WA chief Coe: Budapest ‘a world championship city’

Budapest is a "world championship city and a city that really wants us here", World Athletics (WA) President Sebastian Coe said at a press conference ahead of the start of the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

President Novak opens World Athletics Championships

In the shadow of the war in Ukraine, "the role of sports as a peace promoting force is appreciated", President Katalin Novak said in her address at the opening ceremony of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday.

President Novak: Hungary looking forward to world athletics

Hungary is ready for the World Athletics Championships starting on Saturday, President Katalin Novak said on Facebook after receiving Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics, at the Sandor Palace, adding the county was glad to be hosting and participating in one of the world's ...