Christensen battles back “from zero” to regain European U20 cross country title in Brussels
Paris pressure and glory beckon after Schrub ends France's senior men's title drought
Sustainability innovations provides 'cleaner' SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels
Schrub makes French cross country history as he takes the senior men's title in Brussels
Grøvdal becomes one of the European cross country greats with third successive win
Miellet again rises to the occasion as France take their first mixed relay title
Kimeli, Herbiet, Keith and Laros share their thoughts on the SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Preview | Can Kimeli make the most of his moment in the spotlight in Brussels?
Preview | Italy aim to defend their mixed relay crown with the help of Sabbatini and Arese
Preview | Strong British contingent poised to dominate the U23 races again in Brussels
Flashback to Brussels 2008 | Lebid breaks down Farah for record eighth senior crown
Battocletti, Crippa and Sabbatini to star on Italy’s team for Brussels 2023
Four-time champion Nadia Battocletti is one of the star names on Italy's team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships [...]
European U23 champions Keith and Leonard feature on Great Britain’s 40-strong team for Brussels
Laros poised to make SPAR European Cross Country Championships debut in Brussels
European U20 1500m and 5000m champion Niels Laros will make his debut at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in [...]
Lahti retains her Warandecross title in Tilburg on the road to Brussels 2023
Sweden's Sarah Lahti successfully defended her 8km title at the Warandecross in Tilburg on Sunday (26) on the road to [...]
Flashback to Charleroi 1996 | Jon Brown glides his way to a record winning margin
This is the first of two features turning the clock back to remember the other SPAR European Cross Country Championships [...]
McCormack poised to make her 18th European Cross appearance in Brussels 2023
Former two-time champion Fionnuala McCormack features on the Irish team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels on [...]
Hosts Belgium announce a 40-strong team for Brussels 2023
Hosts Belgium have announced their team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels on 10 December. The star name [...]
Two-time reigning champion Grøvdal leads Norwegian team for Brussels 2023
The most successful female athlete in SPAR European Cross Country Championships history Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal will defend her senior women's [...]
Kimeli wins fifth Belgian cross country title on the road to Brussels 2023
Isaac Kimeli defeated a strong domestic field for the senior men's 9.35km title at the Belgian Cross Country Championships in [...]
Keith strides to victory in Cardiff while Gega wins Balkan title on the road to Brussels
European U23 5000m champion Megan Keith won the senior women's race at the Cardiff Cross Challenge in convincing fashion on [...]
The countdown to Brussels continues! One month to the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Today (10) marks the one month to go countdown to the SPAR European Cross Cross Country Championships in Brussels where [...]
Accreditation opens for 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Media accreditation is now open for the Brussels 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in on 10 December. Members of the [...]
Thøgersen defends Nordic U20 cross country title on the road to Brussels
The emerging Danish distance running prospect Sofia Thøgersen won the individual U20 women's title at the Nordic Cross Country Championships [...]
Ingebrigtsen aims to extend his win streak at the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Still only 23, Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen will target a seventh successive title at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in [...]
50 days to go to the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Today (21) marks 50 days to go to the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, the last major [...]
2025 SPAR European Cross Country Championships awarded to Lagoa, Portugal
The second day of the 171st European Athletics Council meeting, held in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, saw the 2025 SPAR [...]
Tickets on sale for 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Tickets for the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels on 10 December are now on sale for the [...]
Johnson upsets four-time winner Medugu as cross country season begins at the Lidingöloppet
Carolina Johnson became the first Swedish winner of the women's 30km since 2017 at the TCS Lidingöloppet, a World Athletics [...]
The road to Brussels begins! Two days to go to the 2023-24 World Athletics Cross Country Tour
It's time to dig out and dust off the cross country spikes! The road to the SPAR European Cross Country [...]
Report | Ingebrigtsen is a man for all seasons as he triumphs again
Four months on from the majestic summertime defence of his outdoor continental track crowns in Munich, Jakob Ingebrigtsen produced a [...]
Report | Grøvdal shows her technical strength to retain her title
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal retained her SPAR European Cross Country Championships senior women's title in Piemonte-La Mandria Park on Sunday (11) [...]
Report | Battocletti and Hicks reign again in the U23 races in La Mandria Park
As Nadia Battocletti approached the finish line at the end of the 5,722m women's U23 race at the SPAR European [...]
Report | Upsets are the theme of the day in the U20 races
After taking a clean sweep of the medals last year, the Nordic domination in the men's U20 race was expected [...]
Report | Sabbatini’s last leg heroics clinches mixed relay gold for Italy
Italy's Gaia Sabbatini timed her anchor leg effort to perfection, sprinting past Rosalia Tarraga of Spain in the home straight [...]
