Russia may be the big battalion in the European Games swimming, but Britain ruled the pool on the first day of competition as they won three of the seven golds on offer thanks to Abbie Wood in the opening women’s 4x100 metres individual medley, Holly Hibbott in the 800m freestyle and the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team.

Ana Maria Branza secured Romania’s first European Games gold medal as she produced a solid display to win the women’s individual epee final with a 15-11 victory over Yana Zvereva of Russia as the fencing competition got underway in style here today.

Svein Arne Hansen, President of European Athletics, is “optimistic” that the sport will take place at the next European Games in 2019, and hinted that there could be a new format for competition.

Russia showed exactly why they are the dominant force in sambo after claiming five of the eight European Games gold medals on offer here.

A dropped baton in the men’s 4x400 metres relay cost Austria the European Games athletics gold here tonight by the narrowest of margins as a jubilant, if shocked, Slovakia pushed them into second place.

Italy secured two Baku 2015 European Games golds on the final day of competition here, claiming victories in both the mixed team skeet and mixed team 10 metre air rifle events.

Spain's Miguel Alvarino Garcia sealed European Games men’s individual gold medal,  thrashing Dutchman Sjef Van Den Berg 7-1 as the archery at Baku 2015 came to a conclusion here today.

The Baku 2015 Chefs de Missions from all 50 participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have each been awarded a commemorative medal by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) for their participation in the inaugural European Games.

Britain earned double gold on the final evening of the Baku 2015 European Games diving competition here today as Katherine Torrance clinched the women’s 3 metre springboard title with the last dive of the event, while Matthew Lee dominated the men’s platform final.

London 2012 bronze medallist Martins Plavins and Haralds Regza delivered the first gold medal of the European Games for Latvia as they beat Russia's Dmitry Barsouk and Yaroslav Koshkarev 2-1 in the final of the beach volleyball.

Spain suffered a heartbreaking European Games water polo finals defeat for a second night in succession after Serbia fought back brilliantly to snatch an 8-7 victory after trailing for virtually the whole match here tonight.