It is almost five years since Blanka Vlasic jumped her personal best of 2.08m in one of the summers of her life: she had just become a world champion and now a few weeks later she was attempting to break the world record as she reached a rema...

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Sifan Hassan will be chasing two middle distance titles each. Henirk Ingebrigtsen and Lynsey Sharp will try to defend their titles, while Abeba Aregawi will attempt to continue her magnificent run in championship settings.

The 22nd European Athletics Championships in Zurich has crossed the milestone of 1,000 hours of expected live television coverage, with 35 international broadcasters from across Europe expressing intentions to televise the biggest athletics event of th...

Anyone who witnessed Abeba Aregawi’s imperious 1500m victory at this year’s IAAF World Indoor Championships would be forgiven for assuming the Swedish star would be a shoo-in for gold at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich.

Russia is likely to collect several race walking medals in Zurich but the men's 50km race could end up being a magnificent duel between the double reigning European champion, Yohann Diniz of France, and current world champion, Robert Heffernan of Irela...

The good news for Robert Harting is that an hour after the discus final starts at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich on Wednesday, the women will line up for the 100m hurdles.