Germany has won the right to stage the 2024 European Championship, beating Turkey in a vote by UEFA's executive committee in Nyon.

So, so near and yet so far for Ireland on the final day of the European Athletics Championships in Berlin, with Ciara Mageean finishing fourth in the final of the women’s 1500m.

Ciara Mageean has finished fourth in the women’s 1500m final at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin.

Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan has won gold in the Pommel Horse at the European Championships in Glasgow.

There’s a lovely sense of symmetry about Ollie Dingley’s diving this week.

Two athletes, two races, 84 years of history, and the potential for one magic hour in the annals of Irish athletics.

Paul O’Donovan said he was “disappointed” as he and brother, Gary, took a silver medal in the lightweight double sculls, at the European Championships, in Strathclyde, Glasgow, yesterday.

Under-17 European Championship finals (Group C)

Ireland are on course to secure a top-eight place at the European Men’s Team Championships today after a solid start at Diamond in Austria.

Irish boxing could surpass its remarkable record at the last five European Championships in Kharkiv, Ukraine this weekend.

It's been a largely positive day for the Irish at the European Elite Championships in Kharkiv.

She narrowly missed out on a podium finish behind Ruta Meiluttye of Lithuania.

Euro 2016 fever is hotting up with just under two months to go until the tournament kicks off.

Liam Kelly has coined one helluva slogan to celebrate the Gortnahoe native.

Double goal-scorer Jon Walters said it was very satisfying to qualify for next year’s European Championships and prove some naysayers wrong.

Ward and Adam Nolan have joined Michael Conlan and Dean Walsh in the last-eight of their divisions.

The Ireland U-17s have been knocked out of the European Championships this evening.

Derval O’Rourke clinched silver in the 100 metres hurdles at the European Championships in Gothenburg tonight in an Irish record time of 12.72 seconds.

Derval O’Rourke has qualified for the final of the women’s 100 metre hurdles at the Spar European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

Aoife Byrne has failed to qualify for the final of the women's 1,500m event at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

Ireland's world indoor champion Derval O'Rourke will be looking to secure another medal at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg tonight.

Liam Reale and Joanne Cuddihy have another chance to shine today at the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

Liam Reale has booked a place in the final of the Men's 1,500 after coming eighth in his heat of the Men's 1,500m at the European Championships in Gothenburg this evening.

Irish medal hopeful David Gillick has finished second in his 400m heat in the European Championships in Gothenburg this morning, coming in just behind Britain’s Tim Benjamin.

There has been disappointment for Irish hammer thrower Eileen O'Keeffe at the Spar European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

Men's 4x400 Relay

Ireland’s Sonia O’Sullivan has had to settle for silver for the second time at the European Championships when she lost her 5000 metres title.

Colin Jackson roared to a fourth successive European Championships 110metres hurdles victory to complete a quickfire golden double for Britain in Munich today.

Colin Jackson moved effortlessly towards a fourth-successive European Championships 110 metres hurdles title.

Christian Malcolm shrugged off a false start to clinch a place in the final of the European Championships 200 metres in Munich.

Ireland’s Ciara Sheehy and Gary Ryan have both failed to qualify for the finals of the women’s and men’s 200m at the European Championships in Munich.

Two Irish hopefuls are in action at the European Championships in Munich later this afternoon.

Kelly Holmes was backtracking quicker than she performed on the track in Munich today as she unsuccessfully attempted to extricate herself from a drugs row.

Ireland's Paul Brizzel was forced to do a solo 200metres run after the organisers of the European Championships bungled again in Munich.

Ireland’s Sonia O’Sullivan will run in a "straight final" of the 5,000m event at the European Championships in Munich tonight after organisers decided to scrap the semi-finals.

Paula Radcliffe has confirmed she will not not compete in the 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships.

The action continues today at the 18th European Athletics Championships.

Ireland’s Karen Shinkins has finished fourth in her heat of the women’s 400m at the European Championships in Munich.

Sonia O'Sullivan raced into the record books again last night, claiming a European silver medal in the process, but could only watch from behind as Paula Radcliffe stole Ingrid Kristiansen’s 16-year-old European 10,000m title and came within a whisker of becoming only the second woman to beat the 30-minute barrier.

Paul McKee got Ireland’s European Championships campaign underway in Germany today.

England's Paula Radcliffe chases a second major gold in nine days as she bids to add the European 10,000 metres crown to her Commonwealth 5,000m title tonight.