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The University of Wolverhampton Racing Team (UWR) is driving forward its equality and diversity agenda by appointing its first female racing driver - and the team is back on track for the Britcar Prototype Cup after unveiling a striking new livery for its Praga R1 car. UWR is the only student racing team in the UK competing in the professional motorsport competition. 

England captain Leah Williamson has welcomed a substantial government package which will seek to create equal school sport opportunities for girls. Schools in England will be required to offer equal access to sports, including football, and deliver a minimum of two hours of physical education per week.

More than £600m of funding is to be delivered over two academic years. It comes after the 23 members of England's Euro 2022-winning squad wrote an open letter to the government.

After a successful European Indoor Championships for GB & NI in Istanbul this weekend, all eyes are now on the summer season as tickets for the London Diamond League go back on sale. With the world’s best athletes and para athletes headed for London Diamond League on Sunday 23 July, tickets are once again available to fans looking to reignite memories of Super Saturday.

The popular Great Birmingham Run 2023 will take place in May, and the date and route has now been announced.

A new-look route for the popular Great Birmingham Run this May has been announced with new sponsors AJ Bell. This year’s 10k and half marathon routes will showcase the best of Birmingham city centre and beyond and take in St Paul’s Square in the Jewellery Quarter for both distances and also Cannon Hill Park for the 13.1-mile run.

Harmanpreet Kaur smashed a 22-ball half-century as Mumbai Indians thrashed Gujarat Giants by 143 runs in the first game of the Women's Premier League (WPL).

Mumbai posted 207-5 with Harmanpreet making 65 off 30 balls and Hayley Matthews 47 off 31 balls. Gujarat's reply never got going after Australia's Beth Mooney retired injured in the first over with a knee problem.

Now five-time champion Laura Muir carved herself a special piece of history in the only way she could as she brought home the British team’s first gold at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul on a night where Keely Hodgkinson sent a statement of intent in her own title defence.

Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson defended her 800m title in style before team captain Jazmin Sawyers won a stunning long jump gold at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

Hodgkinson carried her form from a superb season into the final, finishing well clear in one minute 58.66 seconds. The Olympic and world silver medallist, who turned 21 on Friday, was almost two seconds clear of Slovene Anita Horvat.

Kiradech Aphibarnrat will add a splash of star quality to next week’s International Series Thailand. The 33-year-old Thai favourite is a late entry for the US$2 million event at Hua Hin’s Black Mountain Golf Club from March 9-12.

The three-time Asian Tour winner is hoping a return to a familiar venue will enable him to continue his rehabilitation and prove a catalyst to regaining past glories.

Caledonia Gladiators weathered a tough challenge from NBL Division 1 side Derby Trailblazers at the Clarence Wiggins Sports Centre, but prevailed 83-65 to reach the BBL Trophy Final.

David Sloan led the Gladiators with 22 points and nine rebounds, whilst Fraser added 15 points to lift Caledonia to a final that takes place at their home venue of the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.

A life-long Bears fan has been honoured by the Prince of Wales for his dedicated community work during the Covid pandemic and contribution to youth cricket coaching.

Tariq Ali – who’s spent 20 years volunteering to help children in the player pathway system – received his MBE from the future king during a ceremony at Windsor Castle.

As the Asian Tour gears up for the third International Series event of 2023 at Black Mountain GC in Thailand, 9-12 March, professionals have been united in praise for the season openers in the Middle East. 161 players representing 31 different countries have teed up in The International Series 2023 to date at tournaments in Oman and Qatar.

Jazmin Sawyers has been named as the team captain for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.

Sawyers, the two-time Olympic long jump finalist, and European bronze medallist in 2022, will lead the team in Istanbul, Turkey and the competition gets underway today (Thursday 2 March).

Former England bowler Tim Bresnan used a racial slur towards Azeem Rafiq's sister, a hearing into allegations of racism at Yorkshire has been told. Rafiq claimed Bresnan used the term towards his sister Amna during a media day at Headingley in 2014.

Boldmere Junior School has secured £1,000 worth of building materials and a coaching session for pupils after claiming the top prize in the 2022 Selco Six4Schools campaign. Ran in conjunction with Club Sponsor Selco Builders Warehouse, the initiative saw schools across Warwickshire and the wider region get access to adult tickets for all Vitality Blast group fixtures at Edgbaston last summer at a discounted rate.

Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay, USAs Grant Holloway and Team GB stars Keely Hodgkinson, Neil Gourley and Dina Asher-Smith were all on record-breaking form as Birmingham hosted a World Indoor Tour Final to remember with seven athletes walking away with overall victory at the Utilita Arena.

Grenada will host the highly anticipated Grenada versus USA football match in the 2022-23 CONCACAF Nations League international football tournament, th the game taking place at the Kirani James Athletics Stadium on March 24.

Currently ranked 24th in the CONCACAF ranking index, the two, along with El Salvador, are in League A Group D, while the United States is ranked 2nd behind Mexico.