The first European Athletics Championships to be held in Great Britain are under way at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.

The Championships take place from 10-16 August, with Britain’s team of 94 athletes chasing top spot in the medals table.

Among the British stars on show are reigning 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, Dina Asher-Smith, local boy Matthew Hudson-Smith, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Amy Hunt, Georgia Hunter Bell and team captain Jake Wightman.

Global stars competing include Sweden’s Armand Duplantis, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou, Italy’s Marcell Jacobs, Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh and the Netherlands’ Femke Broeders-Bol.

Athletes from 49 nations are competing for 50 gold medals – including a mixed 4x100m relay for the first time – and there are 10 world champions and seven Olympic champions taking part.

The BBC will bring you comprehensive coverage of the championships on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, Radio 5 Live, the BBC Sport website, the BBC Sport app and the BBC Sport social media channels including YouTube.