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Racing tips from Stan James.Com Jul 24 2010

The last three-year-old to win today's feature the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes was Alamshar back in 2003, but impressive Derby winner Workforce (4.25 Ascot) is taken to buck that trend in what promises to be one of the races of the season. The selection has only raced three times and in recording the fastest ever time for the Epsom classic he looked a potential superstar. The Derby form has taken a few knocks in recent weeks, but Workforce is taken to reverse early season form with subsequent Irish Derby winner Cape Blanco who missed Epsom for the French Derby where he finished down the field.Read

Bowls: Cup night in the Yardley and District Midweek league Jul 24 2010

IT WAS cup night in the Yardley and District Midwek League with all matches played on neutral greens at the semi-final stage.Read

Darts fundraisers arrow past their previous record Jul 24 2010

DEVOTED darts stalwarts Ken and Audrey Herbert have hit the bullseye by helping the Sports Argus Charity Darts Squad to a record-breaking cash haul.Read

Red-hot girls fly flag for Warwickshire as men struggle Jul 22 2010

WARWICKSHIRE’S mixed fortunes continued on day three of the AEGON Summer County Cup.Read

Snooker: Aston Villa fan Mitchell Mann is back on track Jul 21 2010

ROOKIE Mitchell Mann hasn’t just had to conquer his personal demons brought about by the failure to break into the big time a couple of years ago.Read

Table-tennis: Steve Smith takes top role Jul 21 2010

STEVE Smith is the new chairman of the Birmingham Association.Read

Edgbaston Priory finish runners up in AEGON Team Tennis final Jul 20 2010

EDGBASTON Priory’s women had to settle for the runners-up berth at the AEGON Team Tennis National Open in Bournemouth last weekend.Read

Racing: Temple Meads is best bet for Weatherbys Super Sprint Jul 17 2010

The Weatherbys Super Sprint run at Newbury which is the most valuable race in Britain this weekend has been won by local trainer Richard Hannon in four of the last seven years and he saddles half a dozen of the 25-strong field due to line up at this afternoon.Read

Birmingham's Richard Waller wins European light welterweight kickboxing title Jul 14 2010

■ KICKBOXING: Richard Waller is the new European light welterweight champion.Read

Table Tennis: Sutton take the lead Jul 14 2010

SUTTON are the surprise leaders of Division One of the Birmingham Summer League.Read

Body building success for Moseley's Randeep Lotay Jul 14 2010

WHEN Randeep Lotay’s passion for going to the gym led him into the world of body building, not for one minute did he expect it would also lead him into the history books.Read

Darts: Bromford Members Club Exiles drop points against Olton RBL Jul 14 2010

BROMFORD Members Club Exiles dropped their first points of the season in Group One of the Sheldon and District Summer League when they were held 4-4 by their nearest rivals Olton RBL.Read

Birmingham Mail Angling Column: Lead shot link to swan deaths is rubbished Jul 14 2010

CLAIMS made by the owner of a swan sanctuary on the Severn at Bewdley that anglers’ lead shot is poisoning the birds have been rubbished by a new study.Read

Edgbaston Priory's Luke Hammond stars in GB Under-12s tennis victory over Turkey Jul 13 2010

WHILE the current generation of British tennis players halted their slide down the Davis Cup structure, the country’s best young stars hinted at a brighter future in Eastbourne last weekend.Read

Racing: Ascot's opener looks a cracker Jul 10 2010

Ascot’s opener looks an absolute cracker with two of my personal horses to follow in opposition. Bohemian Melody chased too strong a pace at Sandown last time and did well in the circumstances to finish runner up on his first start on turf. He has been raised 4lbs for that run and preference is given to Man Of Action (1.45) who is chasing a hat-trick having won both starts so far this year for Newmarket trainer John Gosden.Read

Howard Webb to referee World Cup Final Jul 08 2010

England's Howard Webb will be the referee for the World Cup final.Read

Racing: Coral Eclipse Stakes is highlight of the weekend Jul 03 2010

The Coral Eclipse Stakes is the highlight of the weekend racing and it has to be said that this year’s renewal looks moderate certainly in comparison to last year’s epic battle between three-year-olds Sea The Stars and Rip Van Winkle.Read

Nadal smashes Murray's Wimbledon hopes Jul 03 2010

WHAT misery, what cardinal sin, what unforgivable indignity must this nation’s male tennis players have inflicted upon the sporting gods? There seems no end to their vengeance.Read

Vera Zvonareva looks for positives ahead of Mission Impossible against Serena Williams Jul 03 2010

AS SHE contemplates the biggest day and hardest feat of her life Vera Zvonareva can at least take succour from one fact – she has never lost a final on grass.Read

England snub brings right result for duo Jun 30 2010

MATCH anglers who opted to fish the Sonu Baits Individual Championships at Woodland View instead of watching the England game against Germany were rewarded with some fantastic fishing, with the top five all weighing in over 180lb and no-one less than 90lb.Read

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