European Athletics Championships thrown into chaos after 'police incident' in Birmingham

Athletics fans trying to leave Alexander Stadium on Saturday night faced lengthy delays, with West Midlands Police later confirming that a man had been arrested on suspicion of fraud

It is the first time the Championships have been hosted in the UK, bringing together more than 1,600 athletes from 48 countries

Police incident postpones medal ceremonies at European Athletics Championships in Birmingham  lbc.co.uk

Great Britain set a championship record as they take gold in the mixed freestyle 4x200m at the European Aquatics Championships.

On a historic night in Birmingham, championship records fell and Ireland secured its first ever mixed-event medal

Live athletics updates from 7.45pm BST Email Luke | Sign up for The Recap Tom Bassam is stepping in for an hour. Kate O’Connor (Ireland) 5,812pts Emma Oosterwegel (Netherlands) 5,761pts Sofie Dokter (Netherlands) 5,741pts Annik Kälin (Switzerland) 5,707pts Sophie Weißenberg (Germany) 5,689pts Continue re

Jonathan Edwards' triple-jump record nearly broken at European Athletics Championships  gbnews.com

In a crowded field, the 30-year-old emerged on the home straight to cross the line in third.

Kate O'Connor has won a gold medal in the women's heptathlon at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

The Dublin swimmer makes it two individual medley golds in the European Aquatics Championships in Paris

French four-time Olympic gold medallist Léon Marchand won the 200m butterfly final at the European championships in Paris on Saturday, setting the world's best time of the year to claim his first continental title. Two years on from his exploits at the Paris Games, the 24-year-old returned to form in the French capital

Jorinde van Klinken became the first Dutch athlete to win a European discus title Friday, throwing 67.67 meters for gold at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

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

Keely Hodgkinson took the silver medal in the European Championships 800m final

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

Amy Hunt pulled away from British teammate Dina Asher-Smith down the home straight to win the 200-meter final for her second gold medal this week at the European Championships

AMY HUNT completed the European sprint double with a sensational 200 metres gold – as fireworks filled the skies over Birmingham. The Newark runner, 24, stormed to victory at Alexander Stadium in a time of 22.19 seconds on night four of the European Athletics Championships It matches the feat of British rival Dina Ashe

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…