The European Championships and Commonwealth Games were both brilliant, but which was best? AW s editor dares to compare
Statistically, the European Championships in Zurich edged the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for pure quality. Based on winning marks...

Double European medallist to step up in distance for his third half-marathon
Andy Vernon is set to compete in the Bupa Great North Run on September 7 after his medal-winning exploits at the European Championships.

The 10,000m silver medallist and 5000...

Both sprint relay teams, the men’s 4x400m runners, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford among the winners on the last day of European Championships action
The Great Britain & Northern Ireland team enjoyed a record-breaking final day at the European Champ...

Italian trumps track success with victory on the road in a personal best time on fan-lined streets of Zurich
Having won European 10,000m bronze in 2010 and silver again on the track two years later, Italy’s Daniele Meucci graduated to gold in Zur...

Hurdler Eilidh Child wins Britain s seventh gold of the European Champs as fellow Scot Lynsey Sharp smashes the Scottish record to win 800m silver
Billed as the ‘poster girl’ of the Commonwealth Games, Eilidh Child used a sports psychologis...

Multiple world record-holder ready to continue her major champs dominance but this time over two laps of the track in Swansea
Hannah Cockroft says she is “feeling good” ahead of the IPC Athletics European Championships which get under way i...

Frenchwoman smashes championship record to win 26-miler on the streets of Zurich
Christelle Daunay, 39, clocked a championship record of 2:25:14 on a hilly course in Zurich to win marathon gold for France.

Despite being poised to turn 40 in December, ...

A look ahead to the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea
Fresh from their victories in the Commonwealth Games, Libby Clegg, Dan Greaves and David Weir form part of the 56-strong Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for the IPC Athletics Eur...

British sprinters add to growing GB medal tally on fourth day of the European Championships in Zurich
Speed merchants Martyn Rooney and Adam Gemili took gold for Britain on Friday evening in the Letzigrund Stadium. It took the GB gold medal count to si...

Dutchwoman completes sprint double with 22.03 200m but believes future is in combined events
Dafne Schippers said she remains committed to the heptathlon despite adding European 200m gold to her 100m win from earlier in the week, clocking a world lead ...