Six African athletes blocked from transfers to Turkey
16 Apr 2026, 14:58 GMT
Source URL: https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/c3ex2717742o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
World Athletics rejects the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey as the requests were "part of a coordinated recruitment strategy" by the country's government "to attract overseas athletes through lucrative contracts".