Turkey’s Polat Kemboi Arikan and Spain’s Trihas Gebre produced superb performances to win the individual races at the 19th European Cup 10,000m in Chia-Pula on Saturday evening.

By the age of 19, to have a world and European junior gold medal and a senior European bronze to your name is pretty impressive going. But there again Anezka Drahotova is a pretty impressive athlete.

European Athletics is pleased to announce that it is committed to supporting and participating in the 2015 European Week of Sport in collaboration with the European Commission.

Polat Kemboi Arikan will be the red-hot favourite to win the European Cup 10,000m for a third time in Chia-Pula on Saturday.

One of the beauties of road racing is its simplicity. Events can be held almost anywhere, there isn’t a need for expensive facilities and they’re easy to host. Right? Well, not quite.

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen has been present at the 16th Games of the Small States of Europe in Reykjavik this week, to follow the athletics programme and to meet with the Icelandic Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, Illugi G...