Italy’s Petra Zublasing and Russia’s Vitaly Fokeev each excelled today at the European Games, blending precision, endurance and insurmountable mental strength to claim respective 50 metres rifle 3 positions and double trap shooting titles.

Russia took two more gymnastics titles here, but a hat-trick on the seventh day of competition was denied them by Belgium’s trio in the acrobatic women’s group all-round final who earned their country its first gold medal of these European Games.

Russia were the dominant nation once again as they bagged a superb hat-trick of European Games gold medals on the final day of wrestling competitions here today.

Britain’s Lois Toulson earned Baku 2015 European Games women’s platform diving gold here tonight, after a delivering a nerveless display in the final, producing four high-quality dives.

Iranian-born Milad Beigi-Harchegani produced a superb exhibition of modern taekwondo to dominate the under 80 kilograms competition today at the European Games in yet another moment to treasure for a raucous and partisan home crowd here which filled virtually every seat.

Italy claimed their second archery gold medal at the Baku 2015 European Games, beating Belarus 5-3 in the women's team event here.

Germany’s Henri Junghaenel defeated a stellar field to earn European Games gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone men's event here, and the second gold of the day, in the new event of the mixed team trap, went to the Slovakian pairing of Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova and world champion Erik Varga, who earned an emphatic 27-21 win over Russia’s newly crowned men’s champion Alexey Alipov and Elena Tkach.

The Netherlands secured Baku 2015 European Games gold and bronze medals in the women’s individual time trial here today, as Ellen van Dijk stormed to victory, before Belarus' Vasil Kiryienka cruised to victory in the men's event

A superb performance in the ribbon section of the group ribbon event helped secure European Games rhythmic gymnastics all-around gold for Russia here today.

By all accounts Azerbaijan is doing a magnificent job with the inaugural European Games, which are brilliantly orchestrated and staged in enviable splendour. But an ominous black cloud hovers over this sunniest of events.

A controversial decision at the European Games here gave home wrestler Anzhela Dorogan gold in the 53 kilogram class against a Polish opponent, Roksana Zasina, who finished the match limping heavily and with blood seeping through a head bandage following a cut sustained in the semi-final.

Azerbaijan's Mariya Stadnyk earned the first women’s wrestling gold the European Games as she stormed to victory in the women’s 48 kilogram freestyle division here tonight.

Emotions ran high here today as Austria secured an unexpected silver behind Russia in the synchronised swimming duets final and winners Anna-Maria and Eirini-Marina Alexandri dedicated the medal to Vanessa Sahinovic, who was seriously injured by a bus in the Athletes Village last week along with two other team members.