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Wolverhampton Wanderers under-18 defender Kamran Kandola has just been rewarded for his development, commitment and work ethic having progressed through his hometown club’s Academy by signing his first professional contract. The Wolverhampton-born centre-back has spent the last decade at the Academy where he has progressed throughout the age groups to become a regular at under-18 level.

UK Athletics is pleased to confirm that Cherry Alexander OBE is re-joining the organisation as the UK Athletics Major Events and International Relations Lead.

The appointment will see the highly regarded athletics organiser return to the governing body with immediate effect after departing her role as Major Events Director in November 2020.

Rugby fans can now show their support for their team off the field as well as on it through a new partnership with a local insurance broker.

H&H Insurance Brokers (HHIB), which operates throughout the North of England, Scottish Borders and Wales, has teamed up with Carlisle Rugby Club in a unique deal which will help benefit the North One West of Northern Division side every time a supporter takes out a policy with the company.

An electrifying knock-out competition saw Click Consult become champions of the latest UEFA pitch process, with fans of the agency said to be thrilled at the tireless commitment to excellence that has resulted in such a triumph.

The partnership will look to capitalise on the many opportunities that technical SEO and optimised content can offer as UEFA looks to promote European football and its competitions as well as its phenomenal work building trust with and providing leadership for the many national football associations it represents.

With 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing, GB Snowsport and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) unveiled new sit-ski technology that will support the nation’s Para Nordic athletes in their quest for Paralympic success at the Games and across the 2021/22 winter season.

The new rigs, which have been tested extensively by the country’s leading Para Nordic athletes since the summer, are the result of an advanced engineering innovation process led by WAE’s in-house Design Team, GB Snowsport’s Sport Sciences department and a multi-disciplinary research team from Coventry University.

Birmingham City Football Club’s Community Trust has launched a new project with local charities to change the lives of homeless people across the city, offering them life skills, safe accommodation and the guarantee of a job interview on completing the programme.

The Blues For Life project will work in partnership with Changes UK and Let’s Feed Brum to identify an initial cohort of 12 homeless people, and from there provide a three-month support network.

There were a pair of grudge matches in the BBL Championship, replicating last weekend's BBL Cup quarter-finals, but there was no revenge to be had as Glen Luss Glasgow Rocks and Leicester Riders prevailed again - both in much more convincing fashion - on their home floors.

Having beaten Bristol Flyers in overtime to progress to the BBL Cup semi-finals last week, it was more comfortable for the Rocks at the Emirates Arena this time around, running out 99-78 victors behind an efficient 23 points from Ali Fraser and a double-double of 16 points and 12 assists from Jordan Johnson.

Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has criticised media outlets for mistakenly using his image in stories about Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy.

France full-back Benjamin has been charged with six counts of rape and one of sexual assault, and remains in custody, with photos of Edouard and his cousin, Real Madrid's Ferland Mendy, were used in the articles.

The official training venues for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have been announced and the list unveiled by the organisers of the major multi-sport event includes Wyndley Leisure Centre in Sutton Coldfield, Moseley Cricket Club in Solihull and Broadstreet Rugby Football Club in Coventry.

Training venues play a pivotal role in any athlete’s preparation in the build up to a major event, and Birmingham 2022 has ensured that world-class venues, which will replicate each sport’s competition venue, have been selected.

The head of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has cast doubt on an email released by Chinese state media attributed to tennis player Peng Shuai.

Steve Simon, chairman of the WTA, said in a statement he had a hard time believing the email was written by Ms Peng or on her behalf. One of China's biggest sporting stars, she has not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against a top Chinese official.

At the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee hearing this week, Azeem Rafiq apologised and said he is ashamed for using anti-Semitic language in Facebook messages from 2011.

The former spin-bowler spoke of his experiences of racism at Yorkshire and appeared at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee this week. The 30-year-old said he had no excuses for the messages.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that the 2027 men's Cricket World Cup will be hosted in Africa.

South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia will co-host the 50-over tournament, which is held every four years. It will be the first time since 2003 that the event will be held on the continent, after venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya were used 18 years ago.

For just under two hours Azeem Rafiq addressed a group of MPs about his experiences of racism as a player at Yorkshire.

The former captain spoke emotionally about the racist comments and actions that left him, in his own words, close to taking his own life.

With less than three weeks to go until the world’s greatest drivers arrive in Saudi Arabia, fans have been given the chance to race the Jeddah Corniche Circuit before Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen continue their epic title battle there on December 5^th as Codemasters and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) added the newest, fastest and longest street circuit in Formula 1 as the final free circuit update to F1 2021.

The Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs will take place next year on Saturday 14th May and will once again incorporate the British 10,000m Championships. The event will also return as the British Athletics 10,000m trial race for the World Championships and European 10,000m Cup as well as providing essential qualifying opportunities for Home Nation athletes targeting Birmingham 2022.

It will also provide a key performance indicator for athletes targeting the European Championships in Munich later in the summer.

Bertie Auld, who played in the Celtic side that lifted the European Cup in 1967, has died.

Best known for being one of Celtic's Lisbon Lions, Auld also won five league titles, three Scottish Cups and four League Cups at Parkhead. The former midfielder spent four years with Birmingham City between two spells with the Glasgow club before finishing his playing days with Hibernian.