Chance to Shine graduates Lauren Bell and Issy Wong excited to keep on inspiring
Chance to Shine graduates Lauren Bell and Issy Wong are eager to keep inspiring the next generation of cricketers during the second season of the women’s Hundred.
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Birmingham Games: Big Surprises and Turning Point for Indian Athletes
The NEC Arena in Birmingham was the busiest hub on the final day. A forty five minute drive from the city centre, it had the badminton and table tennis halls packed at 8:50 am on Monday morning. The schools on vacation meant mothers were bringing in their children to sporting arenas. As my train from Birmingham New Street wheeled out, I met two Scottish boys of 7 and 9 and their mother, busy scanning the schedule of the day. There was no Scotland on the final day, but Ben Thomson and Jason Thomson wanted to catch PV Sindhu in action, so had their mother buy tickets for 85 Pounds for each of them.
Meggilashes' false eyelash vending machines come to Manchester
Two false eyelash vending machines have arrived in Manchester.The machines will sell eyelashes and other beauty essentials from the small but growing business, Meggilashes.
Watch Diamond League track and field from Monaco
Click on the video player above to watch live action from the Diamond League series track and field event in Monaco.
Eilish McColgan backed for Olympic success in 2024
Former European champion Jo Pavey has backed Eilish McColgan as one of the favourites for Olympic gold at Paris 2024. McColgan put in a gutsy performance to become Commonwealth champion in the 10,000m in one of the biggest moments of Birmingham 2022.
Jo Pavey backs Commonwealth Games to inspire nation
Former Commonwealth Games medallist Jo Pavey believes Birmingham 2022 has served as the perfect inspiration to get the nation active. More than a million tickets were sold for the Games, with millions more watching at home and Pavey highlighted parkrun as the ideal way to get into sport following the inspirational performances of the home nations' athletes.
I had kept his trophies safely wrapped in half-torn saree: CWG weightlifting gold medalist Achinta Sheuli's mother
On Monday morning she arranged them on a small stool when Achinta Sheuli returned home after bagging gold in the 73kg weightlifting event at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. A seemingly happy Purnima Sheuli has requested her younger son to purchase a cupboard to showcase the medals and trophies he has won so far. "I knew that reporters and photographers would be coming to our house when Achinta came back.
Filthiest penalty of the season? Norwich City’s Marcelino Nunez scores audacious spot-kick
Norwich City summer signing Marcelino Nunez scored an early contender for the filthiest penalty we’ll see all season during Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup clash against Birmingham City.