How to follow the 2022 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
The 28th edition of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park will be streamed live in its [...]
2022 SPAR European Cross Country Championships press conference highlights
Ahead of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park, four of the prospective medal contenders spoke to [...]
Preview | Can anyone dethrone Ingebrigtsen in the shadow of La Mandria Castle?
The historic La Mandria Castle will provide a suitably regal backdrop as Jakob Ingebrigtsen bids to add another jewel to [...]
Preview | Reigning champion Grøvdal renews rivalry with Can and Klosterhalfen in La Mandria Park
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal's path to the senior title last year was far from a straightforward one but the Norwegian will [...]
Preview | Italy poised to challenge the Brits for mixed relay gold in La Mandria Park
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad will have a battle on their hands to maintain their domination of the [...]
Flashback to Chia 2016 | The arrival of Jakob Ingebrigtsen
In the last of four themed features ahead of this year's SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park [...]
Preview | Home favourite Battocletti to target fourth successive title in La Mandria Park
Nadia Battocletti will be chasing a historic place in the annals of Italian athletics when she defends her continental U23 [...]
Preview | Rising Nordic talents to clash in the U20 races in La Mandria Park
Reigning champion Axel Vang Christensen from Denmark leads a continental field brimming with talent and ability in the men's U20 [...]
Flashback to San Giorgio su Legnano 2006 | Farah’s first senior triumph
In the third of four themed features ahead of this year's SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park [...]
Final entries published for 2022 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Final entries for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park near Turin on 11 December have been [...]
European 5000m champion Klosterhalfen headlines Germany’s team for La Mandria Park
European 5000m champion Konstanze Klosterhalfen will be to the fore of a strong German team in the senior women's race [...]
Flashback to Ferrara 1998 | The reign of Radcliffe and Lebid begins
In the second of four themed features ahead of this year's edition of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in [...]
Crippa and Battocletti headline Italy’s team for SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Hosts Italy have announced a team of 40 athletes for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park [...]
Reigning champions Hicks and Keith headline British team for La Mandria Park
Reigning champions Charles Hicks and Megan Keith both feature on the 40-strong British team for the SPAR European Cross Country [...]
Katir poised to make his SPAR European Cross Country Championships debut
Mohamed Katir will make his debut at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park near Turin on [...]
Reh downplays her individual prospects but positive about team chances in Turin
Alina Reh booked her place on the German team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park [...]
Ingebrigtsen and Grøvdal to defend titles at SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal will defend their senior titles at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La [...]
Bibic and Lahti dominate in Tilburg on the road to the European Cross
Serbia's Elzan Bibic and Sweden's Sarah Lahti strode to comfortable victories at the Warandecross in Tilburg on Sunday (27), the [...]
Weekend roundup | Reh recovers from a fall to win German cross country title
Alina Reh sealed her place on the German team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park [...]
Who, where and how to watch? European Cross selection races in focus this weekend
From the famous Warandecross in Tilburg to national championship and trial events taking place all across Europe, this weekend should [...]
Flashback to Alnwick 1994 | McKiernan's golden breakthrough
In the first of four themed features ahead of this year's SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park [...]
Mageean, McElhinney, Healy and Griggs to lead the Irish medal hunt in La Mandria Park
European 1500m silver medallist Ciara Mageean is one of the standout names on an Irish team full of medal possibilities [...]
Aouani books European Cross ticket with victory at La Mandria Park test event
With three weeks to go until the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park, Iliass Aouani confirmed his [...]
All roads lead to La Mandria Park! European Cross test event to take place on Sunday
Italy's leading distance runners will be looking to impress the team selectors on Sunday (20) at the ‘J Medical International [...]
Europe’s top U20 prospects to clash in Tilburg on the road to the European Cross
Three of Europe's most outstanding and precocious U20 runners will meet at the International Warandecross in Tilburg on 27 November [...]
Raitanen confirmed for mixed relay duties for Finland at the European Cross
Recently crowned European 3000m steeplechase champion Topi Raitanen will make his senior debut at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships [...]
On the comeback from illness, Battocletti targets individual and team success at the European Cross
Jakob Ingebrigtsen isn't the only athlete who is currently cresting an impressive win streak at the SPAR European Cross Country [...]
Antalya to stage 2024 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
The European Athletics Council has awarded the 2024 SPAR European Cross Country Championships to Antalya in Türkiye on Saturday (12). This [...]
One month to go | A look ahead to the 2022 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Today (11) marks one month to go until the 28th edition of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships brings the [...]
