Birmingham European Athletics Championships 2026 race walk and marathon routes - and where to watch

The race walk events and marathons take place this weekend, with many road closures in place. Here's where the action will be and the best viewing spots to take it all in as Europe's best athletes compete

RTVE anchors appeared to skip Israeli hurdler Omri Shiff during athlete introductions at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

Everything you need to know as Europe’s biggest athletics stars descend on Birmingham to fight for continental titles

Updates from Friday’s evening session in Birmingham Amy Hunt sets sights on four golds | Mail Tanya 10,000m: Nadia Battocletti, the defending champion, who already has the 5000m gold under her belt, is the favourite in the 10,000m. Poppy Tank, Megan Keith and Izzy Fry go for GB in this 26-woman race. And they’re off…

Norway's Karsten Warholm comfortably wins the men's 400m hurdles, setting a Championship record in the process, to take his fourth successive gold in the European Athletics Championships.

Nairobi has defended its bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships – anchored by a historic, ironclad personal guarantee from President Dr William Samoei Ruto – before World Athletics’ top leadership headed by its President, Lord Sebastian Coe. The Nairobi 2029 Bid Committee had officially submitted its formal

Italian athlete Dariya Derkach won the gold medal in the women's triple jump at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham Thursday night. The 33-year-old from Campania, who moved to Italy from her native Ukraine when she was a little girl, preceded Belgium's Saliyya Guisse who took silver and Bulgaria's Aleksa

Two medals for Ireland on a memorable night at Alexander Stadium.

Mark English has won the gold medal in the men's 800m while Rhasidat Adeleke grabbed silver in the women's 200m at the European Athletics Championships.

Britain loves sport yet ticket sales for the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham have been slow. Ed Warner wonders why. British sport has a capacity problem or a bandwidth one, depending on which way you want to look at it. Too many seats in too many venues with too few bums to fill them. Or…

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