Europe started hosting the continental games later than Asia, America and Africa. In 2012, the Association of European Olympic Committees decided that a separate competition should be held for European athletes and did its first edition in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Paul Fitzgerald has been appointed as the new head of the World Para Athletics.

Josep Antoni Guerra Álvarez has been elected the new secretary general and Jaume Martì Mandicò has retained his position as President of the Olympic Committee of Andorra (COA).

Azerbaijan’s capital Baku is set to host the sixth and final stage of the 2016 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup series as 640 athletes representing 80 nations battle it out for the last 15 gold medals of the season.

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) will launch a new logo later this year, the body have announced on the anniversary of the inaugural European Games Opening Ceremony in Baku in 2015.

Plans to restrict how Federations competing in the inaugural European Championships in 2018 participate in other continental multisports events have been criticised today by European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Patrick Hickey, who claims they "cannot be held ransom by private commercial organisations".

Luis León Sánchez outsprinted Daniel Navarro in a battle between two Spaniards to win the opening stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in Markina-Xemein today.

There is “no special reason” why karate shouldn’t be chosen for inclusion at Tokyo 2020, World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinos claimed here today, though he remains wary of some of the challenges the sport faces in the lead up to next year’s decision at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Rio de Janeiro.

France have led the way with four gold medals at the latest European stop on the Karate1 Premier League in Coburg as hosts Germany had to be content with three.

Having been in Baku for close to three weeks it feels quite strange to be reaching what I’d perceive to be the twilight of my stay in the Azerbaijani capital at a time when the Baku 2015 European Games is still very much in its infancy.

Thousands of residents took to the streets of Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second largest city, to welcome the Baku 2015 Flame.

The Baku 2015 European Games Flame has arrived in the ancient town of Agdam marking the completion of the first third of its journey across Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan will play the world number one ranked team The Netherlands in the group stage of the women’s 3x3 basketball competition at the Baku 2015 European Games.