Athletics

UK Athletics has officially submitted a joint bid with Birmingham City Council to host the European Athletics Championships.

UK legal firm Irwin Mitchell has been announced as the official legal partner to UK Athletics in a three-year agreement with the organisation.

Irwin Mitchell will support UK Athletics (UKA) with advice and regulatory guidance in key areas such as safeguarding, disciplinary investigations, and contentious and non-contentious commercial work.

Adidas has agreed a deal to become title sponsor of the Manchester Marathon, the UK’s second largest marathon.

The agreement will see the sportswear giant become the title partner for the 2023 adidas Manchester Marathon, which will take place on Sunday 16th April. The vision of the event is to continue focussing on equal opportunities and growing running communities and assisting runners of all abilities with a range of training support and expertise.

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has announced the addition of two new companies to its portfolio of sponsors.

Security solution and crowd management company FGH Security has been announced as the official stewarding provider and, as such, will provide services at venues across the West Midlands during the games.

Additionally, humanitarian charity RE:ACT has been announced as the official military veteran provider. Under terms of the agreement, RE:ACT will deploy 500 'Games Responders' across four venues in order to support the security workforce.

London Marathon partners with fundraising tech supplier Enthuse.

The 2022 major events series will be broadcast across network and digital channels.

After four and a half years in the role, Formula 1's Director of Strategy and Business Development has announced he is leaving his position.

Prior to Formula 1, Gangakumaran was a senior strategist at Sky Sports, working on European growth and channel development, including the switch in the UK from numerical to genre-based channels and subsequent change in pricing and packaging.

UK Athletics, the governing body for athletics in the UK, have announced that its chief executive, Joanna Coates (left), and Sara Symington (right), the head of performance, have both resigned from their positions.

Coates, who joined from England Netball in March 2020, came at a difficult time as it was just a few days after Tokyo 2020 had been postponed due to the global pandemic. Also, a long-term partnership with the BBC expired leaving the sport without a broadcast partner meaning that Olympic trials had to be watched via a website link.

Audible has announced the launch of 'Defiance with Michael Johnson', a new eight-part Audible original podcast, hosted by the inspirational Michael Johnson.

Produced by Folding Pocket in conjunction with thinkBeyond Talent Ventures, the series explores the history of protest in sport and its importance in driving societal change.