World snooker stars to return to Wolverhampton after tournament success

The biggest stars in snooker are set to return to Wolverhampton next year after the success of last week’s Cazoo Players Championship at Aldersley Leisure Village.

City of Wolverhampton Council worked closely with the World Snooker Tour (WST) to stage the event in the city for the first time, with more than 4,000 people attending across the seven days.

World title number three for Jonathan Broom-Edwards in Kobe

Jonathan Broom-Edwards (coach: Beth Miller, club: Newham and Essex Beagles) secured his third consecutive men’s T64 High Jump world title on the second day of action at the World Para Athletics Championships Kobe24.

World's oldest footballer extends stay in Portuguese league

The world's oldest professional footballer at 56, has extended his stay with Portuguese second-tier side Oliveirense. Ex-Japan striker, Kazuyoshi Miura, joined Oliveirense on loan in January from Yokohama and will continue with them on that basis for an undisclosed duration.

He’s played just 28 minutes of football this year, spread over three substitute appearances. Miura was named man of the match on the final day of the Portuguese season after a 26-minute cameo in a 4-3 win over Leixoes. The opposition manager said that the decision was offensive and turned it into a "circus".

World-class men’s discus field assembled for London Athletics Meet

Reigning Olympic champion, Swede Daniel Ståhl and Slovakian 2022 world gold medallist Kristjan Čeh will headline a stellar line-up of Olympic and world medallists in the men’s discus at the London Athletics Meet on Sunday 23 July. With more than 40,000 tickets already sold for the meet, it will be the biggest athletics fixture since the World Athletics Championships London 2017.

Čeh – who threw the joint fourth furthest throw in history at a meeting in Estonia on Friday at 71.86m - has two Diamond League wins to his name so far in 2023 after victories in Doha and Rabat.

World-class rugby tournament returns to Grenada

The 2023 Grenada Rugby World 7s (GRW7s) Tournament was officially launched at the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA)’s office.

Worlds moved to avoid Commonwealth ‘22

Organisers of the 2021 World Athletics Championships have agreed to stage the event the following year, but insist that it will not clash with the Commonwealth Games of the same r

The Championships, set to be held in the United States, was originally due to be held in 2021, but has had to change due to the current worldwide-affecting coronavirus crisis.

With the Tokyo Olympics – which was due to take place this year – now pushed forward to next year, the Worlds’ – due to be held in Eugene, in Oregon - will, subsequently, be pushed forward a year.

But, as such, it did bring out some concerns as to whether it might clash with the Commonwealth Games, which is set-out as THE major international athletics attraction on the sport’s calendar for that year.

Following a period of lengthy, heavy negotiations, compromises with athletics’ governing body were reached to move the event to 15-24 July 2022 so that it doesn’t clash with the Commonwealth Games of that year, which will be taking place in Birmingham from July 27 – August 7.

Lord Coe, president of the IAAF said: “Our guiding principle in rescheduling was to ensure enough space was created enough space around the centrepiece World Athletics Championships for athletes to choose other major events to compete in.

“We were also very mindful that we didn’t damage the other major championships in 2022.

The European Championships is also due in 2022

That is set to take place in Munich, in Germany and is set to start in August 11.

World’s best show up in style at sold-out London Athletics Meet

Led by Zharnel Hughes’ (GBR, coach: Glen Mills, club: Shaftesbury Barnet) astonishing take down of the long-standing British 200m record, the world’s best showed up in style on a day of world-class athletics at the sold-out London Athletics Meet in Stratford, London.

On a day which once again showed that London helps athletes bring their very best, continent records also fell in the women’s 400m hurdles, men’s 200m, women’s 5000m and women’s 800m ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest next month. And as one of the most-discussed races pre-meet, the men’s 200m lived up to its billing in some style, with each of the top three producing astonishing runs of their own.

World’s first crewed flying racing car ready for the airspeeder racing series

Alauda Aeronautics is seeking OEM partners to join it in a motorsport revolution, as it unveils the Airspeeder Mk4 – the world’s first, and fastest, crewed flying car.

Designed and built in Adelaide, South Australia, the Airspeeder Mk4 is the world's fastest electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Capable of reaching a top speed of 360 kph (225 mph) in just 30 seconds from a standing start, it’s designed to set the bar for performance and technology in the radical new sport of piloted Airspeeder racing. 

World’s leading soccer stars land in Dubai

Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chair of the Dubai Sports Council, welcomed the world’s leading football personalities to the 16th session of the Dubai International Sports Conference, which took place alongside the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards.

