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She may have three European Championships gold medals and two British records to her name, but Dina Asher-Smith insists she’s not getting ahead of herself just yet.

Wigan RUFC are celebrating this week after director Frank Morgan received national recognition for his contributions to rugby at the Crabbie’s National Rugby Awards.

Olympic champion Greg Rutherford has pledged to follow in the footsteps of Sir Bradley Wiggins and attempt to pursue a career in track cycling when he retires from athletics next month.

The new season is almost upon us, and for both Manchester clubs the target is simple – win the Premier League.

In last week’s Community Shield victory over Chelsea, Manchester City continued from where they left off last season.

Pep Guardiola and Maurizio Sarri’s teams last season played out two of the Champions League’s most entertaining matches when Manchester City and Italian side Napoli met in the group stages of the competition.

The 29-year-old Manchester rower, from Altrincham, was forced to bring his career to a premature end after being diagnosed with overtraining syndrome in February.

Lancashire paceman James Anderson has been selected by fans in the all-time English cricket test side XI ahead of the country’s 1,000th match starting this week.

The World Cup means football’s traditional summer recess seems barely to have happened, and it is just a matter of days before the new Premier League season gets underway.

Later this month Natasha will be riding in the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 46 as part of her PruGOals programme but as a homeless teenager just six years ago nothing was further from her mind.

The 25-year-old from Stockport, alongside Wythenshawe twins Emma and Victoria Bradburn, have been recognised for their volunteering work with selection for the new TSB Young Leaders programme, launched at Old Trafford in July.