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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 1634 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 1458 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 1982 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 1971 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 1612 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 3300 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 2210 0 -
Young Warley boxer hits number one ranking
Warley boxer Amaan Ghulam has seen his dedication and talent pay dividends, reaping national success at a young age. The 17-year-old has been boxing since the age of eight, and began his competitive career at Warley...2022-05-29 2993 0 -
Alexander Stadium is handed over for final leg of Games-time preparations
Almost three years of work to redevelop the city’s Alexander Stadium has reached its most significant milestone yet – with the venue handed over by the city council to Birmingham 2022 for this summer’s Commonwealth Games....2022-05-13 1958 0 -
Clean Slate Studioz (Clean Slate) announce additional support in Women’s Cricket and the Yorkshire Community through Yorkshire County Cricket Club Partnership
The world’s only female-forward, female-first original-content OTT streaming platform, India-based Clean Slate Studioz (Clean Slate), has unveiled a series of new initiatives as part of their Principal Partnership deal with Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC). This...2022-05-10 1859 0
