With one week to go until the historic European Golf Team Championships tee off at Gleneagles, teams have been finalised with players from 15 nations set to compete for medals across five days of competition.

THE 2018 European Championships today revealed the spectacular winner’s trophy that national teams will be battling for in Glasgow and Berlin throughout 11 days of fierce competition.

With the skirl of the pipes and a certain seal pup on-hand, the first athletes have started to arrive ahead of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships. Athlete delegations from Germany, Finland, Belarus, France, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Belgium and Slovakia were among the advance guard to arrive at Glasgow International Airport on Monday.

Italy's Vincenzo ABBAGNALE will look to keep his family's rowing legacy alive at the Glasgow 2018 European Championships.

Golf legend Laura DAVIES (GBR) still has a burning desire to blaze a trail across the sport and is seeking to add another chapter to her success story at the Glasgow 2018 European Championships.

Sandra Perkovic has the chance to make history at the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships, which start in little more than a week’s time on 7 August.

The first Track Cycling gold medals of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships will be contested at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Emirates Arena, on Friday and Jason Kenny is expected to be one of the Brits to watch.