Williams Advanced Engineering and GB Snowsport join forces in boost to Paralympic Winter Games effort

With 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing, GB Snowsport and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) unveiled new sit-ski technology that will support the nation’s Para Nordic athletes in their quest for Paralympic success at the Games and across the 2021/22 winter season.

The new rigs, which have been tested extensively by the country’s leading Para Nordic athletes since the summer, are the result of an advanced engineering innovation process led by WAE’s in-house Design Team, GB Snowsport’s Sport Sciences department and a multi-disciplinary research team from Coventry University.

Williams sisters say mantle must be taken up and moving forward to continue to break barriers

Tennis legends Serena and Venus Williams have said that their mantle must be taken up moving forward.

The sporting sisters were asked whether they saw players like Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu facing similar barriers to the ones they had to overcome.

Wimbledon Final named one of the UK's most exclusive sporting events due to high prices

With a busy summer of sport underway, there is something for everyone, whether it’s horse racing, tennis or Formula 1, the UK is set to be full of excitement for fans, and new research has revealed the UK’s most exclusive sporting events.

Windies all-rounder Dottin retires from internationals amongst negative team environment

West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin, the scorer of the fastest hundred in women's T20 internationals, has retired from the international game, blaming a negative team environment.

Deandra, 31, is currently playing for Barbados at the Commonwealth Games. She has been part of the international set-up since 2008.

Windies falls short as England claim T20 clean sweep

England withstood all-rounder Hayley Matthews' brilliance to win the third and final T20 by 17 runs and complete a dominant series clean sweep in Charlotte Edwards and Nat Sciver-Brunt's first series in charge.

Windies overcome stubborn England in third ODI in Barbados

West Indies got over the line in a nervy chase to beat England by four wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in a rain-shortened third one-day international in Barbados.

Windies Test and new 100 tournament under ECB discussions

Discussions around the rescheduling of the West Indies; cricket tour of England have included the possibility of the visitors going into isolation for as long as 14 days.

The three-Test series was due to start in June, but the shutdown of the sport in England and Wales has been extended until at least July 1.

The earliest date that the first Test could actually begin is thought to be July 8.

If the Windies are to be in isolation, they are likely to have access to practice facilities at a locked-down venue.

Both England and West Indies captains, Joe Root and Jason Holder have been involved in talks over rescheduling the Test series.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that their new city-based tournament – The Hundred – has been postponed until 2021nbecause of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A spokesperson said that “positive and on-going discussion with the ECB and CWI (Cricket West Indies) is continuing”.

At the same time, the ECB also discussed their new competition; The Hundred - the 100-ball competition, involving in separate men’s and women’s tournaments - which was due to begin on July 17 and end on August 15.

That meeting concluded that it was not possible for it to be staged this year.

ECB chief executive officer, Tom Harrison, said: “Whilst we are naturally disappointed that we won’t get to realise our ambitions this season, The Hundred will go ahead in 2021 when we are safely able to deliver everything we intended to help grow the game”.

Windies Women A and Thailand Women’s emerging teams to tour Pakistan

West Indies Women A and Thailand women’s emerging team are set to tour Pakistan, from 18 October to 12 November, at two venues in Lahore.

Winners announced at Caerphilly Sports Awards 2024

On Friday 8th November, the Caerphilly Sports Awards celebrated outstanding individuals, clubs and organisations that have made significant contributions to sport in the borough.

With a record November, Mesa establishes itself as a premier destination for national and international sports events

Home to some of the nation's most in-demand sports facilities, Mesa, Arizona will host a record number of events in November, generating substantial economic benefits for the city and its residents.

WMCA ‘Get set for the games’ as they enter 20 strong team to the Great Birmingham Run

West Midlands Combined Authority ‘Get Set for the Games’ as they enter a 20-strong team to the Great Birmingham Run Mayor Andy Street and a team from West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) set to run the Great Birmingham Run on behalf of Cure Leukaemia.

Having urged residents and businesses to ‘Get Set for the Games’ ahead of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - as more than a million visitors are expected to come to the West Midlands - Mayor of West Midlands Andy Street will be lacing up his running shoes, as he looks to raise funds for Cure Leukaemia in the Great Birmingham Run on May 01.

Wolverhampton secures major international event

Wolverhampton is set to play host to a major urban sports international event this year after the council secured £390,000 from the West Midlands Combined Authority’s and HM Government’s Commonwealth Games Legacy Fund.

Wolverhampton teenager becomes World Champion Power Lifter

Wolverhampton teenager, Jason Simms has won the British Drug Free Power Lifting Association (BDFA) World title for the strongest person for his age and weight. Competing in September he won the National title, and on Saturday (November 27) in Dublin, he became World Champion when he lifted the international title.

Wolverhampton to host snooker’s top stars

Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton will host one of snooker’s biggest tournaments next year when the sport’s leading stars contest the Cazoo Players Championship.

