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Whenever Mo Farah was due to compete over 5000m at a major championships, you'd at least have an idea of how the race would play out. But in Doha, in what will be the first World Championships 5000m final since 2005 with...

Russia faces a ban from all major sporting events over "discrepancies" in a lab database, the World Anti-Doping Agency warns.

• Wada gives Russia three weeks to explain alleged irregularities• Russia's appearance at World Athletics Championships in doubt The World Anti-Doping Agency has given Russia three weeks to explain alleged irregulari...

After a steady and oftentimes impressive rise from the U20 ranks, Ajee Wilson seems to have finally come of age in the 800m, arriving in Doha as a solid gold medal threat.

IAAF president Lord Coe hopes world and Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya returns to compete in athletics "within the regulations".

IAAF president Lord Coe says he hopes Caster Semenya returns to compete in the 800m "within the regulations".

The men's 800m at the last IAAF World Championships in London produced a race that will be fondly remembered in France, and far beyond, as Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, super-talented but injury-prone, boldly defeated a field o...

It seems wrong to describe Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen as a wunderkind, because even though he only turned 19 on 19 September, he has the attitude - and indeed competitive record - of a highly experienced senior athlete.

With major question marks against all the chief contenders, predicting the outcome of the women's 1500m with any great level of confidence is a tricky business.

East Africa will be expected to dominate the 10,000m but the burning question is: which nation - and, for that matter, which athlete - will come out on top?

Confusing form lines among many of the chief protagonists make the first women's track final of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 a difficult event to read.

Those running the marathon at the IAAF Athletics World Championships Doha 2019 will be in uncharted territory.

It will be the women marathon runners who are first to experience unique circumstances for a championship race in Doha.

Beatrice Chepkoech has waited two long years for her chance to make amends for what happened at the IAAF World Championships London 2017.