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All Stories for 2019 World Athletics Championships
World Athletics Championships 2019: Doha heat forces delayed start of women's 20km race walk
• 5 years agoA day after dozens of exhausted runners failed to finish the women's marathon at Athletics World Championships, officials said the women's 20km would now get underway at 11.59pm instead.
World Athletics Championships 2019: Defending champion Caster Semenya sidelined by her fight against IAAF
• 5 years agoCaster Semenya is missing the World Championships as she fights the International Association of Athletics Federations' latest version of a regulation that forces XY DSD women to lower their level of natural testosterone.
AFI president Adille Sumariwalla re-elected as member of IAAF Council for second four-year term
• 5 years agoAFI president Adille Sumariwalla was on Wednesday re-elected as the member of the IAAF Council for a second four-year term during the 52nd Congress of the sport's world governing body at Doha.
Australia's 100 metres hurdles world champion Sally Pearson announces retirement, says injuries hampering preparation for Tokyo Olympics
• 6 years agoFormer Olympic gold medallist Sally Pearson announced her retirement, talking about her injuries not allowing her to attain full fitness
Caster Semenya, Wayde van Niekerk included in South Africa's preliminary team for 2019 World Athletics Championships
• 6 years agoDouble Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has been included in South Africa’s preliminary team for this year’s world championships in Doha, though it is dependent on the outcome of her appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
FIFA World Cup 2022: Qatar preparations continue 'as normal' despite diplomatic crisis
• 8 years agoDespite the country being at the centre of a diplomatic crisis which has seen Qatar cut off politically — and economically — from neighbouring Gulf countries, organisers were unworried, said the source.
FIFA World Cup 2022: Strained diplomatic ties casts a dark shadow over hosts Qatar
• 8 years agoQatar's bid for the 2022 World Cup was based on a powerful vision that football could unite West Asia. However, that optimism is rapidly disintegrating after Arab neighbours severed ties with Qatar on Monday
Fifa World Cup 2022: Qatar throws open air-conditioned Khalifa Stadium, to host Emir Cup final
• 8 years agoKhalifa International Stadium was first built in 1976 and has just gone through its second refurbishment.It will house 40,000 fans during the World Cup, hosting matches played up to the quarter-final stage.