Athletics

European Athletics Championships: Key events, timetable & BBC coverage
Timetable and BBC coverage times for the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham from 10-16 August.
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Athletics
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20 hours ago
London submits bid for 2029 World Championships
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Athletics
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23 hours ago
Sprinting for GB - two years after taking up sport
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Athletics
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1 day ago
The Warm Up Track 2026: Daniel Stahl – Tokyo, towels and winning in the rain. Audio, 49 minutes
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Selfies, signatures & social media - how Kerr embraced Glasgow Games
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Commonwealth Games
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4 days ago
2,000km, eight countries, 29 days - the fastest runner to cross the Alps
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4 days ago
'I'm incredibly lucky to have home city's support'
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Stoke & Staffordshire
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3 days ago

European Athletics Shorts

Athletics video

'Unbelievable!' - GB's Kerr breaks mile world record. Video, 00:04:36
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Athletics
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18 July
Hodgkinson holds off Broeders-Bol to win 800m. Video, 00:02:21
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Athletics
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18 July
No world record, no win - Hodgkinson beaten again in Diamond League. Video, 00:02:21
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Athletics
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4 July
Absolutely brilliant!' - Hunter Bell wins 1500m. Video, 00:01:52
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Athletics
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28 June
Hodgkinson withdraws in tears as Anning wins 400m. Video, 00:01:19
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Athletics
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21 June

Athletics news

Hunter Bell eyes ambitious sweep after 800m gold in Glasgow
England's Georgia Hunter Bell eyes an ambitious sweep of gold medals in 2026 after winning the 800m Commonwealth Games title in Glasgow.
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Commonwealth Games
Posted
6 days ago
Saturday scrap ends with emotional Kerr winning fight
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Commonwealth Games
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5 days ago
'This is what all the horrible bits are for' - Sawyers joy at winning gold
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Commonwealth Games
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5 days ago
Proud Keith claims bronze in front of 100-year-old grandad
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Commonwealth Games
Posted
30 July
Gold medal 'part of grief journey' for Shaw
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Disability Sport
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30 July
The Warm Up Track: Innes FitzGerald - being green and winning gold. Audio, 49 minutes
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Milestone moment for O'Connor with Glasgow gold
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Commonwealth Games
Posted
29 July

Athletics Shorts

More athletics news

Hodgkinson & Asher-Smith in GB squad for Europeans
Keely Hodgkinson, Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson are named in the Great Britain squad for next month's European Championships in Birmingham.
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Athletics
Posted
27 July
O'Connor wins NI's first gold medal in heptathlon
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Commonwealth Games
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29 July
Soggy socks & a slathering of deep heat - rain causes chaos in Glasgow
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Commonwealth Games
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29 July
Wales' Pawlett out of Commonwealth heptathlon
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Commonwealth Games
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27 July
Olympic medallists pull out of England athletics team
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Commonwealth Games
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26 July
Young and Hahn win England's first athletics golds
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Disability Sport
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27 July
Lyles wins 100m in world-leading 9.79 seconds
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Athletics
Posted
25 July

More athletics video

GB's Azu loses world title as Anthony takes gold in 60m indoor final. Video, 00:02:06
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Athletics
Posted
20 March
Asher-Smith finishes seventh as Dosso takes women's 60m gold. Athletics. Video, 00:01:58
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BBC Sport
Posted
21 March
Ehammer breaks men's heptathlon world record. Athletics. Video, 00:01:36
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BBC Sport
Posted
21 March
Asher-Smith breaks British record to reach 60m final. Video, 00:02:42
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Athletics
Posted
21 March

Features and analysis

'These are my roots' - Kerr on why Commonwealth mile glory matters to him
Josh Kerr didn't dream about being the fastest person ever to run a mile when he was a kid. He dreamed of pulling on a Scotland vest in the Commonwealth Games.
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Commonwealth Games
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21 July
Speed suits & altitude rooms - how Kerr planned to beat mile world record
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Athletics
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17 July
Mashed potato & 19 minutes' sleep - Entrekin's epic race
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Athletics
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7 May
How special Sawe broke iconic sub-two-hour barrier
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Athletics
Posted
27 April
How Keely 2.0 dominated 800m field for first world indoor title
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Athletics
Posted
22 March
Mary Rand - the trailblazing Olympic champion
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Athletics
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28 March
'Closest I've felt' - Hodgkinson on breaking longest-standing world record
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Athletics
Posted
23 February

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