The 28 June has seen its fair share of important moments over the years but the date is now marked by Vidovdan, a Serbian national holiday. St Vitus Day as it also known, is typically celebrated by a slava or feast, but other annual festivities include...

It was almost 20 years ago that the Hungarian city of Nyiregyhaza staged the European Athletics Junior Championships and at the time, few might have taken notice of the 18-year-old Italian finishing fifth in the triple jump.

Morgan Lake, one of the brightest young talents in the sport, will bid for glory at next month’s European Athletics Junior Championships in Eskilstuna.

It could not have been closer in the European Athletics Team Championships Third League in Baku and while Slovakia and Austria were always the favourites for automatic promotion, in the end they were divided by just half a point.

Denmark and Bulgaria secured the top two promotion spots in the European Athletics Team Championships Second League in Stara Zagora with a series of superb individual wins on Sunday.

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen was joined by Russia’s Minister for Sport Vitaly Mutko on the second day of the Cheboksary 2015 European Athletics Team Championships.