GB's Hunt wins European 100m gold

Great Britain's Amy Hunt claims her first senior international title by powering to 100m gold at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

Hunt finished two hundredths of a second clear of Poland’s Ewa Swoboda

Update Britain hosting European Athletics Championships for first time in event's 92-year history; Amy Hunt, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Georgia Hunter Bell among home medal hopes; international stars on show include pole vault titan Armand Duplantis and Norwegian distance runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen Monday 10 August 2026 2

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Ingebrigtsen wins 5,000m gold at European championships in return from surgery  Toronto Star

Aug 10 : Jakob Ingebrigtsen pulled off a comeback for the ages to retain the 5,000 metres title at the European Athletics Championships on Monday, winning his first race in nearly a year in 13 minutes and 15.29 seconds.He got past German Florian Bremm (13:15.60) in a thrilling sprint finish down the final straight to c

French swim star Léon Marchand took silver on the opening day of the European swimming championships. Marchand has had to cut back on his events this week due to a lingering thigh injury, though he is still entered in the 200m butterfly and 400m freestyle.

French swim star Léon Marchand took silver on the opening day of the European swimming championships. Marchand has had to cut back on his events this week due to a lingering thigh injury, though he is still entered in the 200m butterfly and 400m freestyle.

Keely Hodgkinson has aired her frustrations ahead of the European Athletics Championships and put one bizarre rumour to bed

The former Olympic and European heptathlon champion has close ties to the second city and grew up training on the Alexander Stadium track that will stage the first-ever European Athletics Championships to take place on British soil.

Lottie Cullen has progressed to the semi-finals of the Women's 200m Backstroke at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships in Paris, while Jack Kelly did likewise in the Men's 100m Breaststroke.

10 August 2026 Diver Cătălin Preda won the gold medal in the 20m platform high-diving event at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris on Saturday, August 8. Preda won the gold medal with a total of 411.60 points after four dives. Italy’s Andrea Barnaba finished second, while France’s Gary Hunt took third place. C

The European athletics championships are being held in Britain for the first time

As part of a well-known family in Ireland, Jack O’Leary has always grown up around success, but he is eager to carve out his own on the track