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Batonbearers who will run the last leg of the Queen's Baton Relay in Kent have finally been announced ahead of its arrival next week.

When it is paraded through Gravesend next Friday, the first athlete with Romany heritage to compete at the Paralympic Games, an Olympic heavyweight boxer and the chairman of the North Kent Caribbean Network will be some of those carrying the baton.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club has announced the signing of exciting all-rounder Ed Barnard who will join the Club from Worcestershire on a three-year contract. The 26-year-old - who has made 235 professional appearances, scoring 4,756 runs and taking 367 wickets will join the Bears at the end of the 2022 domestic season. 

Residents and visitors of Birmingham and the West Midlands will be able to exercise alongside Mr. Motivator on Saturday 30 July 2022, with the chance of winning tickets to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

UK Athletics has confirmed Stephen Maguire has been appointed to the role of Technical Director and will be returning to the organisation from September.

The appointment will see Maguire assume leadership responsibility for oversight of the World Class Performance programme and be responsible for ensuring the new direction including increasing levels of support and engagement with athletes as UKA moves towards Paris and Los Angeles in 2024 and 2028 respectively.

School’s almost out for summer but for football loving kids aged 6-14 here’s a lesson they won’t want to miss. The chance to practice their footie skills and learn new techniques at the FC Bayern Football Camp at Costa Navarino in Greece.

A team of 64 has been selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022 [15-24 July]. The squad has been selected with the objective of optimising medal success and also with the expectation that those athletes have the ability to progress through rounds to reach finals.

The 2011 World champion Yohan Blake turned back the clock and his young challengers in winning the men’s 100m at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) National Championships at the National Stadium. He clocked 9.85 (1.0 mps) to be crowned national champion once again.

Day three of the Müller UK Athletics Championships at the Manchester Regional Arena witnessed a host of eye-catching performances despite the cool temperatures and challenging winds, as British athletes impressed with World Championship qualifications and prestigious national victories.

It was a busy day one of the Müller UK Athletics Championships at the Manchester Regional Arena as a number of athletes proved this is where it starts as they kickstarted their summer Championships campaigns at the leading fixture in the domestic track and field calendar.

Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie said that the two-match Twenty20 series against world number one side India will be a great advertisement for the game. The Irish, who are ranked 14th, will be aiming to produce a major upset in the Malahide matches today (Sunday) and Tuesday.

Day two of the Müller UK Athletics Championships at the Manchester Regional Arena welcomed a cluster of superb performances and a host of World Championship qualifiers, in a day of mixed weather conditions and considerable winds. 

UK Athletics (UKA) the National Governing Body for athletics in the UK has today revealed the new team kit that will be worn for the first time at this summer’s major athletics Championships featuring the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. Most notably followers of the GB & NI team will welcome the return of the Union flag to the front of the vest, following feedback from athletes and fans across the UK.

Larry Klayman, the founder of both Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch and a former federal prosecutor in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), had this to say about the Professional Golf Association’s (PGA’s) recent actions and commentary, which he says is tantamount to “using its dominant market power to stifle competition in the golf industry through monopolization, group boycotts, market division” and what he alleges are “other anti-competitive acts.”

To help provide a warm and uniquely Brummie welcome to this summer’s Commonwealth Games, a special ceremony will be performed by local students and Birmingham based theatre professionals when the 6,500 athletes and team officials from the 72 nations and territories arrive at the three Birmingham 2022 campus villages located across the region.

UK Athletics has announced the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team selected for the European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel from 4-7 July.

With a maximum team size of 40, Jessica Bailey (coach: Matthew Long, club: Leven Valley) heads to Jerusalem as a strong medal prospect as the current European leader in the 3000m, after a 9:19.12 clocking at the Milton Keynes BMC earlier this month.

British long jump record holder, Shara Proctor has called time on her stellar career that included medals at world, European and Commonwealth games and a sixth place at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Whilst she first took the British best mark in 2012, the 33-year-old flew to the current British long jump record of 7.07m in 2015 with her silver medal winning leap at the World Championships in Beijing.