Tag: World Athletes Awards

Six nominees have been announced for the Member Federations Award ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2025. The Member Federations Award recognises a Member Federation that has distinguished itself in its accomplishments throughout the year and, as a result, positively contributed to the growth and profile of the sport. The shortlisted federations were nominated by each of the six area associations. The winner – as decided by the World Athletics Executive Board – will be announced on World Athletics’ platforms on 28 November, as part of the World Athletics Awards 2025. The six nominees, listed alphabetically, are: Botswana (Botswana Athletics Association, Africa) At the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25, Botswana’s athletes delivered historic performances that elev...

  Earlier this year World Athletics uncovered the systematic theft of money from the organisation by two employees and a contracted consultant. While one of the employees left the organisation before their theft was discovered, another employee and a consultant had their contracts terminated following an internal investigation. Detailed cases have been prepared and handed over to the relevant judicial and legal authorities for criminal investigation. The theft, which totalled just over €1.5m over a period of several years, was discovered by World Athletics’ finance department during the first annual auditing process under a new financial leadership team. World Athletics instructed an independent forensic accounting review of the period to supplement its own internal investig...