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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II launched the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay, a Games tradition that celebrates, connects and excites communities from across the Commonwealth during the build up to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022.

The Relay began at Buckingham Palace, where Her Majesty placing Her message to the Commonwealth into the Baton.

A ‘one stop’ shop has been launched to give people the skills they need to land thousands of jobs at next summer’s Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The bespoke, on-line portal has been set up by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) to offer valuable information on training courses that are matched to Birmingham 2022 jobs.

The popular city centre shuttle buses will be back to get fans to and from the Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts at Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton, from 13 to 21 November. Buses will be running from Wulfruna Street, and tickets can be purchased from Ticketmaster while buying event tickets.

Legendary West Indies bowler Michael Holding has said that England showed "Western arrogance" by pulling out of their tour of Pakistan.

He said the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) statement doesn't wash with him and claimed that it had; "No substance."

Walsall, in the West Midlands, welcomed the AJ Bell Women’s Tour, the world’s leading international women’s cycle race, for the first time in 2021.

Stage two started at the Walsall Arboretum, the area’s famous Victorian Park, and culminate with a finish on Lichfield Street in the heart of the town and in the shadows of Walsall Town Hall.

Motorsport star Bubba Wallace became a history-maker after becoming the first Black driver to win a race in Nascar's premier series in 58 years. After taking his first Nascar Cup Series win at Talladega Superspeedway, he follows the feat of Wendell Scott who won the race in 1963.

When asked about his achievement, he said: "I never think about those things.

Communities across the West Midlands are being encouraged to ‘rise up’ in aid of a charity which delivers sports-themed personal development programmes to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. 

Sport 4 Life UK, based in Digbeth, Birmingham, is staging the R15E UP Challenge to mark 15 years of supporting young people across the region into qualifications or employment.

Pride Sports, part of the Pride House Birmingham 2022 legacy programme, are have announced that they are bidding to bring the European Gay & Lesbian Sports Federation (EGLSF) EuroGames to Birmingham in the summer of 2024.

EuroGames is Europe’s largest annual LGBTQI+ inclusive sports event.

As Black History Month (BHM) in the UK celebrates the excellence of the Black community who have invented, created and inspired – past, present and future – to help shape the wider multicultural community, some of the Premier League’s leading players are upfront and personal with their views of what the celebratory month means to them. Kalvin Phillips, Kyle Walker and Paul Pogba, share their views on what the ‘Month means to them.

The British public has selected a further seven ‘One Step Greener’ Ambassadors from across the UK who are going above and beyond to tackle climate change. They will join the existing 13 Ambassadors, inspiring the public to go one step greener and having their stories showcased at COP26.

GB rower Melissa Wilson decided to do something to increase the impact that athletes can have on sustainability and tackling climate change and joined Champions for Earth in 2020.

Sports fans hoping to secure tickets for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games need to act fast as the main ticket ballot for the Games will close at 8pm today (Thursday September 30). There are more than one million tickets available for the Games, the biggest multi-sport event to be held in the UK since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with prices starting at just £8 for under 16s and £15 for adults.

The British teams have been selected for the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships which are due to take place in Thailand next February.

The Championships, which were rescheduled from November due to the Pandemic, will see British teams compete in all five events: uphill and up-and-down mountain races, the junior races and the 40km and 80km trail races.

The Mayor of the West Midlands’ intergenerational Cricket Cup has made a return to Edgbaston stadium.

Last year’s match was cancelled due to the pandemic, but the sporting event returned to the County Ground this week.

Bechem United FC  and Diaspora Africa Forum in collaboration with Miracle Africa International Foundation is organizing the First Annual Football Tournament in Accra Ghana, hosting prominent football teams and scouts from various countries such as Mali, Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and France.

In an effort to make an impact in society and to showcase what young Africans have to offer Diaspora African Forum launched the initiative Education through Sport.

In order to ensure the 2021 campaign could be completed as safely as possible given the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vitality Netball Super League (VNSL) played out at two centralised venues (Production Park Studio 001 and the Copper Box Arena) thanks to funding from the government’s Winter Sport Survival Package. The majority of matches were played behind closed doors with spectators only permitted into the arenas from Rounds 17/18 onwards.

Former Liverpool and England striker Roger Hunt has died age 83, the Premier League club has announced. He was part of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side and is Liverpool's record league scorer with 244 goals.

The forward won 34 England caps, scoring 18 international goals after making his debut in 1962 when Liverpool were in English football's second tier.