A Walsall cyclist who became the first to complete the famous Trans-Pennine Trail route in a hand powered cycle has been presented with a medal after raising more than £1,000 for charity.

Disability campaigner Andrew Moult, who has restricted mobility, took the challenge in a three-wheeled adapted hand cycle to raise funds for the charity Shine, which supports those with spina bifida and hydrocephalus.

The Minister for Sport, Nigel Huddleston, visited Victoria Park in Royal Leamington Spa on Thursday evening (7 July) to carry out the official draw for seven of the 11 medal events that make up the Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls competition at Birmingham 2022.

The seedings for the competition are done based on the results from Gold Coast 2018 with any new teams that did not compete four years ago being added to the different sections (pools) through the draw process.

The British Basketball League (BBL) have announced that for the first time in twenty years, two of its clubs will compete in European competition in the same season.

The London Lions will once again take on some of Europe’s elite basketball sides as they enter the 7DAYS EuroCup, becoming the first BBL side to do so since 2007.

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake will captain the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022 which starts on Friday 15 July. A 4x100m relay 2017 world champion, he has been honoured with the role for the Championships.

He booked his place at the Muller UK Athletics Championships last month when he ran a time of 20.05 to win the men’s 200m. Mitchell-Blake will compete in the 200m and be part of the 4x100m relay squad in Eugene.

The countdown to another exhilarating season of Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) action can begin as the fixtures for the 2022-23 campaign are announced.

The season will begin on Saturday 24th September with a full fixture list across the division on the opening day.

The memory of a remarkable Wolverhampton teenager will be honoured this summer as her mum carries the Queen’s Baton Relay through the city in her place.

Skye Gardner, of Wednesfield, had been nominated to carry the Baton ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.