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The Latest Breaking News from UK Athletics

World Athletics Championships: Zharnel Hughes leads race for gold as downsizing Brits hope to profit

Great Britain are sending their smallest team for 15 years to Budapest as UK Athletics hope streamlined selection will pay off

Evening Standard

Reece Prescod quits Great Britain relay team on eve of World Athletics Championships

Prescod was part of the medal-winning men’s sprint quartet at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene

The Independent UK

UKA chief defends ‘winning’ selection policy that sees British athletes miss out

UK Athletics’ chief selector has defended the organisation’s strict policy that will mean at least 19 athletes miss out on next month’s world championships

The Guardian - UK

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British athletes accuse UKA of ‘stealing’ World Championships chance

Furious British athletes have accused the national federation of ‘stealing’ their chance to compete at next month’s World Championships, with UK Athletics set to rip up their invitations

The Guardian - UK

Daryll Neita takes centre stage to storm to 200m win at UK championships

Daryll Neita lit up the UK Athletics Championships with a dazzling victory in the women’s 200m, while Zharnel Hughes completed the men’s sprint double

The Guardian - UK

UK Athletics handed £150,000 in lottery cash to stage London Diamond League

UK Athletics has been given a financial boost from UK Sport after fears that hosting the event would lead to it losing £500,000

The Guardian - UK

Jack Buckner calms fears UK Athletics could go bankrupt - and says Olympic funding is ring-fenced

“It’s a bit like a hard season, you’ve got to work your way through it. We’re going to be okay. I’m optimistic I’ll be in front of you for a few years yet. But I’m not jumping around”

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Chris Thompson says track and field must learn from 'Glastonbury' of athletics

All roads lead to Highgate for Night of 10,000m PBs and UKA boss Jack Buckner admits: "It would be great to see more innovation like this across the sport"

Daily Mirror

Susan Egelstaff: Kids competing against adults in elite sport is never a good idea

The sporting adage “if you’re good enough, you’re old enough” has been repeated countless times since Welsh rugby legend Gareth Edwards…

The National (Scotland)

London Marathon in talks to help save cash-strapped UK Athletics

Event director Hugh Brasher said: ‘We have a responsibility to the sport’ as the governing body is embroiled in a financial crisis, having lost £1.8m last year

The Guardian - UK

Ultra marathoner disqualified after GPS data reveals she used a car

Joasia Zakrzewski covered a mile in under two minutes during the GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool race

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Marathon runner who finished third disqualified from Manchester race for using car

Joasia Zakrzewski, a 47-year-old GP from Dumfries in Scotland, had finished third in the gruelling, 50-mile GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool race staged on April 7, Good Friday

Manchester Evening News

UK Athletics bans transgender athletes from female competition

UKA confirmed on Friday it had received the required assurances from relevant bodies that the sporting exemption in the Equality Act 2010 applies to the Gender Recognition Act 2004

The Independent UK

Coach plays down ‘bust-up’ talk as Laura Muir leaves South Africa training camp

Muir and Jemma Reekie have returned to the UK and are training at Loughborough.

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Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie quit training camp after ‘falling out’ with coach

The middle-distance runners had been at an altitude camp in South Africa

The National (Scotland)

Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie reported to have split with coach Andy Young

The fruitful partnership between Laura Muir and her coach Andy Young was last night thought to be over after a reported split between the

Evening Standard

Fuzz Caan: Leading coach banned for three years following UK Athletics investigation

Caan suspended for misconduct after admitting he had mocked para-athletes

The Guardian - UK

High jump coach banned for mocking para-athlete and ‘industrial language’

A top British Olympic high jump coach has been banned for three years for misconduct after accepting that he mocked a para-athlete

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The Independent UK

UK Athletics ready to focus efforts on ‘big hitters’ in bid for Olympic success

Team GB failed to win a track and field gold medal at the last Olympics in Tokyo.

The Independent UK

UK Athletics chief admits concern about finances gives him sleepless nights

The governing body’s accounts showed a loss of £1.8million

The Independent UK

UK Athletics accused of misinterpreting transgender ‘sporting exemption’ clause

UK Athletics said it believed its desire to reserve the women’s category for female-born competitors would be “very difficult” to realise.

Evening Standard

UK Athletics urges Government to change legislation on transgender athletes

UKA wants the women’s category to be lawfully reserved for female-born competitors

The Independent UK

UK Athletics backs ban on trans women from female competition

In a statement outlining its position on transgender participation in athletics, UKA said it supported a ban on trans women from female competition on fairness and safety grounds

The Independent UK

UK Athletics urges government to change legislation on transgender athletes

World Athletics has proposed to continue to allow transgender women to compete in female international track and field events.

The Guardian - UK

UK Athletics under fire over ‘inaccurate’ reading of law amid transgender plans

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has criticised UKA after it said it was too risky to ban trans women from female events without a change in the law

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