A champion of public health is making sure a holiday doesn't get in the way of fundraising efforts by taking part in the Carvers Wolverhampton Cycle Marathon two weeks early. Councillor Sandra Samuels, the City of Wolverhampton Council's Cabinet Member for Public Health and Wellbeing, is not available when the Carvers Marathon events take place in Wolverhampton on Sunday 6 September, 2015 – so she is getting in the saddle and riding 20km around West Park this Friday (21 August, 2015).

After his backing from, and nominated by, UK Athletics, Lord Sebastian Coe is now the new IAAF President at the global governing body’s Congress in Beijing. The 1980 and 1984 Olympic 1500m champion defeated Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergey Bubka by 115 votes to 92. Coe’s election was part of a clean sweep for candidates nominated by UK Athletics at the Congress, with all five British candidates being elected to various positions.

A 29-year-old man from Banbury is taking part in the Morrisons Great Birmingham Run on Sunday 18^th October in an effort to complete a 333.05 mile running challenge, and raise money for SANDS, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity. Tom Venner, an automotive executive, will run the last of his 17 half marathons on 18^th October, and the penultimate running event of a total of 25. 

The 2016 Betway Premier League Darts- the sport’s widest-reaching event- is set to return to the Barclaycard Arena in April, with the venue hosting night 13 of the tournament. The £700,000 Betway Premier League, televised live on Sky Sports, sees an initial ten-player field competing across four months at 16 arena venues to contest for the prestigious title, which was won by Gary Anderson in May 2015.

Commonwealth Games Federation [CGF] Presidential candidate Louise Martin CBE has unveiled her election Manifesto and vision called 'Unlocking Our Potential.'   Martin, who is a CGF Executive Board Member and Honorary Secretary, promises a new era of leadership in order to deliver enhanced revenues to all 71 Commonwealth Games Associations [CGAs] and grow the status and profile of the Games.  

International cycling superstar Graeme Obree will be riding into Anglesey for the much anticipated Tour of Britain in just a few weeks time and paying a special visit to the luxury hotel Chateau Rhianfa. Once called a “genius” by fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, Graeme will be hosting an exciting evening dinner at the Chateau Rhianfa following the Grand Depart of the Tour of Britain in Anglesey's Beaumaris, on Sunday, September 6.