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Barcelona will celebrate Drake becoming the first artist to surpass 50 billion streams on Spotify by wearing a special shirt in the ‘El Clasico’ clash against Real Madrid today.

The La Liga giants are sponsored by Spotify but will replace the streaming service's logo with the OVO owl logo of the Canadian rapper for El Clasico. It is part of Barcelona and Spotify's strategic aim to bring football and music together.

West Midlands charity Sport 4 Life UK has forged a new partnership with the Solihull Moors Foundation as part of a drive to help more disadvantaged young people in the town harness the power of sports-themed personal development. 

The initiative is aimed at widening access to Sport 4 Life UK’s renowned training expertise and will kick off in earnest at October half term with the launch of a Sports Leaders Qualification course for 13- to 18-year-olds.

With financially troubled Wasps being suspended from the Premiership, after announcing they are set to go into administration within days, Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter says a 10-team Premiership could be the best way to ensure England's top tier thrives in the future.

Wasps follows Worcester who were also suspended from the division after entering administration. This comes as clubs struggle financially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

vivo, the global leading technology company, has been announced as the Official Smartphone and the only Official Sponsor in the smartphone industry of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM.

The company’s new foldable device the X Fold+, which was launched in mainland China in conjunction with FIFA’s 118th anniversary, is the first official foldable smartphone and it will appear in Qatar 2022 matches to provide support for the preparation and staging of the event.

With just days to go until opening fixture of Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) at Newcastle United’s St James' Park, organisers have released final details of what fans can look forward to in Newcastle at the Official RLWC2021 Fan Village on the Quayside over the opening weekend. 

Opening from 14:00 to 22:00 on Friday (14th) and 11:00 to 22:00 on Saturday (15th), fans and residents will be treated a whole host of fantastic entertainment options, as the party atmosphere comes to Newcastle's Quayside.

Three more Wolverhampton clubs were inducted into the city’s Sporting Hall of Fame during a celebratory event on Saturday (8 October 2022).

Albert Lawn Tennis Club, Old Wulfrunians Tettenhall Cricket Club and Old Wulfrunians Football Club have represented the city in tennis, cricket and football respectively, and all reached their centenaries this year.

£40,000 grant awarded to help the Birmingham 2022 volunteering programme live on beyond the Games. Spirit of 2012 has announced the award of a grant of £40,000 to the Birmingham 2022 Organising Committee to help secure the future of the Commonwealth Games’ volunteering programme.

The 14,000 people, known as the Commonwealth Collective, generously volunteered their time over the summer are credited as the most diverse group of volunteers ever seen in the UK.

From playing barefoot, surviving being poisoned and growing up in a country that discouraged women's sports, netball has helped provide meaning to Proscovia Peace's life.

As the Uganda captain prepares to lead her side in a three-match series against England, she has been reflecting on her journey.

The University of Wolverhampton has launched a brand-new judo programme to encourage students to rediscover the sport at the state-of-the-art British Judo Centre of Excellence, based at its Walsall Campus.

Judo is an Olympic sport and has a broad competition base from social participation through to the elite. Since British Judo relocated its Head Office to the University’s Walsall Campus, their long-standing relationship has continued to thrive with the University hosting BUCS Judo Championships and students competing in worldwide competitions. 

Worcester Warriors have been suspended for the rest of the Premiership season and will be relegated from the top tier. The decision was taken by the RFU (Rugby Football Union) club financial viability group to give time to find an investor and the "best chance for a long-term sustainable future".

BBL announces exciting partnership with WSC Sports to provide more content than ever before. The British Basketball League (BBL) are thrilled to announce a three year partnership with WSC Sports, the automated AI based video company who will ensure British Basketball fans see more content from the league than ever before.

Following the disappointment of a group-stage exit at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year, Milovan Rajevac was dismissed as Ghana coach, with Otto Addo named as his successor on an interim basis. The former midfielder, who won 15 caps for his country as a player, wasted no time in guiding the Black Stars to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ qualification and, as a reward, will lead them at the tournament.

The UK government will invest around £60 million of underspend from the Birmingham 2022 budget in the West Midlands to enhance the legacy of the brilliant Commonwealth Games hosted earlier this year. The fund will aim to increase access to sport and culture, boost the West Midlands’s reputation as a world-class host for major events and drive inward investment and tourism.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Birmingham City Council have formally launched a bid to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund for a new Masterplan to transform Edgbaston Stadium and support the surrounding community.

The “Edgbaston Stadium and Community Masterplan” will create a mixed-use destination with cricket and community at its core, realising the legacy of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Newcastle Eagles managed to get their first win of the season, with a hard fought display against Nottingham Wildcats. Although the Geordies didn’t start the game on the front foot, they played tenacious defence and managed to battle their way to a well earned W.

The game started with Notts well on top, with Kayla Shaw absolutely lighting it up from behind the 3-point arc, shooting 3/3 in the first four minutes.

Jamaican Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has stated that golf can provide massive opportunities to bolster the nation as it rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The global tourism market, where people take trips with the main purpose of playing the sport, is valued at over US$17 billion, according to the International Association of Golfing Tour Operators.