Hodgkinson’s 800m showdown headlines mouthwatering European Championships

There will be a host of world-class athletes in Birmingham this week but the 800m should shine like a supernova They say betting is a mug’s game. But here are two predictions to take to the bank. The European Athletics Championships this week in Birmingham, with the BBC shoving its considerable heft behind it, will be

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.

KEELY HODGKINSON claims winning a record hat-trick of European golds would “mean just as much” as her Olympics glory. No British woman has won three titles in the same individual event in the 92-year history of the European Athletics Championships but Hodgkinson, 24, has the chance to achieve that feat this week. Birmi

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

Records could fall in Birmingham this week as athletics’ major stars battle for continental glory

The 24-year-old from Toulouse is set to be the star of the continental competition opening Monday in Paris. But an injury in June, followed by a relapse, complicated his preparations.

The 24-year-old from Toulouse is set to be the star of the continental competition opening Monday in Paris. But an injury in June, followed by a relapse, complicated his preparations.

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