Birmingham, which hosted a hugely successful Commonwealth Games this year, has been confirmed today as host for the 2026 European Athletics Championships following the withdrawal of the only bidding rival, Budapest.

This summer’s multi-sport European Championships in Munich recorded more than 750 million viewer hours across the nine participating sports on free-to-air TV and digital platforms.

The European Championships Management (ECM) is looking to develop a sports programme for the 2026 edition of the multi-sport European Championships which features all nine existing sports after the staging of Munich 2022.

Finnish Athletics high-performance director Tuomo Salonen has admitted the nation's COVID-19 precautions did not work at the Munich 2022 European Championships, as five athletes look to recover from the virus in time for the traditional athletics meeting against Sweden.

Karsten Warholm's 400m hurdles win at the European Athletics Championships in Munich attracted a viewing share of 63 per cent on the Norwegian television channel NRK, figures released by the European Championships Management (ECM) show.

Members of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games organising team were among delegates to take part in an observer programme during the Munich 2022 European Championships.

Olympic gold medallist Artem Dolgopyat was among the individual apparatus winners in artistic gymnastics on the final day of the Munich 2022 European Championships, with Britons Jake Jarman and Joe Fraser also claiming victories.

Hungary won six gold medals on the final day of competition to top the canoe sprint and Para canoe medals table at the Munich 2022 European Championships.

The hosts finished top of the medals table at the home European Athletics Championships as its women’s 4x100m relay team won the last event here, bringing the German total of gold to seven - one more than Britain, who failed to get the baton round in what was effectively a sprint shoot-out for the overall bragging rights.

International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) President Marco Scolaris has claimed the sport's new Olympic format produced "a great show" at the Munich 2022 European Championships and is satisfied with its debut.

Latvia's Anastasija Kravčenoka and Tīna Graudiņa came from behind to beat Swiss defending champions Tanja Hüberli and Nina Brunner in the women's beach volleyball final at the Munich 2022 European Championships.

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis and Luiza Gega of Albania produced European Athletics Championship records here in the men’s pole vault and women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase, on a night when Femke Bol of the Netherlands earned a third title and Britain’s 800m runner Keely Hodgkinson finally won a big gold after three big silvers.

A thunderstorm postponed the last three medal races on the second day of canoe sprint finals at the Munich 2022 European Championships, but hosts Germany added two golds to their haul in the events that took place.

Championship records in the women’s and men’s 400 metres hurdles fell here tonight at the European Athletics Championships, as Femke Bol of The Netherlands completed a unique double in 52.67 seconds and Norway’s Olympic champion and world record holder Karsten Warholm, retained his title in 47.12.

Germany and Britain enjoyed success on the first day of canoe sprint finals at the Munich 2022 European Championships.