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COE LAUNCHES IAAF WORLD ATHLETICS HERITAGE PLAQUE AWARD

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IAAF President Sebastian Coe this evening announced the creation of the IAAF World Athletics Heritage Plaque. Coe also opened a public competition to design the plaque and launched a dedicated plaque website section for the new award. Coe made the announcements while hosting 150 guests at an IAAF Heritage Legends Reception in the Meridien Beach Plaza Hotel, Monaco. The audience included representatives and family members of several deceased athletics legends including Paavo Nurmi, Jesse Owens, Fanny Blankers-Koen and Emil Zatopek. On stage, each family presented Coe with historic artefacts from their relatives’ famous careers by donation to the IAAF Heritage Collection. Coe commented: “The IAAF World Athletics Heritage Plaque is a location-based recognition which highlights, celebrates and links together iconic and historic athletics competitions, careers, performances, cities, venues, landmarks and culture around the world.” A uniquely designed plaque will be permanently a...
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FORMER INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE AND BUSINESSMAN JON RIDGEON ANNOUNCED AS NEW IAAF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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The IAAF today announced the appointment of Jon Ridgeon as its new CEO following approval by the IAAF Council on the first day of its 215th Council Meeting in Monaco. Ridgeon, 51, has spent his life in sport, starting out as an athlete competing in both the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles between 1984 and 1996. He is former British record holder and silver medallist in the 110m hurdles in the 1987 World Championships in Rome. He also represented Great Britain in two Olympic Games - Seoul in 1988 and Atlanta in 1996. Ridgeon has since set up and run successful businesses in sport, both in the commercial and event delivery fields across numerous sports. Ridgeon was also responsible for transforming British Athletics in 1998 to the most commercially successful athletics governing body in the world, which included brokering multi-million-pound sponsorship and broadcast deals. He was also one of the architects of the IAAF Diamond League Series. Commenting on the appointment, IAAF Pres...
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IAAF COUNCIL MAKES KEY DECISIONS IN MONACO

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Today in Monaco, the IAAF Council has made key decisions on the venue of the 2023 World Athletics Championships, the status of the Russian Federation and presented a new marketing opportunity for Member Federations BUDAPEST TO HOST 2023 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The Hungarian capital Budapest has been awarded the IAAF World Athletics Championships in 2023. Budapest is an experienced organiser of major athletics events, having hosted the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1989 and 2004, one of just two cities to have staged the event twice. The city has also hosted the European Athletics Championships on two occasions, in 1966 and 1998. More recently, Budapest hosted the FINA World Swimming Championships and the World Judo Championships in 2017 and has been awarded the title of European Capital of Sport for 2019. "In the past 30 years Hungary has organised every single world and European Championships, indoor and out - on the road, cross country – available to us except for the W...
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Team news: Ozil, Monreal, Koscielny, Xhaka

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We're back in Premier League action against Manchester United on Wednesday evening and ahead of the game, we have an update from our medical team. Granit Xhaka Due to receiving his fifth domestic booking he receives a one-match suspension for Manchester United (a) on Wednesday, December 5. Mesut Ozil Back. Being assessed ahead of Manchester United (a) on Wednesday, December 5. Laurent Koscielny Right Achilles. Continues to complete his rehabilitation. Being assessed ahead of Manchester United (a) on Wednesday, December 5. Nacho Monreal Right hamstring. Being assessed ahead of Manchester United (a) on Wednesday, December 5.   Dinos Mavropanos Groin injury. Expected to return to full training in December. Danny Welbeck Right ankle. Recovering after surgery.
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Manchester United v Arsenal: The Brief

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A north London derby win can do wonders for your reputation and it’s safe to say that Unai Emery’s stock has never been higher with Arsenal fans. His next mission? To orchestrate our first Premier League win at Old Trafford in more than 12 years. Unai had a brief window to bask in the afterglow of Sunday’s triumph - and he says he “enjoyed the moment” with friends visiting from Spain - but by Monday morning he was striding towards the training pitches in the rain, ready to get back to work. We’ve had some magical times at Old Trafford but zero joy there in the Premier League since 2006 when matchwinner Emmanuel Adebayor was still loved in the red half of north London. Now it’s Unai getting the adoration, and after a “good afternoon” against Spurs, he’s planning a “good evening” against United. If he can pull this one off, that reputation will soar even higher. You’re in the right place for a comprehensive pre-match briefing. Scroll down for the latest team news, classic go...
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SARRI: THE CHANCE TO COMMIT

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In a week in which another of his players has signed a new contract, Maurizio Sarri has discussed the situation regarding a possible fresh deal for Eden Hazard. Yesterday Cesar Azpilicueta put pen to paper on a four-year contract, and the Spaniard followed his team-mates Marcos Alonso and N’Golo Kante in extending their Stamford Bridge stay since Sarri’s arrival in the summer. Having commented on the possibility of Cesc Fabregas and David Luiz committing to the club beyond the end of this season, Sarri also considered the chances of Eden Hazard extending. ‘It’s up to him,’ Sarri said. ‘The club is available to sign a new contract immediately, but it’s up to him whether he wants to renew or not. ‘I want Eden here, of course, but I want Eden here if he wants to stay here. I know very well there is a discussion between the club and the manager of Eden, every week I think, so if there is something new the club will call me immediately. ‘I cannot speak with them [the players] a...
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KIPCHOGE AND IBARGUEN NAMED 2018 WORLD ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

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Eliud Kipchoge and Catherine Ibarguen have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2018, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Tuesday (4). Kipchoge underlined his status as the world’s most dominant distance runner. The 34-year-old Kenyan won the London Marathon in April in 2:04:17 to finish comfortably ahead of one of the deepest marathon fields in history. Five months later, he won the Berlin Marathon in 2:01:39 to smash the world record. His time in the German capital was 78 seconds faster than the previous world record, representing the biggest single improvement on a men’s marathon world record since 1967. Not content with being the best triple jumper in the world, Ibarguen also tested herself against the world’s best in the long jump this year – and consistently came out on top in that too. The34-year-old Colombian won both horizontal jumps at the Central American and Caribbean Games, the IAAF Continental Cup and at the ...
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