Three days after winning, then losing, steeplechase gold, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Banabbad came good in the Letzigrund Stadium to take the men’s 1500m title at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich this afternoon with an audacious last lap at...

He wore the number of the devil but he ran like a saint. Daniele Meucci won men’s marathon gold for Italy at the EuropeanAthletics Championships in Zurich this morning with a superbly timed effort that  was “all heart”.

With eleven track and field finals on the bill it will be a hectic afternoon in the Letzigrund Stadium on day six for the concluding session of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich.

Sandra Perkovic had a packed and appreciative Letzigrund Stadium crowd all to herself as she rounded off the action on Day 5, on which she claimed a third European discus title with a national record of 71.08m – the finest throw in the world sinc...

Two jumps. Three golds. One back-flip to celebrate. After winning Olympic gold and breaking one of the most iconic world records on the books, you might think Renaud Lavillenie would regard the 2014 European Athletics Championships as a relatively mino...

She can’t quite compete with 40-year-old Jo Pavey in the age-stakes, but Spain’s Ruth Beitia at 35 is getting there and has the medals to show for it.

Until just around 4.30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich, Hungarian Krisztian Pars gave one final twist in the hammer ring and launched his way to a world leading throw and a successful defence of his crown.

A brutal course, a brilliant gold medallist. France's Christelle Daunay became the first French runner to win the marathon at the European Athletics Championships on Saturday morning in Zurich in a race that you could not take your eyes off.

With an informal question and answer presentation followed by an autograph and “selfies” session, Lord Sebastian Coe provided the highlight of final day of the 4th European Athletics-UNESCO Young Leaders Forum in Zurich.