Charlotta Fougberg ran her fastest time of the season to delight the home crowd at the Folksam Grand Prix in Gothenburg on Saturday.

Pole vault world record holder Renaud Lavillenie made the Silberpfeil Cityjump in Salzburg, Austria, on 4 September a truly special occasion.

European Athletics is deeply saddened by the news that Graham Botley, athlete, administrator and a recognised and renowned athletics aficionado, passed away on Sunday 30th August at the age of 71.

Dutch sprinting star Dafne Schippers and Poland's elite hammer thrower Pawel Fajdek have been voted European Athletes of the Month for August.

Fresh from their success at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing last week, Europe’s athletes had another night to remember in the first of this year’s Diamond League finals at the Weltklasse in Zurich on Thursday.

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen has called for the introduction of European-only races at top-level one-day meetings in an effort to raise the standards of the continent’s middle and long-distance runners.