The West Midlands is gearing up for a month of high-quality sporting action to keep visitors entertained following the excitement of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

With the Stade de France hosting the athletics, the La Defense Arena the swimming, wheelchair tennis at Roland Garros, and the picturesque Chateau de Versailles gardens will the venue for the Para-equestrian events, the Grand Palais, normally a venue for art and sport events, is hosting wheelchair fencing and Para-taekwondo, while the blind football competition will be in a specially built stadium at the foot of the iconic Eiffel Tower.

Zakia Khudadadi, the first athlete from the Refugees team to clinch a medal at the Paris Paralympics, is hoping to represent France at the next games in Los Angeles in 2028 and wants to expand her repertoire by competing in both taekwondo and athletics.

The University of Wolverhampton Race Team (UWR) is celebrating after securing a win at the penultimate race weekend of the ZEO Prototype Series.

Caroline Groot of The Netherlands became the first Para athlete to win a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympics in Para Cycling Track C4C5 500m-time trial, as French athlete Marie Patouillet finished in second place and the Canadian Kate O'Brien earned the bronze.

Indian businessperson, Jay Shah, has been elected as the next chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).