4+ hour, 2+ min ago   (495+ words) Elise Thorner hailed an ‘experience I will remember for a long time’ despite coming up short in her bid for a European Championship medal. The 25-year-old from Bridgwater arrived in Birmingham as a strong podium contender having claimed silver at…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago   (954+ words) Jake Wightman was run out of a European medal in the dying stages of a thrilling men’s 1500m final in Birmingham. The 32-year-old was looking to complete his set in this competition having won silver and bronze in previous years and…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago   (428+ words) Mahamed Mahamed didn't deliver in his bid to end Britain's 52-year wait for a men's European Championship marathon medal — but he's confident the best is yet to come. The Southampton athlete came home seventh in the race around a tight…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago   (482+ words) Welsh athletes Natasha Wilson and Clara Evans-Graham helped Great Britain to women's marathon team gold at the European Championships in Birmingham. Britain had never won a women's marathon medal at this event — and you need to go back to 1974 for…...

5+ hour, 11+ min ago   (435+ words) Ukraine has launched hundreds of drones across Russia, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said it had destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones overnight. About 600 were detected heading toward the…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (821+ words) York racecourse will always hold a special place in George Duffield’s heart, and it was 30 years ago he would enjoy his finest hour at the track when shooting star Pivotal stormed home late for Nunthorpe Stakes glory. An exceptional two-year-old…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (608+ words) Katarina Johnson-Thompson admits she is looking at her future plans after a struggle at the European Championships. Johnson-Thompson's status as one of Britain's great multi-eventers is secure but her future appears far from certain after she finished 21st, last of those…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (334+ words) Thieves have stolen four works attributed to Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a regional museum on the Italian Ferragosto holiday, according to the LaPresse new agency. The thieves bypassed alarm and security systems on Saturday evening at the…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago   (276+ words) A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a man who was bitten by a dog on a footpath often used by walkers, police said. West Yorkshire Police said officers received calls from 1.36pm on Saturday reporting an altercation…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago   (729+ words) Amy Hunt studied English Literature at Cambridge but clearly prefers making history in her spare time. In 90 years of the European Championships, no athlete has ever won four gold medals at a single edition — but Hunt is now just one…...