Hosts England began the defence of their Commonwealth Games netball title with a thumping 74-22 win over Trinidad and Tobago here.

England won the men's team gymnastics title for the third Commonwealth Games in a row after a dominant performance here at Birmingham 2022.

Alex Yee won the first gold medal of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games for hosts England here, fighting back from a significant deficit to beat New Zealand's Hayden Wilde, who was penalised for a transition error.

3x3 basketball, the shortened version of the standard game with five-a-side, is appearing at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in Birmingham, together with wheelchair basketball 3x3, after being added to the list of Olympic sports in the run-up to Tokyo 2020.

Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock, two-time Commonwealth Games champion Courtney Tulloch and three-time medallist Alice Kinsella head up hosts England's hopes of artistic gymnastics success at Birmingham 2022 here.

Chef de Mission Mark England said the host nation's only target at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is topping the medal table. 

Doubt has been cast over Dina Asher-Smith's participation at the upcoming Commonwealth Games here after suffering an injury scare at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in the United States.

England kept their dreams of lifting the trophy alive on home soil with an extra-time victory over Spain in Brighton this evening, coming from behind to book their spot in the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger has predicted "great results" from the home nations at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games here, with the multi-sport event returning to England for the first time since Manchester 2002.

England have made history again at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 after sweeping aside Northern Ireland 5-0 in Group A, while Austria defeated Norway 1-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the competition.

England have claimed the overall title at the European Bowls Championships in Ayr, Scotland after achieving three gold medals, two silvers and one bronze.

The bearers of the Queen’s Baton have swam with sharks, travelled by lifeboat and speedboat and taken it down water slides as the Relay reached Sunderland in the north east of England with only 14 days until the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to open.

The line-up for the semi-finals of the Women’s International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World Cup has been completed courtesy of wins for Argentina and Australia.

Beth Mead completed a hat-rick against Norway as England became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals in a historic match at the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022.