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Premier League, Championship, League One and Two football clubs across the country have joined force, pledging their support for the ‘Sign for Life’ campaign to urge fans to join the NHS Organ Donor Register. With around 10,000 people, across the UK, need a transplant, clubs including; West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa, Stoke City, Manchester City, Southampton, Everton, Sunderland, Crystal Palace, Sheffield Wednesday and Notts County are all onboard.

Following on from its success at the 2015 BBL Play-Off Final, Hoops Aid is returning again this year to add yet more razzmatazz to an already spectacular day of basketball action. It promises to be another memorable day for British basketball when a huge crowd prepares to once again descend on The O2 for what is going to be the first ever BBL and WBBL Play-Off Finals double-bill.

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has announced that recruitment for their biggest ever grass roots kids initiative, following Great Britain’s Davis Cup by BNP Paribas win, is complete. 1,000 experienced and passionate coaches have been successfully recruited and are now poised to deliver the Tennis for Kids in partnership with Highland Spring initiative.

While not a traditional past-time in Canada, rugby is readying for the spotlight in British Columbia during the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Vancouver will host the inaugural Canada Sevens between 12 and 13 March 2016. This spectacular destination is one of the most talked about additions to the HSBC World Sevens Series.

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) have announced the launch of a national Trophy Tour of Great Britain with the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, following Great Britain’s historic win against Belgium, hoisting the Trophy for the first time in 79 years. The LTA want the nation to help celebrate this momentous occasion by delivering a Trophy Tour that will begin in Scotland from the start of April and will be visiting every county and major tennis tournament over the coming months.

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.