sports
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Games legacy boost for community basketball in the city
Birmingham, and nationally, to play basketball in their local community. We’ll be working with local clubs and communities to co-create these new and refurbished courts so that people feel a real ownership over them.” Street to...2022-08-16 976 0 -
Yorkshire man running four international marathons for charity, in the space of just six weeks!
Father of two, Ash Wallace, set himself the epic task of running four international marathons in the space of just six weeks, these include: London, Berlin, Chicago, and New York (25th Sept to 6th November). Ash...2022-08-12 1065 0 -
#NotWomensFootball – Panel discussion highlights the need for greater equality in football and beyond
Three matches. Three wins. Quarter finals looming. Both the English Lionesses and the German national team are riding a similar wave of success at the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 in England. The road to the final...2022-08-01 1121 0 -
University teams up with football club on health and fitness programme to tackle effects of long-Covid
Researchers at Birmingham City University have joined forces with Burton Albion Community Trust to help people struggling with long-Covid symptoms improve their health and regain their fitness. Sports exercise scientists from the University have teamed up...2022-07-31 1723 0 -
Team India receive special Birmingham welcome ahead of Games
Members of India’s elite athletic squad were given a rapturous welcome by fans on arrival in the UK, as part of a special event organised by the Indian High Commission and hosted by Birmingham City University....2022-07-31 1578 0 -
A BLOCK-BUSTER WORLD!
With the help of 10 imaginative children, The Hundred, cricket’s revolutionary competition which fuses blockbuster entertainment with world-class cricket, has unveiled an immersive stadium built in the world’s biggest sandbox video game, Minecraft. With over six...2022-07-04 2077 0 -
READY, SET, GO: ALDI AND BROWNLEE BROTHERS HOST MINI-TRIATHLON FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
Birmingham primary school pupils took part in a mini-triathlon last week as part of an event hosted by the Brownlee Foundation and Britain’s fifth-largest supermarket Aldi. Olympic triathlete stars and founders of the Brownlee Foundation,...2022-06-27 2085 0 -
Leicester Metro Bank Colleagues Raise Nearly a Grand for Charity
Leicester colleagues from the UK’s community bank, Metro Bank have raised £986.89 for Cancer Research UK. Lead by assistant store manager Kai Penn, colleagues Stuart Williams, Suraj Madlani, Loretta Manning, Rian Tailor and Rajpal Rai tackled the Leicestershire Pretty Muddy 5k obstacle course to raise...2022-06-24 1735 0 -
International football icon Paul Pogba becomes Brand Ambassador for Islamic fintech company
Wahed Inc. (Wahed), a global Islamic fintech company, announced that French professional footballer Paul Pogba has joined them as an investor and brand ambassador. He will be joining current brand ambassadors, UFC Champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov and...2022-06-12 3391 0 -
Big hitting 16-year-olds Shaikh and Khan graduate to Warwickshire’s professional ranks
16-year-olds Hamza Shaikh and Amir Khan have become the latest players in the Warwickshire County Cricket Club Academy to secure professional contracts, with both players having originally joined the Club at the under 10s age group. ...2022-06-09 2336 0