The world ranking event will run from February 7 to 13 in 2022 when Aldersley Leisure Village stages a major snooker event for the first time.

Tickets will be on sale from this Friday, May 28th, at 10am, with all details at www.wst.tv/tickets

There is a special half price offer for selected rounds for early bookings, so fans are urged to book fast while availability lasts.

The Cazoo Players Championship will feature an elite field of the top 16 players on the 2021/22 one-year ranking list. John Higgins won the title last season, playing some of the best snooker of his career as he beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-3 in the final, having come through a field of cue kings including Judd Trump, Mark Selby and Neil Robertson. A strong field is expected again next year.

It’s the second of three events in the 2021/22 Cazoo Series and will receive extensive live television coverage on ITV.

A World Snooker Tour (WST) spokesman said: “We are delighted to bring one of our biggest events to Wolverhampton for the first time. We know there is tremendous support for snooker in this area and the Aldersley Leisure Village is a superb venue.

“Any fans who love the exhilaration of live sport should secure their seats quickly as many of the sessions will sell out fast.

“The key element to the Cazoo Players Championship is that the field is the best 16 players of the season so far, so everyone in the line-up is at the top of their game. Every player on the tour starts the season on zero, and battles for every ranking point to earn a place in the extremely prestigious and lucrative Cazoo Series.

“They are events of the highest quality, as John Higgins proved with his incredible performance at the Cazoo Players Championship last year.”

City of Wolverhampton Council Cabinet Member for City Environment & Climate Change, Councillor Steve Evans, said: “We are absolutely delighted the World Snooker Tour has chosen Wolverhampton to stage one of its prestigious televised events.

“The successful staging of the Grand Slam of Darts and big-name comedy events at WV Active’s Aldersley Leisure Village showed what a great venue it is – and now it will host some of snooker’s greats.

“This is all part of our overall five-year events strategy to bring the very best in art, music and sport to the city to boost the local economy, create new jobs and build an outstanding cultural reputation.

“2022 is set to be a huge year for events in Wolverhampton with the Cazoo Players Championship adding to British Art Show 9, Creation Day music festival, Commonwealth Games cycling time trial, and the reopening of the refurbished Civic Halls.

WST has led the sporting world in the post-lockdown return of live audiences and will continue to work closely with the UK Government on Covid-19 regulation. Fans can be assured that all necessary precautions will be taken at events to minimise the risk of virus transmission, keeping safety as the highest priority.

Wolves and fellow-Premier League sides chooses Veraco to protect their club

Premier League clubs like Wolves face a huge challenge to create a hygienically safe environment in the battle against Coronavirus. Touch surfaces like doors, handles, rails and touch screens are a breeding ground for germs. The rise in demand for new innovative products to help combat bacteria and viruses spreading from person to person has been huge and British company Veraco has been part of that growth and demand. Veraco produces Antimicrobial products that make touch points safer to use and they have been improving hygiene standards for businesses and organisations in education, sport, healthcare, manufacturing and hospitality.

The technology uses ‘Silver Ions’ that break down the biological makeup of dangerous pathogens, killing 99% of common bacteria and superbugs on touch, as well as being effective against Human Coronavirus. Antimicrobial silver technology is not new and has been used in surgical environments for a long time, but the technology now has much broader relevance, so their use at football stadiums like Molineux is understandable and overtime measures like this will become normal.

Stuart Jones from Wolves said: “We have to do as much as we can to create an environment that’s safe, hygienic and clean and especially on match days and at our training ground. Working with Veraco has been great and in my opinion, it’s products like these that are the new standard of hygiene now and for the future.”

Veraco’s Harrison Dingle said: “We are thrilled to be supplying our products to Wolves and to be part of helping them meet the new challenges they are facing. Working with them is a great milestone in our mission to create affordable, easy to install solutions for all hygiene critical touchpoints.’

Wolves Krazy Races announced for 2024

After its huge success earlier this year, Krazy Races will once again return to Wolverhampton for the third time in 2024 and teams are encouraged to enter quickly to ensure their place.

Wolves legend given Freedom of the City of Wolverhampton

Former Wolves striker ‘King’ John Richards has been given the Freedom of the City of Wolverhampton.

Women’s cricket heralds launch of the One-Day Cup

A new era in women's cricket in England begins with the opening top-tier fixtures of the One-Day Cup campaign.

Women’s sport trailblazer is new Global Chamber president

A trailblazing former football referee who has worked for four decades to advance gender equality in sport is the new president of the Greater Birmingham Global Chamber of Commerce.

Women’s World Athlete of the Year 2022 shortlist announced

Jamaican sprinters Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson are among the 10 nominees for World Athletics' Women's Athlete of the Year award. World 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas and Kenya's 1500m world champion Faith Kipyegon are also on the list.

Five athletes will be shortlisted in November before the winner is announced in December. Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah won last year's award.