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Around 1,000 Armed Forces personnel will be a part of this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham –by supporting security, competing for medals, officiating competitions, participating in the opening ceremony and supporting the delivery of a safe and secure event.  

Hundreds of Armed Forces personnel will be deployed to Birmingham to support the West Midlands Police Security Operation, the biggest the region has seen.

Birmingham 2022 has unveiled a schedule for the Gymnastics programme for the Commonwealth Games with the action starting in exactly seven days time. The schedules, details of which have now been added to the Birmingham 2022 website, reveal the subdivisions that the teams will compete in during the first couple of days of competition, with places in the Individual All-Around, Apparatus Finals and Team Finals up for grabs.

West Bromwich Albion will celebrate its Official Charity Partner for the 2022/23 season, ‘The Cyrille Regis Legacy Trust’, with a special away kit honouring the iconic centre forward.

Birmingham’s status a Proud Host City for the 2022 Commonwealth Games is celebrated in the city council’s entry for this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. A mixture of flowers grown at the council’s own nurseries and sporting-themed features make up the eye-catching display, which has an interpretation of the official Games logo as its centrepiece.

To mark Mandela Day, Laureus Sport for Good is celebrating the inspirational legacy of its first Patron, sharing the results of its 2021 Annual Review which catalogues Laureus’ impact around the world, using sport to change lives

Nelson Mandela International Day was launched in 2009 in recognition of the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s birthday.

DAZN Group, the leading global sports entertainment platform, today announces that it has secured the global rights to broadcast Naciones MMA to 200+ countries and territories globally in English and Spanish (excluding US Spanish language rights in 2022).

NFL head coaches can leave a long-lasting impact on the success of a franchise. While NFL head coaching salaries aren’t always disclosed, according to The Sports Daily's extensive research and ranked the highest-paid head coaches in the NFL based on their annual salary.

Wolverhampton’s own Olympic champion and five-times Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Anita Lonsbrough MBE, has been unveiled as one of the city’s Batonbearers for the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay.

Anita, one of Britain's all-time greatest swimmers, will be carrying the Queen’s Baton on July 24 to recognise her lifelong commitment to sport.

Residents and visitors of Birmingham and the West Midlands will be able to exercise alongside Mr. Motivator on Saturday 30 July 2022, with the chance of winning tickets to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The free public workout will start at 3pm in Victoria Square, Birmingham City Centre shortly after the marathon athletes cross over the finish line.

Manchester United’s want-away forward Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly the subject of an incoming bid from Saudi Arabia, with an unnamed club prepared to pay him £210million over the course of two years. The 37-year-old, who hasn’t travelled with the squad for their tour of Thailand and Australia citing ‘family issues’ as the reason, is said to be eager to exit the club in search of further titles as he enters the twilight of his career.

Coaches, sports scientists, performance analysts and competitors, including former Olympians, are coming to Birmingham City University next month for an international summit on sports coaching. 

The University is hosting the Global Coaches House Birmingham 2022 Conference at its city centre campus from Tuesday 2 to Thursday 4 August – during the mid-point of the upcoming Commonwealth Games taking place in the city.

The countdown is on for Wolverhampton families to see history made when the Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay literally parachutes into the city in a spectacle not to be missed in less than 12 days’ time.

The Baton, which has already made an epic journey around all Commonwealth nations and territories, will parachute from the skies above East Park in Wolverhampton at 8am precisely on Sunday 24 July, 2022.

Basketball is on the brink of becoming one of the biggest sports in the country with the creation of a new professional team and ambitious plans for a dedicated arena.

With major backing from local investors keen to promote the sport, Caledonia Pride has been taken over by Lady Rocks, a leading voluntary female basketball club in Scotland.

A Walsall cyclist who became the first to complete the famous Trans-Pennine Trail route in a hand powered cycle has been presented with a medal after raising more than £1,000 for charity.

Disability campaigner Andrew Moult, who has restricted mobility, took the challenge in a three-wheeled adapted hand cycle to raise funds for the charity Shine, which supports those with spina bifida and hydrocephalus.

The British Basketball League (BBL) have announced that for the first time in twenty years, two of its clubs will compete in European competition in the same season.

The London Lions will once again take on some of Europe’s elite basketball sides as they enter the 7DAYS EuroCup, becoming the first BBL side to do so since 2007.

The countdown to another exhilarating season of Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) action can begin as the fixtures for the 2022-23 campaign are announced.

The season will begin on Saturday 24th September with a full fixture list across the division on the opening day.