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Reigning Olympic and World champion Greg Rutherford and London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz have today been announced in a 23-strong British Athletics team for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, USA on 17-20 March.

Action for Children is looking for runners from West Midlands to join its Virgin Money London Marathon team ahead of the world famous event taking place on April 24^th. The event is the perfect opportunity for runners already registered in the race to raise money for disadvantaged children and their families.

Fans of Britain’s greatest ever distance runner Mo Farah completed the most unforgettable two mile run of their lives, alongside the double Olympic champion himself, at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium. The #TwoMoMiles run for 25 lucky fans was a thank you to Farah’s supporters and also heralded his return to the city for the Birmingham Diamond League on Sunday 5 June, where he will begin his countdown to Rio.

Runners are being urged to up their pace and take part in the Dudley Kingswinford Running Club’s 10k road race after leading commercial property firm London & Cambridge Properties (LCP) signed up as main sponsors of the event. It is the second consecutive year that LCP has supported the LCP DK10K race, which takes place on the evening of Wednesday, May 4. Hundreds of athletes are expected to sign up for the annual spectacular, which has a 1,100 runner limit.

British Athletics has announced that the Indoor British Championships will be streamed live online on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 February. The event takes place at the EIS – Sheffield and will feature the country’s best athletes as they battle it out to be crowned British champion and secure their place on the team for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland in March.

Cape Town will experience the Barclays Premier League like never before when the official fan park, Barclays Premier League Live comes to the Mother City. Soccer fans will get the chance to get up close and personal with the Barclays Premier League Trophy, meet former players, visit team tents and watch matches live on a giant 118-square-metre screen.

Britain’s greatest ever distance runner and double Olympic champion Mo Farah will compete at the Birmingham Diamond League on Sunday June 5 in an event which will act as the launchpad to his Olympic defence. Farah has targeted the meeting at the Alexander Stadium as one of his major stepping stones as he bids to defend his Olympic record when the Games open in Rio, exactly two months later, on August 5.

Gold medal sprinter, Britain's Adam Gemili will be facing some of the fastest men on the planet later this month at the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix. The latest star to be added to the starting list for the worlds number one indoor athletics meeting, Gemili will face Britain’s reigning World and European Indoor 60m Champion Richard Kilty, 2015 world 100m bronze medallist Trayvon Bromell from the USA, and former world and Commonwealth champion, Kim Collins from Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Eddie the Eagle Edwards makes a comeback to the ski jumping world before the movie of his life is released this spring – alongside 5 winners of the Alp Leisure Ltd competition to raise money in aid of Ski 4 Cancer, Eddie reaches his target goal of launching off the 90 meter Olympic jump for the first time in over 20 years.

Boxing Legend Frank Bruno MBE, World Heptathlon Champion Jessica Ennis-Hill CBE, and F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton were winners on the night at the Lycamobile British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards (BEDSA). Held at the stunning JW Marriott Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, the star studded event was attended by sports personalities from far and wide including former England Football International Sol Campbell, England Womens Football International Eni Aluko and IBF Super Middleweight boxing champion James DeGale.

Sport Industry Group has named Warwickshire County Cricket Club's hosting of the third Investec Ashes Test Match at Edgbaston in the shortlist for Best Entertainment Experience at the prestigious BT Sport Industry Awards 2016. Edgbaston is the only cricket venue to be shortlisted within the 13 award categories, which includes a variety of outstanding campaigns, sponsorships, programmes, brands and activations entries from several different sports.

Reigning Formula 1 world champion Hamilton will go head-to-head with James DeGale, the IBF World super-middleweight champion, and Yorkshire and England all-rounder Adil Rashid, for the coveted Sportsman of the Year award tonight at the British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards in London.

On Saturday, February 13, Los Angeles will host the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon where the best athletes in the country will gather to compete for the opportunity to represent the United States at the Rio 2016 Olympics. On the following day, Sunday, February 14, the city will present the 31st Annual Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon. Both events will take runners through iconic Los Angeles neighborhoods adjacent to some of the city's famous landmarks and attractions.

Birmingham footballer Jai Verma who grew up as a child in two cities Birmingham and Wolverhamton has become the first UK footballer to travel to Dubai and join the highest rank football club based in the UAE Al Shabab which he will be travelling in less than one week. He has not only accomplished most things people would dream to do but establish a career that most young footballers would dream to do.

Britain’s gold medal sprinter Adam Gemili will face some of the fastest men on the planet at the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix later this month. He is the latest star attraction to be added to the start list for the world’s number one indoor athletics meeting and will face Britain’s reigning World and European Indoor 60m Champion Richard Kilty, 2015 world 100m bronze medallist Trayvon Bromell from the USA, and former world and Commonwealth champion, Kim Collins from Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Nigeria has won the U23 African Championship and will go to this year’s Olympic Games in Brazil as continental champions after defeating Algeria 2-1 in the final played in Senegal.   After both teams won their semi finals, they automatically qualified for the Rio 2016 football tournament and played the final to determine who was top dog. In the third/fourth place play-offs, South Africa beat hosts Senegal 3-1 on penalties after playing a goalless draw, to clinch the third African slot.