UK Athletics boosted by new five-year contract with BBC Sport Business UK Athletics has achieved a significant boost by agreeing a new five-year deal for the BBC to show its flagship events on free-to-air TV. The agreement between the BBC and Athletic Ventures covers the annual London Athletics Meet, which takes place next weekend and features the likes of Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, and the national [...]
London Marathon Events sprints to record surplus as profits surge Sport Business The organiser of the London Marathon achieved a record surplus last year as pre-tax profit almost doubled to £12m. London Marathon Events, which also runs several other mass participation races, grew revenue from £48.9m to £59.8m and profit from £6.8m to £12.0m. That resulted in a record surplus passed to the London Marathon Foundation, its [...]
London Athletics Meet organisers lobby government to back world champs bid Sport Business The organisation behind the London Athletics Meet has called on the government to back the UK bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships. Athletic Ventures claims hosting the global track and field tournament for the first time since 2017 could give London a £400m economic boost. It comes as this year’s London Athletics Meet was [...]
Lyles to defend 100m title at London Athletics Meet May 23, 2025 Paris 2024 gold medallist Noah Lyles will compete in the 100m at the London Athletics Meet in July. The American is the latest big name to confirm his place at the event, which will take place at West Ham United’s London Stadium. Lyles beat Kishane Thompson and Fred Kerley last year at the Stade de [...]
What price do you put on London 2040 Olympics and 2029 athletics meet? May 8, 2025 Ed Warner writes on the 2040 London Olympics and 2029 World Athletics Championships ambitions and what price you can put on the impact such events have. For London 2012 and London 2017 read London 2040 and London 2029. Plans are afoot to persuade the IOC and World Athletics to return their flagship events to Britain’s [...]
Kerr and Ingebrigtsen to clash at London Athletics Meet in July April 11, 2025 British 1500m runner Josh Kerr will take on great rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen at this year’s London Athletics Meet. Kerr and the Norwegian were expected to be the two fighting for gold at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games but Ingebrigtsen could only muster a fourth-place finish while Kerr was sandwiched on the podium between Americans Cole [...]