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It’s time for eager runners to sign up for The Wolverhampton City Half Marathon which takes place on Sunday 4 September, returning to its traditional spot in the City’s running calendar after a two-year break due to the ongoing pandemic.

Runners aged 17+ can enter The Half Marathon while participants in the 10km should be aged over 15. Both races take place between 08:30 to 13:30. Make sure you get your entries in before registration closes at noon on Friday 1 September.

Fans of The Hundred were invited to meet, greet and eat with cricketers from Birmingham Phoenix this weekend at Indico Mailbox, as well as get their hands on exciting goodies from the region’s sports team.

Teaming up with award-winning street kitchen and bar, Indico, the team visited the Mailbox-based restaurant yesterday (Saturday 27 August) from to celebrate the special Birmingham Phoenix ‘Brum-Wala Dhaba’ dish on the menu, which was available for a number of fans to enjoy for one day only.

A volleyball match which saw China's national women's team compete while wearing N95 masks has caused a stir on Chinese social media.

Many netizens expressed their anger, suggesting that the health of players was being sacrificed for the sake of the country's zero-Covid strategy. The players later took their masks off for the second set and went on to win.

For most football fans around the world, the English Premier League (EPL) is the pinnacle of the sport. And with good reason – the EPL is by far the most lucrative league globally. According to a Safebettingsites data presentation, the EPL generated a staggering €3.5B in broadcasting revenue in the 2021/22 season. 

A printing and packaging firm is set to put Wednesbury on the global map after signing up to be one of the sponsors of the ITF World Tennis Tour W100 event at Shrewsbury.

Quantum Print and Packaging, in the West Midlands town, is sponsoring the much-anticipated event which takes place at The Shrewsbury Club in October and will see international and leading British tennis players compete in what will be the biggest women's indoor tennis event in the UK this year.  

Sportslens.com has put together some interesting numbers about Premier League football players and their nationalities. According to their calculations, only two Premier League clubs gave more than half of their game time to English players in 2021-22. Premier League champions Manchester City afforded only 24.5% of playing time to English players in the Premier League.

PXG, a global research and development company dedicated to creating the world's finest golf equipment and apparel, recently opened its first custom build and distribution centre in the United Kingdom. A state-of-the-art facility, PXG UK is key to expanding the brand's international footprint and ensuring even more golfers throughout Europe have quick and easy access to the exceptional products PXG delivers.

Fifa's decision to suspend India's football association has cast a shadow over the future of the sport and its players in the country. The ban, which was just announced, may prevent India from hosting the women's Under-17 World Cup, which was set to begin on 11 October.

India's Supreme Court asked the federal government to take proactive steps to ensure that the suspension is lifted and the World Cup goes ahead according to plan.

For the first time ever, Circuit of The Americas (COTA) has created an infield viewing grandstand for the Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix (USGP) coming to Austin this October.

This year’s race will be the 10th USGP to be held at COTA and marks COTA’s 10th birthday. With so much to celebrate, a brand-new grandstand at the infield of The Circuit is just one of COTA’s plans to make this year’s festival-like event bigger and better than ever.

The British Basketball League (BBL) have announce the arrival of Joe Edwards as the league’s new Head of Marketing & Communications. Edwards joins the BBL with a wealth of experience within the sport having previously held similar roles at Reading Rockets and most notably FIBA.

Fifa's decision to suspend India's football association has cast a shadow over the future of the sport and its players in the country. The ban, which was just announced, may prevent India from hosting the women's Under-17 World Cup, which was set to begin on 11 October.

India's Supreme Court asked the federal government to take proactive steps to ensure that the suspension is lifted and the World Cup goes ahead according to plan. Fifa said it suspended the All India Football Federation (AIFF) due to undue interference by a third party.

The football world got together to pay homage to former player, Lenny Johnrose, whose death was recently announced.

The former Blackburn Rovers player, who 502 game playing career also included spells at Preston North End, Hartlepool and Swansea City and Bury, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) - a disease that affects the brain and nerves for which there is no cure - in 2017.

A wide range of sports equipment used by teams and athletes across all of the venues during the Commonwealth Games will be gifted to local sport and community groups in the West Midlands. In a join-up between Sport England, the Birmingham 2022 organisers and the Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport (DCMS), over 16,000 sports items - including bikes, martial arts mats, weights, T20 cricket equipment, basketballs, boxing gloves and weights, as well as general equipment, such as cones and bibs - will all be made available.  

Ashleigh Nelson will captain the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the European Championships in Munich, Germany. The 2014 European 100m bronze medallist, who was also part of the 4x100m relay gold medal winning squad at those Championships in Zurich, will lead the team at the 2022 edition in Munich.

Qatar Airways is celebrating 100 days to go until the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 by bringing Qatar to fans through ‘The Journey Tour’, an interactive bus tour across Europe providing several lucky winners with a chance to attend the world’s biggest sporting tournament this winter.

Kicking off in London on 13 August, Qatar Airways will host ‘The Journey Tour,’ which will feature several interactive experiences for fans, including the opportunity to test their skills against the incredibly talented Neymar Jr., to learn more about the history of Qatar and the FIFA World Cup, and to meet Sama, the first-ever MetaHuman cabin crew.

UK Athletics can confirm that Anna Purchase has been added to the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the European Championships, while there have been some further changes to the squad for Munich. 

Purchase moved to second on the UK all-time standings in the women’s hammer earlier this year when she threw 70.63m in California in April. She joins Jessica Mayho and Charlotte Payne in the competition.