European Athletics Championships: What you need to know

Birmingham's Alexander Stadium will host the European Athletics Championships this month, welcoming more than 1,500 athletes from approximately 50 countries over seven days. The renovated stadium in Perry Barr, first opened in 1976 and redeveloped ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, is the largest athletics stadium in the UK with a seating capacity of around 18,000. The North Stand has been renamed the Matthew Hudson-Smith Stand in honour of the Wolverhampton-born athlete.