Two projects in Derby have been granted the Inspire Mark – the badge of the London 2012 Inspire Programme - for using London 2012 to inspire more young people to take part in sport and physical activity.
The Derbyshire Village Games project is looking for budding sports leaders across the county to support the drive to increase sports participation in rural areas.
The finalists of the Rock Your Body Street Dance Challenge 2010 will go head to head at an event on October 31 to win a trip to London to design their own Nike trainers and take part in a dance session at the famous Pineapple Dance Studios.
Derbyshire school pupils with a talent for sport are to be recognised later this month at the annual Derbyshire Schools' Sports Association Sports Awards.
More than 200 people took part in the inaugural Jog Derbyshire 5k at Shipley Country Park, running, jogging or walking around the cross-country course.