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IAAF President Sebastian Coe and Local Organising Committee Vice President Dahlan Al-Hamad shared the stage to formally welcome the world to the Qatari capital on the eve of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 20...

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There's only one gold medal to be decided - the women's marathon - but day one of a World Championships sets the scene for what is to come.

Of the record-breaking eight men who have hurled the shot beyond 22 metres this season, there is little doubt the most unexpected of the group has been Bob Bertemes.

The 2019 World Athletics Championships is set to start in Doha, with the brutal heat among a host of talking points.

It was a balmy 36 degrees when the sun began to descend behind the Qatar Sports Club stadium on Tuesday evening and Abdalelah Haroun was about to kick off one of his last speed workouts ahead of the IAAF World Athletics ...

Lynsey Sharp says "taking a risk" and changing her coach just six months before the World Championships has revitalised her career.

As part of its ongoing drive to counter competition manipulation and identify when and where it may have occurred, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has set up a widescale bet monitoring operation during the IAAF World ...

Heat, humidity, midnight marathons and an air-conditioned stadium - Britons Charlotte Purdue and Eilish McColgan give their take on conditions at Doha's World Championships.