Jessica Ennis-Hill was the European Female Athlete of 2012, and she is on the shortlist to regain the award after winning heptathlon gold in Beijing.

IOC President Thomas Bach, IAAF President Sebastian Coe and EOC President Patrick Hickey addressed the European Athletics Member Federations at the European Athletics Convention in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday.

Russian Sergey Shubenkov had already booked his place at the top table of European Athletics with a series of superb performances over the past few years before becoming 110m hurdles world champion in August.

The shortlist for the European female Athlete of the Year sees defending champion Dafne Schippers up against Great Britain’s heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill and a woman who took her event into a new era in 2015 – Polish hammer thrower Anita ...

The European Athletics Golden Tracks awards ceremony held in Lausanne, Switzerland, will be available across the world through live streaming on the homepage of European Athletics on Saturday 17 October starting from 20:30 local time.

In the early summer, European Athletics invited all artists to create a piece of art to be used as the main prize for the 2015 European Athletics Women’s Leadership Awards.