Top track meet leaving London ATHLETICS

UK ATHLETICS are in advanced talks around moving the Anniversary Games on July 13 away from the London Stadium. The governing body are locked in a row with the venue’s owners, the London Legacy Development Corporation, who earlier this month said they did not want to splash out £3million of taxpayers’ money to reconfigure the arena for a one-day meet. In response,

UKA threatened legal action for breach of contract, but they are now close to agreeing a £1.5m pay-off to take the Diamond League event elsewhere, possibly Gateshead or Manchester.