Svein Arne Hansen, President of European Athletics, has said it is “now or never” for crucial reforms to be made which will safeguard the future of the sport.

Delegates charged with deciding on the vital constitutional reforms to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) here in Saturday’s (December 3) Special Congress can expect a rousing call for a yes vote from the newly installed chair of the IAAF Athletes’ Commission, Rozle Prezelj.

European Athletics has approved in principal a plan for a ranking system to be used during qualification for future editions of its biennial Championships.

Tilburg has been announced as the host of the 2018 European Cross-Country Championships.

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen spoke here today of the importance of the governing body sending "one clear message" when it comes to voting  on the proposals of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) governance structure reform process.

Sebastian Coe and Svein Arne Hansen, Presidents respectively of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and European Athletics, were among 40,000 spectators at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels who acclaimed the belated award of the Bejing 2008 Olympic gold to Belgium’s women’s 4x100 metres team following the disqualification of original winners Russia for a doping offence.

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen believes that Sebastian Coe, head of the International Association of Athetics Federations (IAAF) - overlooked for International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership this year - should renew his case sooner rather than later.

Viewing figures and market shares during European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam earlier this month have been reported as being "excellent" by broadcasters on the continent.

European Athletics is to “look more closely” at the way in which athletes are allowed to transfer allegiance in order to represent new countries in international competition before discussing the matter with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), President Svein Arne Hansen has announced.

Svein Arne Hansen, President of European Athletics, has hailed the Amsterdam 2016 Championships that came to a close yesterday as “a great success”, praising the range of innovations which have distinguished the 23rd running of the event.

Russian whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova, who limped home injured and last in her 800 metres heat here at the European Athletics Championships before being disqualified for a lane infringement, was today thanked for her courage by Sebastian Coe, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations, who invited her to attend the forthcoming IAAF Values Commission.

Yuliya Stepanova, already a lonely figure in athletics following her decision to whistleblow details of Russia’s doping activities, finished alone - and a distant last – here in her 800 metres heat at the European Championships.

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen has officially opened the continental governing body’s Young Leaders Forum here today as the participants set about tackling the five-day programme.

Broadcasters in at least 32 European countries have submitted their intentions to showcase the continent’s 2016 Athletics Championships, scheduled to begin here in the Dutch capital on Wednesday (July 6), it has been announced. 

Competitors at this week's European Athletics Championships here in the Dutch capital are being invited to show their commitment to a drug-fee sport by wearing an anti-doping message on their bibs.