Birmingham City Council will appoint a "master-planner" who will be in charge of the £70 million ($90 million/€78 million) upgrade to Alexander Stadium, the central venue for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

NEC Group have appointed Donovan Myers to the newly created role of Commonwealth Games project manager for Birmingham 2022.

The Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority has said he will hold talks on plans to construct a velodrome in Birmingham as part of legacy plans for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Planning permission has been granted for the residential element of Birmingham 2022's Athletes' Village, with the city poised to celebrate the one year anniversary since they were awarded the next edition of the Commonwealth Games.

World Archery have confirmed they are bidding to get the sport included on the programme for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Birmingham City Council has named Australian company Lendlease Ltd as the principal contractor for the Athletes' Village being built for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Perry Barr.

Alexander Ratner, the new International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) secretary general, has spelt out the thinking behind the decision for both him and Vladimir Lisin, the new President, to put their weight behind shooting’s push for a place at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham today, arguing that the sport should be in "all the major competitions".

Shooting will still need to do a lot of persuading if it is to convince organisers of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham to change their minds and include it on the programme after they initially decided to omit it. 

The new International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) leadership will visit the United Kingdom next week to promote shooting sport’s case for a place at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

More than 500 people from local businesses have attended a Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games briefing at the city's International Convention Centre (ICC) to hear about how they could benefit from the largest sporting and cultural event ever to be held in the West Midlands region.

Women's cricket could feature at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed it had submitted a bid for the Twenty20 version of the sport to be included at the event.

Commonwealth Games England (CGE) have agreed a partnership with Run Communications as they look forward to Birmingham 2022.

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has invited regional businesses to a special event to provide an update on procurement and supply-chain opportunities.

Mace have been selected to act as the project manager for the revamping of the Alexander Stadium for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.