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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Observer team has praised the drug testing programme operated at Birmingham 2022 in a newly published official report.
Two of England's Birmingham 2022 lawn bowls medallists returned to the Commonwealth Games venue six months on to unveil a wooden plaque to Warwick District Council.
An independent evaluation report providing an interim assessment of the impact of last year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham indicates the event "has been successful in generating beneficial short-term economic impacts for Birmingham, the West Midlands and the UK."
Siobhan Mackenzie, the designer of Scotland's Opening Ceremony outfits for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, has been recognised for her work by winning two categories for the tartan at the International Design Awards.
A new study by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom has revealed that the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has contributed at least PS870 million ($1061 million/EUR980 million) to its economy.
Almost one million people visited the Coventry Building Society (CBS) Arena in 2022 during a year which saw it stage both the Commonwealth Games and the Rugby League World Cup.
Rugby league fixtures are set to be played in Birmingham's Alexander Stadium complex, which was the 2022 Commonwealth Games' main venue, after a partnership was agreed by the Midlands Hurricanes and Birmingham City Council.
The "Raging Bull" that was on display during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is set to find a new home, with organisers saying the destination will be revealed "in the next few weeks".
Indian table tennis player Sanil Shetty has spoken of his disappointment after missing out on the Arjuna Award, the second highest ranking sporting honour in India.
Chief executive Ian Reid has claimed that Birmingham 2022 "delivered a stand-out edition of the Commonwealth Games" in what he said would be the final message from the Organising Committee.
Canada's Commonwealth Games medal-winning 3x3 basketball and wheelchair basketball teams have won the People's Choice Award for Most Trending Moment of the Year at the Canadian Sport Awards.
This year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have been been hailed for a major role helping helped the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) recover almost 18 months of closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the artists behind the Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton, Laura Nyahuye, has held a cultural legacy event in Coventry, with creative workshops continuing to be held following the Commonwealth Games.
When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Bolero, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he "taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.
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The current arguments over the potential participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus at next year's Olympic Games in Paris following the invasion by Moscow last year of Ukraine serve only to underline how the sporting world has struggled for more than a century to come to terms with the concept of "political neutrality".