Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad broke the 3000m steeplechase European record on a memorable Saturday night for French athletes at the IAAF Diamond League in Paris.

Bernard Dematteis, who has tried and failed in the past, finally ended the dominance of Turkey's Ahmet Arslan to win the senior men's race at the 12th European Mountain Running Championships (Uphill) in Borovets, Bulgaria, on a memorable Saturday morni...

When it came to decision time for the Olympic Games in London, French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre opted for the 200m instead of the 100m.

Turkey's Ahmet Arslan will bid for a seventh successive title at the European Mountain Running Championships on Saturday - and victory will be the perfect birthday present.

Abeba Aregawi and Sandra Perkovic were crowned IAAF Diamond League champions in Lausanne on Thursday night - 63 days before the competition itself ends.

It is 18 years since Jonathan Edwards took triple jumping into a new age with his amazing 18.29m in Gothenburg and nine World Championships later no athlete has threatened that mark.

Nothing can be better than treating a home crowd to a world best performance and that is exactly what Irishman Robert Heffernan did on Monday night.

It could be quite a week for Frenchman Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad.

June was a very busy month for European Athletics. The calendar included all four leagues of the European Athletics Team Championships, the European Cup 10,000m, three competitions in the European Cup Combined Events, two European Athletics Premium Mee...

A total of 997 athletes from 45 European Athletics Member Federation countries have entered for the 9th European Athletics U23 Championships to be held in Tampere, Finland, from 11-14 July.