(Refiles, clarifying 2016 Indoors will be Portland, Oregon) MONACO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Qatar's emergence as a global sporting hub gained further clout when Doha was chosen as host city for the 2019 ...

Kenya's Hellen Obiri celebrates winning the Women's 5000m final at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on October 5, 2019. [Photo by ANDREJ ...

Following visits to Barcelona and Eugene earlier this month, the eight-strong Commission, chaired by IAAF vice-president Sebastian Coe, arrived here today ahead of two days of meetings and venue ...

The support of Barshim, silver medallist at last year's World Championship, who also enjoyed World Indoor and Diamond League victories this season, is hardly surprising but a boost nonetheless as they ...

The US sprint star – the fastest man in the world this year – recently ran into trouble with the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) “whereabouts” system, which requires athletes to let officials know ...

The third fastest man at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Usheoritse Itsekiri has said that he would not be making up the numbers in his debut at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, ...

Kenya's Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat (L) leads Bahrain's Rose Chelimo in the women's marathon athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in central London [Courtesy] World champion Geoffrey ...

MONACO (AP) Doha will host the 2019 athletics world championships, another sporting victory for the tiny Gulf state of Qatar. It already has the World Cup in 2022, and may also have ambitions for the ...

MONACO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Qatar's emergence as a global sporting hub gained further clout when Doha was chosen as host city for the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships on Tuesday. The ...

MONACO -- Doha will host the 2019 athletics world championships, another sporting victory for the tiny Gulf state of Qatar. It already has the World Cup in 2022, and may also have ambitions for the ...

* Doha to be first Middle East city to host global showpiece * Wins bid against Barcelona and Eugene * Boost for Qatar after soccer World Cup controversy (Adds Eugene quotes) MONACO, Nov 18 (Reuters) ...

Doha has won the hosting right for the 2019 World Athletics Championships, beating rival bids from Barcelona and the American city of Euugene. The 17th edition of the IAAF World Championships has been ...