Sports

Bounding back: the dawn of a new era at Oldham Athletic

Whisper it, but there’s a buzz around Boundary Park. Oldham Athletic are on their way back.  A year and a half after dropping out of the Football League, with talk of extinction, the club currently sit sixth in the National League and promotion is on every fan’s lips. It’s been eighteen months since Frank Rothwell […]

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Salford Red Devils and Sale Sharks stadium set for full council takeover with £65m boost

Salford Red Devils stadium is set for a £65 million boost as the council prepares to take full control after months of ‘painstaking’ discussions. Salford City Council already controls 50% of the site, which is also used by Sale Sharks, with private property company Peel owning the remaining share. This is a welcome boost for […]

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Man United, Adidas and Stone Roses Collab: ”The Stone Roses are Man United encapsulated”

This week Gary Neville explained why he picked the Stone Roses’ iconic 80’s anthem ‘This Is The One’ as The Reds walk-out song at Old Trafford when he became club captain in 2005. The song, he says, reflects the “true authentic spirit of the city of Manchester”.

Almost 20 years later, Manchester United, Adidas and The Stone Roses have come together to create a new line of casual and training wear based on the band’s first album cover and designed by their guitarist and diehard United fan John Squire.

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Man United fans slam ‘stupid’ decision to hike up season ticket prices for second year running

‘’The (United) board are the ones who’ve made stupid decisions, they’re the ones who’ve put players on stupidly high wages. They’re trying to right their mistakes by wronging the fans.’’ This is the reaction of 21-year-old, lifelong Manchester United fan, Dean Zulu, after the club’s decision to raise season ticket prices by 5 percent for […]

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Pickleball is the perfect sport for ‘sociable’ newcomers in the UK 

The USA’s fastest growing sport is catching on here too.  Pickleball, which originated on a badminton court with table tennis paddles in 1965, has graduated from a social activity into a competitive racket sport.  When Pickleball England was formed in 2019, there were around 2,000 casual players in the UK. Now, there are over 6,000 […]

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Manchester Giants teenage star Matthew Goodwin making waves in the British Basketball League

Matthew Goodwin is turning heads at the Manchester Giants after he recorded a career-high in minutes played while scoring his first points in the British Basketball League (BBL) against Cheshire Phoenix last Saturday. In April 2023, the talented guard earned the NBL Junior Final Fours’ (U18) MVP when he helped Manchester Magic Academy claim the […]

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Bury’s teenage middle-distance runner secures third place in first full international athletics competition

Bury AC’s Anna Gisbourne represented England for the 800-metre race at the International Flanders Athletics Meeting (IFAM) indoor meeting in Gent, Belgium. The 16-year-old finished third in her heat against experienced competitors, the youngest of which was still almost eight-years her senior. Anna achieved a spectacular time of 2:09:23, which was the 19th fastest time […]

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Manchester Giants vs Plymouth Patriots Marred by Brawl

A mass brawl broke out at the end of the British Basketball League clash between Manchester Giants and Plymouth City Patriots, which saw a child knocked over.   The match, which took place last Thursday, was a feisty affair with tensions brewing throughout and Patriots fans allegedly directing abuse at Giants’ forward Jamell Anderson.   Things spiralled […]

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Manchester hit by padel fever as fans go ‘bonkers’ over launch of first dedicated club

Manchester has seen unprecedented demand for padel following the opening of its first dedicated venue, Club de Padel. 

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Six Nations Rugby fan from Bolton to run six half-marathons for The Christie Charity

A rugby fan from Bolton is running six half marathons in the Six Nations countries to raise money for The Christie Charity in memory of his dad. Thomas Relph, 37, and his dad, Mark enjoyed watching England’s Six Nations matches together at Twickenham. Mark was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in January 2021 and underwent a […]

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