Barbora Spotakova became the second recently returned mother to earn gold gold here after returning from giving birth as she followed Tuesday’s achievement by Britain’s Jo Pavey in the 10,000m to earn dramatic victory in the javelin.

She was world champion seven years ago, has two Olympic titles and holds a world record which has stood for six years. It’s one of the most glittering records in world athletics. Yet until tonight Barbora Špotáková had never ...

In the weeks leading up to the European Athletics Championships, Sergey Shubenkov spoke of his preparations for the defence of his 110m hurdles title.

Just as the men’s 3000m steeplechase got underway in Zurich, European Athletics reached 100,000 likes on our Facebook page.

Elmira Alembekova won 20km race walk gold for Russia on the third day of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich this morning after an exciting tussle with the Czech Republic’s teenage star Anezka Drahotova and the 21-year-old Ukrainian Ly...

If there is one athlete who has been setting the Letzigrund alight during these championships, it is Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji.