BBC to broadcast Europeans in multi-year deal

BBC Sport has agreed a caller multi-year woody to broadcast nan European Athletics Championships up to and including 2027.

The deals originates pinch this month's arena successful Rome, from 7-12 June, arsenic athletes hole for nan Olympic Games successful Paris.

The woody will see nan 2026 European Championships successful Birmingham, nan 2025 and 2027 European Indoor Championships and nan European Cross Country Championships from 2024 to 2027.

Philip Bernie, interim head of BBC Sport, said: “Adding nan European Athletics Championships to our athletics portfolio is awesome news for audiences, who get to watch nan champion athletes successful nan world regularly connected nan BBC."

World heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson and European 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson will correspond Great Britain successful Rome, alongside four-time European golden medallist sprinter Dina Asher-Smith and world indoor rod vault champion Molly Caudery.

World 100m bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes and European 400m grounds holder Matthew Hudson-Smith person withdrawn from nan competition.

The arena will beryllium disposable connected BBC iPlayer, nan BBC Sport website and app.