European Championships
Switzerland targets European Championships as Winter Olympics bid advances
Swiss Olympic, Switzerland’s National Olympic Committee, has said it is “pursuing” a future edition of the multi-sport European Championships, as the bid for either the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games took a key step forward.
Over 4m domestic TV viewers for Munich 2022 athletics
Live coverage of the athletics events at Munich’s multi-sports European Championships netted an average audience of 4.15 million viewers last night on ARD, the German public broadcaster.
Gymnastics, sport climbing and triathlon breach 2m audience barrier on ARD
Gymnastics, sport climbing and triathlon events at Munich’s European Championships have all attracted audiences of over 2 million viewers on ARD, the German public-service broadcaster.
European Athletics softens stance on future participation at European Championships
Athletics’ European governing body has said that it still “strongly believes” in the value of a multi-sports European Championships as it opens the door for its possible participation in four years’ time, d…
European Championships founders retain belief in concept, heightened centralisation on the way
Creators of the European Championships are sticking steadfastly to the concept of the multi-sports event despite doubts over future participation of major sports, and are planning a near full centralisation…
Ukrainian public broadcaster awarded free rights as Munich 2022 gets underway
UA:PBC, the national broadcaster in Ukraine, has been allocated rights free of charge to the 2022 European Championships in Munich
Hamburg ‘very interested’ in hosting 2026 European Championships
The German city of Hamburg has expressed an interest in hosting the 2026 edition of the European Championships multi-sport event
European Athletics signals intent to split from multi-sport European Championships
European Athletics has announced it will split from the European Championships multi-sport concept after this year’s edition in Munich, with Birmingham and Budapest contesting hosting rights to a standalone 2…
EOC elects Capralos as president, seeks European Games broadcast boost
The newly-elected president of the European Olympic Committees, Spyros Capralos, has pledged to do “much better work” in boosting the exposure of its flagship event, the European Games, following its pro…
Munich 2022’s nine-sport line-up complete but no deal for aquatics
A total of nine sports will feature at the 2022 edition of the multi-sport European Championships in Munich with beach volleyball, canoe sprint, sport climbing and table tennis announced as additions to…
Canoe sprint to join Munich 2022 sports line-up
Canoe sprint is set to join the line-up of sports at the 2022 edition of the multi-sport European Championships in Munich following negotiations between the European Canoe Association and organisers
Beach volleyball and climbing among possible Munich 2022 sports additions
Munich’s city council has cleared the way for an expansion of the 2022 edition of the multi-sport European Championships to up to nine sports.
Golf withdrawn from 2022 European Championships
Golf will no longer feature in the 2022 multi-sport European Championships in Munich after the European Tour and Ladies European Tour opted to withdraw from the event because of scheduling issues
European Athletics to share presidential duties as Hansen suffers stroke
European Athletics president and World Athletics Council member Svein Arne Hansen has suffered a serious stroke and is receiving intensive care at a local hospital
Golf course selected for Munich’s European Championships
Golf competitions at the 2022 European Championships in Munich will be held at the Golf Valley Golfplatz course near Holzkirchen, it has been announced
Fanview names European Championships Management’s Bristow as non-executive chairman
Sports media services company Fanview has appointed European Championships Management co-founder and director Paul Bristow as its new non-executive chairman
LEN president upbeat over aquatics involvement at 2022 European Championships
Paolo Barelli, the president of the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), aquatics’ European body, has expressed his confidence in the sport’s European Championships in Rome being part of Munich’s 2022 m…
LEN keeps European Championships integration alive with Rome to host 2022 Europeans
The Ligue Européenne de Natation [LEN], the governing body for aquatics in Europe, has confirmed that Rome has been selected to host the 2022 European Aquatics Championships and reiterated its intention …