Organised under the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives by Dubai Sports Council, the Dubai International Sports Conference has been bringing football’s top stakeholders together every year since 2006 for exploring ways to develop and enrich the sport at domestic, regional and international levels. Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed highlighted the importance of the annual event, which has brought together elite players, coaches and decision makers from the world of football.

Sheikh Mansoor said: “The Dubai International Sports Conference has become a global platform for top football players, managers and training professionals to exchange perspectives on the present and future of football.

“It is also a platform for football’s top decision-makers to network, build relationships and share ideas on enhancing excellence in the sport. The event reflects the UAE’s and Dubai’s leadership in advancing excellence in the global sporting sector.”

Sheikh Mansoor also stressed on the UAE’s contributions to shaping the future of various sporting fields. “This year, we are pleased to host a new set of elite stars, whose performances have electrified football venues around the globe and brought joy to fans in every corner of the world. It is fitting that we will be celebrating their achievements at an awards ceremony at the Burj Khalifa, which is a symbol of Emirati excellence and creativity and an iconic landmark that is known all over the world.

“On this day last year, we organised the 15th session of the Conference and the 11th Dubai Globe Soccer Award with some of the world’s biggest stars present physically and the President of FIFA delivering the opening keynote address in person.

“Our robust precautionary measures, which enabled us to win the trust of the world, gave us the confidence to organise the Conference and Awards ceremony, the first such global event to be organised after the pandemic. We continue to host this special UAE-born event, which has become a leading global platform for celebrating outstanding achievements in football.”

By: Delroy Constantine-Simms and Maureen Drackett-Fuller

WPL set to be 'catalyst for growth' in women's game

When the arrival of the Women's Premier League (WPL) was confirmed in early 2022, it was immediately hailed as a game-changer for women's cricket. It was highly anticipated, a women's edition of the men's Indian Premier League - the world's biggest franchise T20 competition.

WSL want stadiums – designed by men, for men - changes

Football stadiums have been historically designed with only men in mind and need to be better equipped for female players and supporters, says the company which runs professional women's football in England.

WSX return to Britain for opening round of 2023 FIM World Supercross Championship

Britain's supercross stars Dean Wilson (Scotland) and Max Anstie (England) will take on some of the world's best riders when Birmingham's famous Villa Park hosts the opening round of the 2023 FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) on Saturday 1 July 2023. They will be using the support of their home crowd to fuel their World Title campaigns and their attempt to claim a share of the US$250,000 in prize money, the biggest purse in World Supercross Championship history.

WTA suspension tournaments in China

The Women's Tennis Association has announced the immediate suspension of all tournaments in China amid concern for Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai.

Peng, 35, disappeared from public view for three weeks after accusing a top Chinese official of sexual assault. WTA chief Steve Simon said that he had serious doubts that Peng was free, safe and not subject to intimidation.

Yafai suffers first pro loss following stunning Rodriguez defeat

Galal Yafai's world title ambitions suffered a major setback as the British flyweight was dropped in the final round in a shock points loss to Francisco Rodriguez Jr.

Yafai ‘defying the odds’ as he defends his WBC interim title on home soil

Boxing is crowded with contenders bellowing about their greatness long before proving it, but Galal Yafai defies this bravado culture.

Yamal makes history as Spain beat flat France to reach Euro 24 final

Lamine Yamal became the youngest goalscorer in European Championship history as Spain beat France in an absorbing contest to reach the final of Euro 2024.

Yas Marina Circuit redesign

Mrk1 Consulting, together with its partners at Driven International are thrilled that the track they redesigned together will be hosting the deciding round of the 2021 Formula OneTM World Championship here in Abu Dhabi this weekend. In February this year, Abu Dhabi Motorsport Management (ADMM) commissioned Mrk1 Consulting to take on the enviable task of redesigning three key parts of the circuit.

Yates conquers a gruelling Giro d'Italia

British rider, Simon Yates, returned for this year’s edition of the Giro d'Italia, after two years away, to win the Italian Grand Tour – following previous years, where illness, injury and indifferent form plagued his previous attempts.

Yorkshire not taking action over allegations of racism by former player Rafiq

Yorkshire County Cricket Club say they will not be taking disciplinary action against any player, employee or executive after a report found former player Azeem Rafiq had been a victim of racial harassment and bullying whilst at the club.

Last year Rafiq made said institutional racism at the club left him close to taking his own life.

Yorkshire suspended from hosting top-class England matches following Azeem Rafiq revelations

Yorkshire County Crick Club have been suspended from hosting England matches following the fallout from the club's investigation into racism allegations made by former player Azeem Rafiq.

The investigation found former spinner Rafiq had been a victim of racial harassment and bullying - but the club said it would take no action.