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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.

The British Basketball League gets underway this Friday and it is set to be the most thrilling season ever, as old rivalries are renewed, scores will be settled and the passionate fans will roar on their teams.

To celebrate the talent, culture and excitement around the league, the BBL and clubs have launched the “Know Our Name” campaign to ignite fans' passion ahead of the start of the new season.

IMG ARENA, a leading sports data business for the betting, media and professional sectors, has secured the exclusive worldwide betting data and streaming rights for British Basketball League (BBL).

The multi-year deal includes BBL’s domestic UK betting streaming rights and marks the first time that the data and streaming rights have been packaged together. It covers the 10 franchise-strong BBL Championship, its end-of-season BBL Play-offs, and knockout competitions, the BBL Cup and BBL Trophy.

A father and son made football history during Queen of the South's Scottish League 1 match at the weekend.

Wullie and Lewis Gibson were on the pitch at the same time in the 4-1 triumph over FC Edinburgh. The Dumfries club said it believed it was the first time it had happened in senior football in Scotland.

UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations), has extended its brief with award-winning search agency, Click Consult, to implement technical strategies that will continue to support UEFA’s wider business requirements with SEO, content strategy and user-focused content.

UEFA has decided to continue building upon its foundations with Click Consult by extending its technical and strategic brief with the North West based agency.

The long-awaited T20 international series between Pakistan and England started, in Pakistan’s Karachi's National Stadium. It was the first of seven matches in the country. And it’s the joint-longest bilateral T20 international series of all time - men's or women's - and the longest between full-member nations.

It was announced that former international umpire Asad Rauf has died after a cardiac arrest in Pakistan. He first officiated in a one-day international in 2000, and was a member of the International Cricket Council's elite panel between 2006 and 2013.

Rauf officiated in 64 Test matches - 49 as an on-field umpire - plus 139 ODIs and 28 Twenty20 internationals.

The Premier League clubs set another transfer spending record this year thanks to surging broadcasting revenues and owners with deep pockets. Before the summer transfer window closed, England’s top-flight clubs spent €2.2bn on players, nearly as Italian Serie A, Spain’s La Liga, the German Bundesliga, and French Ligue 1 combined. However, that is one-tenth of the amount England's top-tier football clubs spent on transfers over the past two decades.

Sri Lanka scored 170-6 off their 20 overs, set up by Bhanuka Rajapaksa's unbeaten 71 from 45 balls. Mohammad Rizwan scored 55 in Pakistan's reply but Pramod Madushan took 4-34 to end their hopes.

The win marks a big turnaround for Sri Lanka, coached by former England coach Chris Silverwood, after they lost their opening game to Afghanistan.

he board and members of Cheltenham Motor Club wish to give their sincere condolences to the Royal Family following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

As the organisers of the Hills Ford 3 Shires Stages (September 17/18), scheduled to take place during the period of national mourning, the club has decided to postpone the event until a future date.