The Games contributed £79.5 million (€92 million) in social value, including community benefits and increases in the wellbeing and earnings of volunteers and those trained as part of the Games.

It was the largest multi-sport event to be held in England since London 2012 and broke the record for

27% per cent increase in foreign direct investment projects between 2021/22 and 2022/23, almost seven times

 Chris Jenkins OBE commented: "Birmingham 2022 was a spectacular, record-breaking Games, creating

As the first major multi-sport event in history to award more medals to women than men, with the largest

The report shows that major sporting events have a significant impact on all areas of society.

Joseph Schooling, the only athlete to beat Michael Phelps to win Singapore's first and only Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016, has announced his retirement from competitive swimming.

remarkable victory over American legend Michael Phelps in the 100m butterfly, setting the event's Olympic record

I am filled with gratitude for all the experiences swimming has brought to my life," the 28-year-old

After winning gold medals in the 50m and 100m butterfly at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Schooling's

me that I will carry forward into my next chapter," Schooling said.In an interview with the Straits Times

With 70 days to go, an exciting and iconic half marathon route has been unveiled, taking in many of Rome's most famous landmarks from 7-12 June.

spectator-friendly course in Rome 2024 on Sunday 9 June, allowing fans to see their favourite runners several times

champion Yemaneberhan Crippa is also the third fastest European half marathoner in history with a national record

Sunday 9 June and I hope to see many spectators supporting the Italian athletes and champions from all

 It was also an auspicious day for Italy, who won four medals in the half marathon in 2016.

 The hosts of the next European Athletics Championships have also two gold medals in the women's

Veronica Alvarez returns to USA Baseball to lead the coaching staff for the fourth time, joining Reynol Mendoza as pitching coach and assistants Alex Oglesby and Malaika Underwood to lead the American team to the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Final from 28 July to 3 August 2024.

Last year, Alvarez's staff led the USA to a perfect 5-0 record in the opening round of the WBSC Women's

hzvikAbgA1#BaseballWorldCupW pic.twitter.com/L3nybHosIN— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) February 15, 2024They led all

Including last summer's unbeaten run, her overall record at the helm of the programme is 15-2.

pic.twitter.com/L3g3OeFPWo— USA Baseball (@USABaseball) December 5, 2023Alvarez has also played for Team USA five times

As a player, she has won medals in every international competition she has participated in, including

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the National Institute for Sport and Performance (INSEP) on Tuesday and declared that success at the Olympic Games was "within our reach", expressing confidence despite the "massive" challenges of security and transport.

 "I am counting on you not only to win medals, but also to inspire young people.

 On the sporting front, France is capable of finishing in the top five on the medals table, Macron

for the public transport network in the Île-de-France region, which is already overloaded in normal times

 All these elements will remain as a "legacy" of the Olympic Games, just like sport in schools.

It is a gesture of support for someone with an impeccable sporting record.

Tahitian kayakers once again secured gold and silver medals during the marathon races at the XVII Pacific

Games in DC Park, maintaining their lead over Australia by 3 medals (51 to 48).

New Caledonia remains in the lead with 77 medals with two days to go.

which was great, but I was hungry, so I really came here with a plan to execute, make sure to hit my times

Having already won gold in the 800 meters, Hollyer not only claimed the top prize but also set a record

Hollyer achieved a remarkable time of 4:26.06, breaking the Pacific Games record by more than 3 seconds

Gibson Dite’e and Lawrence Ale, Pacific Games News ServiceAustralia, as expected, achieved several medals

Competing with people from all over the world is one of the reasons I practice this sport.

With today (Wednesday 22 November) marking just 100 days to go until the start of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024, the Local Organising Committee has confirmed that the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) will bring an exhibition to Glasgow.

progress being made for themselves.The exhibition includes clothing, footwear, equipment, trophies, and medals

donated by more than 30 world champions and record breakers, with supporting video, photographs, and

The exhibition will be free to attend and open all day from Saturday 3 February to Sunday 3 March inclusive

, with exact opening times to be confirmed closer to the event.Scotland's Laura Muir was one of the stars

Glasgow has a proven track record of hosting major international events and is committed to using them

The iconic New York City Marathon celebrated its 52nd edition on Sunday, an event that has only been cancelled twice since its inception in 1970 (in 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy and in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic).

