As the Queens Baton reaches its final destination, the Commonwealth Games is set to begin - with ticket sales already breaking the record set by Australia’s Gold Coast Games in 2018. Birmingham’s moment in the sun has finally arrived with the eyes of the world fixed on what will be 10 days of record-chasing, eye-popping, emotion-draining sport, the likes of which the UK’s second city has never seen before.

With the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games just around the corner, Birmingham 2022 and Gilbert have unveiled the official match, replica, and supporter balls for both the Rugby Sevens and Netball events.

For the first time, Commonwealth Games fans will have the chance to own a piece of Birmingham 2022 with the launch of the official replica and supporter balls.

Birmingham 2022 has released the full schedule for the Basketball 3x3 and Wheelchair Basketball 3x3 tournament with eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams playing the running version of the game and six men’s and six women’s teams taking part in the inaugural Commonwealth Games Wheelchair Basketball 3x3 tournament.

An independent review into allegations of racism in Scottish cricket has found the governance and leadership of the sport to be institutionally racist. It also found that those who did raise issues were ignored or side-lined and a culture of "racially aggravated micro-aggression" was allowed to develop.

The Hundred is returning to Edgbaston to excite crowds with another year full of world-class sport and live entertainment, and to celebrate, there’s 100 tickets hidden across the West Midlands up for grabs.

The region’s team, Birmingham Phoenix, will be back in action in this year’s competition at Edgbaston for four unmissable home fixtures.

Hot on the heels of the pools announcement, Birmingham 2022 has released the match schedule for the Rugby Sevens competition which will be held from 29 July to 31 July at Coventry Stadium. Gold Coast 2018 gold medallists, New Zealand will face Sri Lanka in their first match in the men’s competition and Canada in the women’s competition. In the second session of the day they will take on Samoa (men) and Sri Lanka (women).