After beating rival bids Nairobi, Silesia and Singapore, the World Athletics council selected Tokyo to stage the World Championships. This is the second time Tokyo is going to host the prestigious event.

The 28-year-old, Nijel Amos won silver in the 800m at the 2012 London Games and gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, failed an out-of-competition test last month. As a result, The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) provisionally suspended Nijel Amos of Botswana with immediate effect.

Olympic women's marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir and distance runner Francine Niyonsaba's names are ruled out from World Athletics Championships which will be held in this month.

The phrase 'Age is just a number' has been proved right by India's Bhagwani Devi Dagar in the World Masters Athletics Championships 2022 held in Finland. At the age of 94, Indian sprinter Bhagwani Devi clinched 3 medals for India at Tampere World Masters Athletics Championships.

The Athletics Federation of India announced a 22-member Indian athletics team which will be headed by Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra at the World Championships to be held in Eugene, USA from July 15 to 24.

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra clinched his first top-3 finish at the prestigious Diamond League Event with a national record-breaking effort but missed the 90m spot by a blink in a star-studded field in Stockholm.

Great Britain's Asher-Smith wins the 200m race in the Diamond League Championship. This win will boost up her confidence before defending the world title in Oregon next month.