The Kalinga Indoor Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
| Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT
The Kalinga Indoor Stadium in Bhubaneswar will host the 2028 World Athletics Indoor Championships, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced on Thursday.
The World Athletics Council allotted the event to India following its meeting in Torun, Poland, the venue of the 2026 edition starting on Friday. India last hosted a global athletics event, the World Half-Marathon, in Delhi in 2004.
Published – March 19, 2026 07:09 pm IST