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European Golden Shoe
European Golden Shoe (Soulier d'Or, European Golden Boot): seasonal award for Europe's top league goalscorer, launched 1967-68 by L'Equipe, run by European Sports Media since 1996-97 on a coefficient-weighted points system; Messi holds the record with 6 wins, Ronaldo 4.
European ice hockey championships
IIHF Ice Hockey European Championship, the annual European national-team ice hockey title from 1910; stand-alone events until Berlin 1932, then a title for the top European team at the World Championship until 1991.
European Individual Chess Championship
The European Individual Chess Championship is an open Swiss-system tournament organized by the European Chess Union. The 2026 edition was held in Katowice, Poland, and was won by IM Roman Dehtiarov.
European Le Mans Series
European Le Mans Series (ELMS), formerly Le Mans Endurance Series and Le Mans Series, is the ACO's European endurance championship: six 4-hour races at Barcelona, Le Castellet, Imola, Spa, Silverstone, Portimão, with 47 cars in LMP2, LMP2 Pro/Am, LMP3, and LMGT3 and Le Mans invitations for champions.
European League of Football
European League of Football (ELF): professional American football league for Europe founded 2020 by Patrick Esume and Zeljko Karajica, launched June 2021 with eight NFL-style franchises, reached 16 teams in 2025, then collapsed into insolvency in 2026.
European Luge Championships
The European Luge Championships are the continental luge championships of Europe, organized by the International Luge Federation. Held since 1914 and annual since 2012, they run as a race-in-race event inside a Luge World Cup weekend.
European Men's Handball Championship
The European Men's Handball Championship is the biennial championship for men's national handball teams in Europe, first held in 1994 and organized by the European Handball Federation.
European olympic committees
European Olympic Committees (EOC), formerly ACNOE, founded 1968: continental association of Europe's 50 National Olympic Committees, headquartered in Rome, led by Spyros Kapralos, staging the European Games, EYOFs, and Games of the Small States of Europe.
European Orienteering Championships
The European Orienteering Championships (EOC) are the International Orienteering Federation's event awarding the titles of European Champion in foot orienteering, first held in Norway in 1962.
European Paralympic Committee
European Paralympic Committee (EPC), Vienna-based non-profit regional body of the Paralympic Movement; founded 1991 as IPC European Committee, renamed 1999; runs European Para Youth Games and patrons European Para Championships; president Raymon Blondel.
European Rally Championship
FIA European Rally Championship (ERC): FIA's continental rally series, founded 1953, oldest international rally championship. 2026: seven rounds, five asphalt two gravel, Sierra Morena opener, Rally Hungary dropped, best six of seven scoring.
European Ramblers' Association
European Ramblers' Association (ERA), now the European Hiking Federation, founded 19 October 1969 in Germany; umbrella of 50+ walking organizations from 28 countries that designates and maintains the 12 E-path long-distance trails across Europe.
European Rugby Champions Cup
European Rugby Champions Cup (Investec Champions Cup), formerly Heineken Cup: EPCR's top European club rugby union competition since 1995/96; 24 clubs from Premiership, Top 14, and URC; Stade Toulousain leads with six titles.
European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, annual ISU short track title event for European skaters, first held Malmö 1997. Single distances format: 500m, 1000m, 1500m plus relays; Netherlands dominate recent editions.
European Speed Skating Championships
ISU European Speed Skating Championships, the annual continental long-track title event for Europe, first staged in the 1890s for men and 1970 for women, alternating between single-distance and Allround & Sprint formats each January.
European Super League
The European Super League (ESL) was a proposed 2021 breakaway football competition by twelve clubs that collapsed within days, later revived by A22 as the Unify League.
European T20 Premier League
The European T20 Premier League (ETPL) is an ICC-sanctioned professional Twenty20 cricket league with six city franchises across Ireland, Scotland, and the Netherlands, first played in 2026.
European Table Tennis Championships
The European Table Tennis Championships, run by the ETTU since Budapest 1958, are Europe's premier continental table tennis titles, held as separate individual and team editions with Timo Boll the record 20-time gold medalist.
European Table Tennis Union
The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) is the governing body for table tennis in Europe, founded in 1957, with 58 member associations; it organizes the European Championships and club competitions.
European Team Chess Championship
European Team Chess Championship: ECU national-team chess event, first held Vienna/Baden 1957; Open and Women's sections, Swiss system since 1989/2000; USSR won 9 open titles; Ukraine and Poland champions 2025.
European volleyball championships
European volleyball championships (CEV EuroVolley), the CEV's continental national-team titles for men and women, first held 1948 and 1949; now 24 teams across four co-hosts, plus U16–U22 age-group championships.
European water polo championships
European Water Polo Championships: biennial continental titles for national men's and women's teams run by European Aquatics (LEN). Men's event since 1926 (Budapest), women's since 1985; Hungary leads men's titles with 13, Netherlands women's with 6; 2026 editions in Belgrade and Funchal.
EuroVelo
EuroVelo is the European Cyclists' Federation's network of 17 long-distance cycle routes, over 92,500 km long, about 60% fully developed, certified under the European Certification Standard.
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 (62nd edition, Kyiv) was won by Portugal's Salvador Sobral with "Amar pelos dois" at 758 points; held at the International Exhibition Centre, reached over 180 million viewers, and Russia's Julia Samoylova was banned.
Eusébio
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942-2014), the 'Black Panther', Mozambique-born Portuguese striker for Benfica and Portugal; 1965 Ballon d'Or, 1962 European Cup, nine goals and Golden Boot at the 1966 World Cup.
Eusebio Di Francesco
Eusebio Di Francesco, born Pescara 1969, Italian midfielder and coach; 2001 scudetto with Roma, led Sassuolo to Serie A and Europa League, Roma Champions League semifinal 2018, now Lecce head coach.
Euskaltel–Euskadi
Euskaltel–Euskadi, also called Fundación Euskadi team, is a Basque UCI ProTeam cycling squad, fan-funded in 1994, orange-jerseyed, Basque-only rider policy, original team 1994–2013, revived, Landa returns 2027.
EUT20 Belgium
EUT20 Belgium is a professional T20 franchise cricket league run by Destino Legends Sports LLC with Cricket Belgium. Its inaugural 2026 season (June 6–14, Zemst) featured five city franchises; Ghent Gladiators won the first title.
Eva Aizpurua
Eva Aizpurua (Eva Aizpurua Altuna, born 2005) is a Spanish ice hockey forward who won gold in girls' 3-on-3 ice hockey for mixed Team Yellow at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics and later played for Spain at the 2026 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I.
Eva Arndt Riise
Eva Arndt Riise (Eva Johanne Arndt-Riise, also Eva Arndt), Danish swimmer (1919–1993). Silver in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1948 London Olympics; 1936 Olympian; 1938 European champion and world record holder (4:27.6).