Marfa Ekimova made history for England by winning their first ever gold medal in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final at the Commonwealth Games, scoring 112.300 overall.

The 17-year-old led from the start, top-scoring in the hoop and clubs. An exciting final went to the wire with Cyprus' Anna Sokolova chasing Ekimova's score until the final discipline.

In celebration of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, one of Birmingham’s leading Greek restaurants, Kouzina Greek, treated guests to a taste of Cyprus as over the weekend of 30^th – 31^st July. With Cyprus being one of the 54 Commonwealth Countries, it was the perfect opportunity for Kouzina Greek to showcase their award-winning Greek Cypriot cuisine and hospitality to thousands of visitors descending to Birmingham to watch the games.

Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah added Commonwealth 100m gold to her collection in a time of 10.95 seconds.

The five-time Olympic champion was clean away and immediately up on England's Daryll Neita, who ran a personal best 10.90 in the semi-finals, before ending up with bronze.

From gymnastics to Paralympics, wheelchair basketball to 3x3 (basketball), cricket to athletics, lawn bowls to table tennis, rugby sevens to swimming, the narrative was (is) simple – DRAMA …in bucket loads!!!

In front of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, local superstars Joe Fraser claimed his third gold medal – as Alice Kinsella picked up her second (gold) at the Arena Birmingham.

Coventry-based boxing apparel company BOXRAW have kitted out the Anguilla team participating at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. In a game-changing donation, BOXRAW stepped in to provide top-quality training and competition kit for the Anguilla team after they were nearly forced to pull out of the Games due to a lack of kit.  

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.