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Tottenham and Chelsea led the tributes for their former player Jimmy Greaves, who died yesterday, with a host of Spurs legends lining the pitch inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as a minute's applause was held before kick-off. During the applause, some Spurs fans held flags and banners to remember the club's record goal-scorer.

West Ham, another of Greaves' former clubs, also held a minute's applause before their Premier League match against Manchester United, as they also did Brighton and Leicester City.

A team of accounting and finance recruitment specialists will be totting up the miles - and hopefully cash - when they don their cycling gear to raise vital funds for a West Midlands sports-themed charity next week. Part of the West Midlands Mayor’s Giving Month, Haig & Co of Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston, is to stage its annual Brummie Peloton, along with a bike ride, in aid of Digbeth-based Sport 4 Life UK on Saturday, September 25.

Langley Swimming Centre in Oldbury is the first Sandwell Leisure Trust (SLT) facility to take up a new training tool as part of an exciting five-year partnership with Swim England.

Forty Level 2 swim teachers from across the Trust attended the Aquatic Skills Framework Stages 8-10 Diving CPD seminar, which is part of the Swim England extended education programme and provides the technical knowledge to deliver FUNdamental diving skills from the poolside in a fun and safe environment. 

The Saudi Automobile & Motorcycle Federation (SAMF) – Promoter of the 2021 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – has officially begun its Official Attempt at assembling the world’s largest Lego brick build of a Formula 1 car today, with HRH Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi, advisor to the governor of the Makkah Region and acting Governor of Jeddah and HRH Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, Chairman of SAMF, laying the first brick at the downtown activation site located by Jeddah’s Red Sea Mall.

The Official Attempt is being carried out as part of the Kingdom’s celebration of Formula 1’s imminent arrival on the streets of Jeddah in December and to raise vital funds for Ehsan - Saudi Arabia’s focal national charity.

Doncaster Racecourse is celebrating the biggest week in its history, after 50,000 glamorous racegoers flocked to the stands to enjoy the four days of the Cazoo St Leger Festival. A far cry from the eery silence of 2020’s race, which took place behind closed doors. 

Reality TV stars from Made in Chelsea (Digby Edgeley & Julius Cowdrey), Love Island (Danny Williams), Married At First (Amy Christophers) & Survival of the Fittest (Samantha Dewhurst) were amongst the stylish racegoers who enjoyed festivities and horseracing, during an unusually sunny September week in Yorkshire.

After Emma Raducanu beat fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 to end Britain's 44-year wait for a women's Grand Slam singles champion The Queen led the congratulations to her after the 18-year-old clinched the US Open title with a stunning victory in New York.

"I send my congratulations to you on your success," the Queen said. "It is a remarkable achievement at such a young age, and is testament to your hard work and dedication."

One of the country's top schools has launched an investigation after former footballer Fabrice Muamba said his son faced racist abuse in a school rugby game.

Mr Muamba tweeted that his 12-year-old son received monkey chants from opponents at Manchester Grammar School after scoring a try. "Racism is learnt; be careful what you are teaching your children," he said.

The eSkootr Championship (eSC), has launched its Rider Programme for professional athletes wanting to compete in the brand-new electric racing series that starts in the spring of 2022.

The programme is open to professional athletes from all backgrounds, from wheeled sports to balance sports such as skating, skiing, snowboarding and surfing, with a number of high-profile names already expressing interest and set to be announced soon.

More of the biggest games in world cricket are coming to Birmingham in 2022 with the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announcing seven Major Match days for Edgbaston Stadium next summer. Edgbaston will host Joe Root’s England men side for an LV= Insurance Test Match against South Africa from Thursday 25 to Monday 29 August and a mouth-watering Royal London International (ODI) versus India on Saturday 9 July.

The venue will also host the biggest day in the county cricket calendar, with Vitality Blast Finals Day returning to Edgbaston for the 14th time on Saturday 16 July.

Thousands of young athletes made their way home on the 5^th of September after an exhilarating four days of sport at the 14^th School Games National Finals, a multi-sport event which aims to give them the experience and tools to follow in the footsteps of professional athletes, many of which were on campus.

On top of Tokyo 2020 Olympians Holly Bradshaw and Alice Dearing opening up proceedings on the Thursday, Judo Paralympian Chris Skelley visited Wheelchair Tennis athletes on the final day following his successful Gold journey at Tokyo 2020.

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is coming – be there to witness history in the making. The ticket ballot is open now and will close at 8pm on September 30.

Following the success of the West Midlands ballot, we’re back for the main ticket ballot, which is open now. 

The Manchester College has joined forces with Manchester Magic and Manchester Mystics to create a ground-breaking new basketball partnership in the city that will see its students benefit from a curriculum that is co-developed and co-delivered with an industry partner.

As well as benefitting the College’s student-athletes by helping them take their game to the next level, teaming up with one of the biggest and most successful junior basketball programmes in the country will generate a host of opportunities for students interested in coaching, refereeing, sports science, media, marketing and more.

For the first time since the original coronavirus outbreak closed China's borders, the country is preparing to allow foreigners to enter again in large numbers for the winter Olympics next February.

This had not seemed like it would pose much of a problem. People had become accustomed to life without many Covid restrictions, with authorities stamping out each outbreak of the virus as it came along.

Liverpool have said that they are satisfied that Naby Keita is safe and well as they work to get him out of Guinea following an attempted coup in the country. The 26-year-old was set to represent his country in a World Cup qualifier against Morocco.

The match, however, was postponed following hours of heavy gunfire near the presidential palace, with an attempted coup taking place in the capital Conakry. A Liverpool spokesman said that the club was in constant contact with Keita.

With 325 days to go, the Volunteer Selection Centre for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games opens today, with over 25,000 people expected to pass through the doors over the coming months.

The application process opened in June and thousands of people from Birmingham, the West Midlands and further afield have applied to become part of the ‘Commonwealth Collective’; a community of passionate and dedicated people who will play a vital role in delivering the Games in just under a year’s time.

Christine Mboma produced a powerful late surge to edge out Shericka Jackson in a star-studded women's 200m race at the Brussels Diamond League. The Namibian clocked 21.84 seconds to finish ahead of Jackson (21.95) and Britain's world champion Dina Asher-Smith (22.04).

American Sha'Carri Richardson was fourth with a time of 22.45. Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah did not race after dropping out with an Achilles injury.