledge the feats of Ethiopian marathon ace Birhanu Legese.

As this extraordinary year draws to a close, we look back at the key moments of 2020 in each area of the sport. The series continues today with a review of the middle- and long-distance action.

President of World Athletics, President Sebastian Coe, predicted that it will be more difficult than ever before to cheat at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, and warned high-profile track and field athletes that their status will no longer shield them from drug testers.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) warned the Betking Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) share company over breach of the COVID-19 protocol, The Reporter has learnt.

The Ethiopian National Anti-Doping Organization (ETH-NADO) banned two long distance runners from taking part in competitions for four to twelve years, due to tampering and doping.

The Ethiopia National Anti-Doping Organization (ETH-NADO) announced a sanction which will be enforced on other sporting bodies. The ETH-NADO stated that the government has the authority to take additional disciplinary action under article 12.

The Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) elected Derartu Tulu as President.  Derartu served as the Federation’s interim President since 2018 before she was formally elected this week to lead it for the coming four years.