One year to go until Birmingham hosts European Athletics Championship

It will be held at Alexander Stadium.

Author: Hannah RichardsonPublished 10th Aug 2025

It's one year to go until Birmingham hosts the European Athletics Championship.

It will be held at Alexander Stadium for six days, with already 60,000 people having registered to get access to tickets.

As well, its the first time Britain will be hosting the championships.

Vice-President of the European Athletics Championship, Cherry Alexander, said: "We are really excited!

"It also shows you that tickets are going to go really quickly and that's a great pathway to be on right now.

"Preparations are already underway and we're very much looking forward to it."

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