Athletics: London to host 2017 championships

MONACO: London beat Qatari capital Doha in the bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships, according to an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announcement. The British capital won by 16 votes to 10 after both cities made their final presentations for the biennial event before the IAAF. British Prime Minister David Cameron hailed the decision. “This is great news both for London and the whole country,” said Cameron. “There is no better way to follow the Olympics, and to build on its legacy, than by welcoming the world’s greatest athletes back to London for the 2017 world championships.”

Published in The Express Tribune, November 13^th, 2011.