Talented Portuguese teenager João Girão singled himself out as a golfing star of the future after beating off competition from some of the game's top up-and-coming players to claim a deserved victory in the 2015 McGinley Junior Cup at Quinta do Lago. Girão, 16, a part of Portugal's team that was successful in Division Two at the 2015 European Amateur Team Championships in Poland last month, carded an impressive two-under-par round of 70 on Quinta do Lago's renowned Laranjal course to clinch the overall gross title at the famous resort in the Algarve.

Four Oaks based junior rider Oscar Fenton won a prestigious showing championship class at Hickstead’s Longines Royal International Horse Show on 01 August 2015. Sutton Coldfield’s Oscar and his mother Vanessa’s Welsh Mountain pony Oldacres Lilli were crowned BSPS Heritage M&M Supreme Pretty Polly Mini Champions. They qualified to contest the overall honours having already won the Pretty Polly Leading Rein Pony Championship earlier in the day – a title they also won in 2013.

British Athletics have confirmed Martyn Rooney would take an individual spot and represent British Athletics at the World Championships in Beijing, China in August 22-30. Following the submission of a successful appeal Rooney has been added to the team in the 400m.

As well as showcasing its talent with the matches and helping to develop football at the grassroots level in Singapore, the Premier League sought to help the wider game in Asia with a workshop during the Barclays Asia Trophy 2015. Representatives from the Asian Football Confederation, its member associations and its leagues and clubs were in Singapore to learn about the strategies and programmes in place at the Premier League and the three clubs competing in the Barclays Asia Trophy, Arsenal, Everton and Stoke City.

Cranberry aficionados Ocean Spray®is the new Official Beverage and Snack Sponsor of The Color Run™ UK, therefore a sea of pink (and orange and blue and green) will flood the streets of Birmingham on Saturday, August 15 as ‘Color Runners’ hit the road in the Happiest 5k on the Planet. As the official beverage and snack partner, Ocean Spray® will be integral to the success of the event, owning one of the colour zones with its signature cranberry hue.