Monaco – The IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul which will take place from 9 to 11 March 2012 are shaping up to become the biggest gathering in terms of participating nations in the history of these championships, exceeding the previous record set four years ago in Valencia.

Great Britain's Jessica Ennis, the 2010 European Athletics Championships heptathlon gold medallist and 2011 World Championships silver medallist, believes that London getting the 2017 World Championships could persuade her to stay in the sport for another year.

Monaco - London was selected to host the 2017 IAAF World Championships, the IAAF Council announced in Monaco today (11).

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will announce on Friday afternoon which is the successful city to host the 2017 World Championships.

The London 2017 bid for the World Athletics Championships has received a major boost with support from more than 100 athletes around the world flooding in.

The London 2017 bid team has announced that it will launch a Women in World Athletics programme should it be awarded the right to stage the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships.

A strong Doha 2017 delegation has arrived in Monaco. With them they have brought their dedication to hosting a World Championships like never before and developing solutions for a stronger future for Athletics

n addition to London's high profile bid for the 2017 IAAF World Championships, two other European cities are expected to be on the world championship calendar after a series of decisions about the location of future events is made in Monaco on Friday.

Doha, Qatar - Tuesday 11 November 2011, The Qatar government has reiterated its full support for the 2017 IAAF World Championships Doha bid.

Edwin Moses one of the All-Time greats of global athletics has thrown his weight behind the British bid to host the 2017 IAAF World Championships.