Danish distance running talent Thøgersen lands Nordic U20 cross country title
Emerging Danish distance running talent Sofia Thøgersen took a notable victory in the women's U20 race at the Nordic Cross [...]
Media accreditation opens for 2022 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Media accreditation is now open for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Piemonte-La Mandria Park near Turin in Italy [...]
Lahti dominates in Mol on the road to the SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Sarah Lahti from Sweden scored a commanding victory at the CrossCup Mol on Sunday (30), a World Athletics Cross Country [...]
Crippa confirms European Cross ambitions after runner-up finish in Forli
After a short end-of-season break, European 10,000m champion Yemeneberhan Crippa continued his return to racing on home soil in the [...]
Tsegay opens European cross country season with decisive 30km victory at the Lidingöloppet
Swedish distance runner Samuel Tsegay took a decisive victory at the famous TCS Lidingöloppet on Saturday (24), the traditional curtain [...]
Gold in Dublin could be just the beginning for Scandinavia’s latest distance running prodigy Christensen
As long as he can remember, this is how it's been: the longer the distance, the better Axel Vang Christensen [...]
Unstoppable Ingebrigtsen glides to gold on his senior debut in Dublin
Jakob Ingebrigtsen might have been the youngest competitor in the senior men's race by two years but the scintillating Norwegian [...]
After so many near misses, Grovdal finally gets her senior gold in Dublin
The last five editions of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships have seen Norway's Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal on the podium [...]
Great Britain retain mixed relay title thanks to third leg heroics from Bell
Great Britain retained their mixed relay title at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships and, with the greatest respect to [...]
Battocletti wins her third successive European cross country title in Fingal-Dublin
Nadia Battocletti won her first European cross country title in a sprint finish at U20 level in 2018 and the [...]
Christensen and Keith take unexpected U20 titles in Fingal-Dublin
Axel Vang Christensen continued his outstanding winter form by holding off three reigning European U20 champions on the track and [...]
Ciara Mageean: “Believe me: we go into every race competing for gold”
Ciara Mageean has collected European bronze medals both indoors and outdoors in her long and esteemed career over 1500m but [...]
Ingebrigtsens and Gressier to headline an all-star men’s race in Dublin
Jakob Ingebrigtsen might be the youngest competitor in the senior men's race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships but [...]
Can to challenge for fifth successive senior women’s title in Dublin
Yasemin Can has never been beaten at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships and the Kenyan-born Turkish runner is in [...]
Battocletti poised to strike again in the U23 ranks in Dublin
New names will be crowned U23 champions at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships after Denmark's Anna Emilie Møller and [...]
Six Tallinn champions to challenge for more U20 honours in Dublin
The SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Fingal-Dublin on Sunday will see a trio of men chasing a second continental [...]
Following triumph in Torun and disappointment in Tokyo, Kimeli aims to finish season on a high in Dublin
Isaac Kimeli is eagerly looking forward to his third appearance as a senior at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships [...]
McCormack excels with a 2:23:57 clocking in the Valencia Marathon
One week before the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Fingal-Dublin, Fionnuala McCormack excelled in the Valencia Marathon on Sunday [...]
Final entries published for 2021 SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Final entries for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Fingal-Dublin on 12 December have been published and can be [...]
Now an Irish citizen, Tonosa will wear the green jersey with pride in Dublin
It is an opportunity that comes along once in a career. For many it never comes along at all. So [...]
After injury-plagued 2021, Klosterhalfen has “no expectations” in Fingal-Dublin
World 5000m bronze medallist Konstanze Klosterhalfen will be one of the highest profile names to be competing at the SPAR [...]
Spain selects 40 athletes for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Spain has named a full team of 40 athletes for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Fingal-Dublin on 12 [...]
Gressier to spearhead French team at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Three-time European U23 cross country champion Jimmy Gressier will make his long-awaited debut in the senior race at the SPAR [...]
Jakob Ingebrigtsen to make senior debut at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships
Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen will make his debut in the senior men's race at the SPAR European Cross Country [...]
Klosterhalfen makes a winning cross country return in Pforzheim en route to Fingal-Dublin
In her first cross country race in almost four years, world 5000m bronze medallist Konstanze Klosterhalfen took an unopposed gun-to-tape [...]
Raess and Bahta edge out the Dutch favourites in Tilburg
Switzerland's Jonas Raess outsprinted reigning champion Mike Foppen from the Netherlands to win the senior men's 10km at the Warandecross [...]
Strong European line-ups assembled for Warandecross in Tilburg
Leading Dutch athletes will face a strong European contingent on the road to the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in [...]