Mikhail Ryzhov was lost amongst a group of female walkers as he took 50k gold in the European Cup Race Walking on Sunday in Murcia - but the Russian winner was a man alone for the last seven kilometres.

May is a month with an emphasis on relays, and the biggest of them all took place this week when the TINEstafetten was held throughout Norway. 104,150 participants between the ages of 12 to 15 joined forces on Tuesday for the world's largest relay even...

Shanice Craft celebrates her birthday today, and for an athlete who is only 22 she has accumulated an impressive collection of medals on the European stage.

Two cracking races should set pulses racing at the 11th European Cup Race Walking on Sunday in Murcia.

Home support can take an athlete that centimetre further or that milli-second quicker – and there is no competition like the European Athletics Team Championships to whip up the noise of the locals.

The essence of what the European Athletics Team Championships is all about was shown in brilliant fashion by the competitors from Belarus in the First League in Tallinn last June.