PARIS. Apr 3: Paris and London were awarded the 2003 and 2005 World Outdoor Athletics Championships on Monday, while Birmingham. England, and Budapest, Hungary, were granted the 2003 and 2004 world indoors, reports AP.

With Paris as the only bidder for the 2003 championships and London the only candidate for the 2005 event, the decision by the council of the International Amateur Athletic Federation was a mere formalitv.