Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doha's Kahlifa Stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2006 Asian Games The Qatari capital of Doha was named host ...

All three cities met today's IAAF deadline for submitting their Candidature Files. Doha, who narrowly lost out to London in the race to host the 2017 Championships, will start as firm favourites to ...

Voting was delayed for almost an hour after what an IAAF spokesman described as "long, long discussion...democracy in action" before it was announced that Doha had beaten Eugene by 15 votes to 12 in ...

The 2014 Qatar Total Open champion and finalist both start their campaigns in the second round on Wednesday: Simona Halep defeated Angelique Kerber in the final five years ago. Halep has a commanding ...

The next two days have the potential to be of great importance to the sporting future of Doha, the sporting landscape of the Middle East and the future of athletics worldwide. Yesterday afternoon, the ...

Julien Epaillard edged out defending champion Ben Maher by a whisker to win the first leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour in Doha. Epaillard, of France, and his horse Usual Suspect d’Auge raced ...

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 fast-growing city alongside the ...

The Qatari capital, Doha, has been selected as host of the 2019 world athletics championships, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced on Tuesday. Doha was chosen ahead ...

The members of the IAAF Evaluation Commission pose with members of the Doha 2019 Bid Committee in front of the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, in this October 31, 2014 file photo. PARIS: One of ...

The tiny, wealthy Persian Gulf nation Qatar was awarded another major global sporting event Tuesday as track and field’s world governing body shrugged off recent controversy and chose Doha as the host ...

Monaco: The Qatari capital of Doha was named host of the 2019 Athletics World Championships on Tuesday, just days after the Gulf state’s football officials were cleared by Fifa in their successful bid ...