With a top-class international field, the victory went to Tamirat Tola, who broke the event's record

won in the best time in the history of the event (2h:04:58), shaving eight seconds off the previous record

I am grateful for another invitation to run this great marathon and for all the people who support me

kilometre Hellen Obiri showed her impressive finishing skills, as evidenced by her two Olympic silver medals

a time of 2h:11:53.However, the New York race had nothing to do with those record times, and Obiri managed

Three Canadians made major career breakthroughs on home ice at the International Skating Union Short Track World Cup in Montreal.

Rikki Doak, Jordan Pierre-Gilles and William Dandjinou all won their first World Cup golds at the Maurice-Richard

for the second weekend in a row.She was handed victory amid chaos on the line which saw Dutch world record

It is 10 times more special to be here on home ice, because I can look up and see my family, they are

his victory in the men's 500m in front of his home fans in Montreal ©ISUSouth Korea enjoyed four gold medals

Women's race walk times at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago were annulled after the course was

an opportunity to qualify for next year's Olympic Games in Paris through meeting the entry standard times

dipped below the world record mark, all comfortably inside the Olympic entry standard of 1:29:20.Athletes

stood as medals, but athletes were left deeply frustrated at being denied an Olympic qualifying opportunity.Women's

20km race walk medals stood but times did not in a blow to several athletes' Olympic qualification hopes

It didn’t affect myself alone, I wanted the Pan American record."

The Rugby World Cup just completed in France has amassed a new team from a range of countries - the Retirees XV - who have chosen this high moment to step away from the game. Some may be stepping back, of course.

retirement after the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where he had raised his collection of Olympic gold medals

after that added five more golds at Rio 2016 before really retiring as the most decorated Olympian of all

time with 28 medals.Michael Phelps celebrates taking his Olympic gold medals total to 18 at London 2012

after losing the 1981 US Open final to John McEnroe for a second successive time and kept on going, all

just a couple of weeks after his birthday.Two months before he walked away from the game Borg’s record

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has challenged Lionel Messi to write more history by playing at Paris 2024.

The Argentine football great, considered among the best players of all time, won the FIFA World Cup in

He could be the only player in history to have two gold medals and a World Cup."

days after the Copa América final, and held around France until August 10.With 106 goals, Messi is the record

goalscorer for Argentina and he also has the most caps with 178.He won the UEFA Champions League four times

with Barcelona, as well as La Liga 10 times.Messi has also won the Ballon d'Or seven times.

Cash-strapped UK Athletics has appointed Paula Dunn as interim head coach through to the Paris 2024 Olympics a day after the shock sacking of Stephen Maguire.

Maguire, who guided Britain to a record-equalling 10 medals at the recent World Athletics Championships

staff redundant after reporting losses of £1.8 million ($2.1 million/€2 million) and more recently, The Times

that effect but it is no longer included in the World Athletics schedule of the Indoor Series.Amidst all

10 medals at the recent World Athletics Championships in Budapest ©Getty ImagesDunn, 58, a former international

sprinter Christian Malcolm.Maguire was head of high-performance coaching for Sport Ireland - covering all

Athletics Federation of India (AFI) President Adille Sumariwalla has predicted that his country will perform better in the sport at next year's Olympic Games in Paris than at the last edition in Tokyo.

India's athletics medals haul of six golds, 14 silvers, and nine bronzes at the recent Asian Games in

Hangzhou saw them amass a record total of 29 in all colours.An impressive total at this year's Asian

Chopra not participating," Sumariwalla said, as reported by the Hindustan Times."

We should have finished with at least 10 gold medals, but that’s okay."

prevailed in the 5000m.Further success for the country came from Avinash Mukund Sable who set a new Games record

China’s women weightlifters lead the ranking list in all five weight categories for the Paris 2024 Olympic

had clearly never dealt with the media; she was so nervous that she could not or would not speak.Four times

What about Om, one of the few men to have lifted three times his own body weight, who was not entered

We all worked very hard."

The testers arrive at any time, the athletes are tested without warning several times, blood and urine

Weightlifting in PRK is like football in Brazil," said Jalood, who was especially impressed by the record-breaking