European Championships security scare keeps fans and athletes stuck at stadium

Dozens of athletes, including Amy Hunt, and thousands of spectators were caught up in a massive security operation involving armed police at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Saturday night

Amy Hunt claims third European Championships gold in relay triumph for ‘fantastic four’

Amy Hunt sealed a hat-trick of golds at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham as the women’s and men’s British teams won the 4x100 relays

European Athletics Championships: Double gold for Great Britain in 4x100m relays – as it happened

GB’s women and men triumphed in the 4x100 relays, and Andreas Almgren aced the men’s 10,000m for Sweden

European Athletics Championships 2026: Werro holds off Hodgkinson for gold in 800m, Hughes takes silver in 200m – as it happened

Keely Hodgkinson must settle for silver after Audrey Werro wins a thrilling 800m race in Birmingham

Audrey Werro holds off Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson to win European 800m gold

The Swiss runner set a 1:54.81sec championship best to win European 800m gold, ahead of Keely Hodgkinson in 1:55.01

Concern grows as British Athletics coach Leon Baptiste vanishes on trip to Morocco

The coach and former international sprinter has not been seen for two months, with one former teammate calling the situation ‘very worrying’

Academic badass Amy Hunt sets sights on four golds and place in European history

British sprinting sensation and Cambridge graduate with a passion for the Italian renaissance is creating a masterpiece of her own

Seb Coe insists empty seats in Birmingham won’t harm London’s bid for 2029 worlds

World Athletics president, Sebastian Coe, rejected suggestions that poor crowds at the European championships could harm London’s bid for the 2029 worlds

Ingebrigtsen claims Kerr ‘ruining’ athletics by missing Europeans after breaking mile record

Jakob Ingebrigtsen said Britain’s Josh Kerr was ‘ruining the sport’ by sitting out of. the European Athletics Championships

European Athletics Championship 2026: Hunt beats Adeleke and Asher-Smith to win women’s 200m gold – as it happened

Amy Hunt won a second gold of the week, while Mark English won gold and Rhasidat Adeleke silver for Ireland

‘Are you not entertained?’ Amy Hunt flies to golden double with 200m triumph

Britain’s Amy Hunt struck gold in the 200m to complete the sprint double, while Mark English became Ireland’s first European Championship men’s gold medallist by winning the 800m

‘Show the necessary respect’: German athlete Kolbe slams racist abuse of teammates

The 800m runner used a post-race TV interview to condemn online racism, saying of her own mentions ‘I don’t want to imagine what itwould be like if I wasn’t as white as I am’

Hodgkinson’s key rival Werro reinstated after shock fall to set up dream Euro 800m final

Audrey Werro finished last but was advanced after a review while Keely Hodgkinson and Femke Broeders-Bol eased through in their semi-final

European Athletics Championships: Hudson-Smith claims 400m gold, Newnham takes 400m hurdles silver – as it happened

Matt Hudson-Smith took his third European title in the men’s 400m while Emily Newnham stormed to silver in the women’s 400m hurdles

Hudson-Smith dazzles home fans as he surges to golden European 400m hat-trick

British runner Matt Hudson-Smith stormed to a historic third gold in the European Championship 400m to delight the home supporters in Birmingham