Iaaf World Athletics Championships 2019

World Athletics Championships 2019: Qatar showpiece event highlights track's multiple cases of nationality switches

In a country where native Qataris are vastly outnumbered by migrant workers, relying on imported talent is nothing new. But sometimes Qatar and other nations seem to behave like professional football clubs rather than national teams.

World Athletics Championships 2019: World champion Sifan Hassan shocked by Alberto Salazar's doping ban

Talking after Alberto Salazar was banned for four years, newly crowned women's 10,000 metres champion Sifan Hassan said, "I was aware of the ongoing investigations when I joined the team and have always had a clean conscience"

World Athletics Championships 2019: Haile Gebrselassie says marathon runners could have died from the heat at Doha

Distance-running great Haile Gebrselassie said, "It was a mistake to conduct the championship in such hot weather in Doha, especially the marathon race. As someone who has been in the sport for many years, I've found it unacceptable."

World Athletics Championships 2019: Doha heat forces delayed start of women's 20km race walk 

A 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: US sprinter Christian Coleman withdraws from men's 200m citing 'strain'

American Christian Coleman’s dream of adding the 200 metres to the 100 metre world title he won on Saturday has ended after he pulled out of Sunday’s opening round because he was still “feeling the strain”.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Defending champion Caster Semenya sidelined by her fight against IAAF

Caster 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.

World Athletics Championships 2019: India mixed 4x400m relay team enters final; Dutee Chand disappoints in 100m heats

The Indian mixed 4x400m relay team qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after reaching the finals in the World Championships at Doha on Saturday.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Dutee Chand crashes out of 100 metres in first round

Running in the inside lane in heat number 3, Dutee Chand lagged behind in the final few metres to finish seventh and 37th overall among 47 competitors to crash out of the championships.

World Athletics Championships 2019: Heat is on Christian Coleman and Worlds organisers in Doha

Christian Coleman will aim to clinch his first major championship outdoor title at the Khalifa Stadium, just weeks after escaping a lengthy anti-doping ban because of a technicality.

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019: India's long jumper M Sreeshankar fails to seal final spot after finishing 22nd in qualifying

The 20-year-old Sreeshankar could only produce a best jump of 7.62m from his three attempts in the qualification B. His effort was well below his season's best of 8.00m, which he had produced only last month in Patiala.