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Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Crowd will raise nerves

Grandstand? Did he say 'grandstand'? He did.Read

Greg Rusedski calls for better service from potential top ten player Laura Robson

Greg Rusedski, a man who knows a thing or two about playing the ace card, believes Britain's Laura Robson could reach the world's top ten - as long as she improves her serve.Read

Birmingham City fans bid to have St Andrew's ground listed

Birmingham City fans have launched an audacious bid to stop any sale of the club's St Andrew’s ground.Read

Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Grown men as whining divas

Women, of course, possess an innate sense of such matters; their instinctive powers of perception and natural understanding of relationships are on a completely different plane to that of men, something I had cause to acknowledge (again) last weekend. Read

Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Be wary of crossed lines

Pitching wedge in hand, I wandered away from a brief period of putting practice intent on chipping a few balls towards the hole at the far end of the putting green.Read

Why Birmingham's football teams can't compete with Manchester's

With Manchester United winning the Premier League with games to spare and Aston Villa suffering the worst season in decades, the difference between the two conurbations’ footballing achievements has never been more stark. Professor John Samuels, of the University of Birmingham and author of The Beautiful Game is Over investigates why.Read

Corporate cricket community bidding to reach Edgbaston final of the Warwickshire Taverners Trophy

Cricket teams representing the West Midlands business community will this summer be aiming to land a place in the Edgbaston final of the Warwickshire Taverners Trophy.Read

Build-up to Nailcote Hall: No hiding place in the bunker

Late nights and very early starts are hardly ideal preparation for one's first golf lesson in more than a decade, yet even the unassuming demands of friends visiting from Spain obviously include drinking well beyond midnight - before rising at 6am to ensure they're on time to catch their return flight to Valencia.Read

Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Guilty of taking eye off the ball

Following a disastrous performance in the April medal competition, it was essential to get back out on the golf course last Saturday.Read

Tennis: The Russians just love playing at Edgbaston Priory Club

Russia's Ekaterina Bychkova extended her country's fine record at tournaments played in Birmingham when she won the AEGON Pro Series event at the Edgbaston Priory club.Read

Peter Sharkey: The Midland golf gourse labelled 'better than Augusta'

As most of us were preparing to finish work on Wednesday night, Augusta’s annual par three competition, traditional curtain-raiser to the Masters which starts on Thursday, was getting under way, bathed in customary early spring sunshine. Read

Judas Priest man hoping to host PGA tour event at Shropshire golf course

Developers hope to host a major PGA event at a Shropshire golf course owned by a heavy metal legend after a new £40 million leisure development.Read

Birmingham golf club refuses to sell up to housing developers

Defiant members of a Birmingham golf club have voted to turn down money-spinning offers for their site from housing developers. Read

Mizuno leading the way in cutting-edge custom fitting golf technology

Never under-estimate the power of custom fitting.Read

'Financial fair play' must be the goal of every club

The chief executive of Walsall FC has accused clubs that over-spend and collapse of “cheating” after the League One outfit revealed a seventh consecutive year of profit.Read

Review of 2012: Tennis

How ironic that after years of almost imperceptible progress in his role at the Lawn Tennis Association, Roger Draper should finally come under fire for his vast salary at the end of the most successful season in British tennis in nearly a century.Read

I want the Ryder Cup back at The Belfry, says golf venue's new boss

The Belfry is ‘‘back on the map as a serious venue’’ after years of uncertainty under the Quinn Group, new managing director Lynn Hood said.Read

Thrilling end to corporate cricket tournament as Taverners lord it over KPMG

After one of the wettest summers on record, the Warwickshire Taverners 2012 tournament reached a thrilling climax at Edgbaston on September 14.Read

Lordswood School tennis

Handelsbanken pledges £15,000 to Edgbaston Priory Tennis Club community programme

Hopes of an Olympic sporting legacy spreading to Birmingham have been boosted by £15,000 of funding for the city’s most high profile tennis club.Read

Ellie Simmonds

Ellie Simmonds back in the old routine after a glorious Paralympics summer

Back at home on the Midlands: After storming to two gold and one silver medals at the Paralympic Games Ellie Simmonds deserves a good rest.Read