Sport

A University of Salford scholarship programme has helped Manchester Storm secure deals for three international hockey players.

From the little guy smashing into people in wheelchair basketball, to the little guy smashing into people in wheelchair rugby, Ayaz Bhuta has enjoyed the transition into his new sport.

Stockport Metro swimmer Elizabeth Harris walked away from the 2016 School Games with two medals to her name and admits she could barely have asked for a better start to the new season.

After narrowly missing the cut for two previous Paralympic Games, few would blame Antony Cotterill if he had given up on his dream of representing his country at the highest level of all.

The man who saved Manchester United is to receive a memorial compass in his honour, marking the 65th anniversary of his passing.

Former Chicago Bears player Shaun Gayle and British pundit Neil Reynolds met NFL fans in Piccadilly Gardens, and then attended a special forum in the evening at the Marriott Victoria and Albert Hotel.

If at first you don’t succeed, switch sports and try again. That’s the motto for Shrewsbury’s Nick Beighton as he looks to finally get hold of a Paralympic medal.

Alderley Edge’s Isobel Wardle will collect her GCSE results like every other Year 11 student this week, but the Cheadle Hulme pupil will do so knowing that, whatever happens, she has had the best summer of her budding golf career.

There was to be no golden goodbye to these most storied of Olympic Games, when mining medals seemed, at times, almost ridiculously easy.

Team GB are already guaranteed at least one medal on the final day of competition at Rio 2016 when Joe Joyce goes in the super-heavyweight boxing final.

The Rio 2016 Olympics might be winding down but Team GB showed they are not taking their foot off the pedal as they were able to celebrate their most successful away Games ever following the conclusion of the penultimate day of action.