♦ World Athletics Day is celebrated every year on May 7 to encourage people, particularly young people, to get involved in sports.

♦ On July 17, 1912, in Stockholm, Sweden, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was established.

♦ World Athletics has been the organisation’s name since 2019.

♦ The inaugural World Athletics Day was observed on May 15, 1996, which witnessed the participation of fifty nations.