Sport

Former Sale Shark Rory Brand will realise a long-held dream next season when he starts his professional career at London Irish.

Outgoing Lord Mayor of Manchester, Paul Murphy OBE, is launching a new initiative to find 10 young Manchester athletes aspiring to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Jos Buttler missed the start of Lancashire’s County Championship season, instead broadening his horizons with a stint for Mumbai Indians in the IPL.

England might have won their first Grand Slam in 13 years but according to World Cup winner Martin Johnson they have proven absolutely nothing yet.

Teenage visually impaired alpine skier Menna Fitzpatrick says scooping a prestigious Ski Club of Great Britain award is a huge boost to her confidence with the 2018 Winter Paralympics fast approaching.

It’s that time of year again when the red dirt of Roland Garros is beamed through onto our screens as the French Open reaches its usual thrilling climax.

Cristiano Ronaldo may have mastered the art of play-acting on the field, but that’s where the similarities between football and theatre usually stop.

An FA Cup and fifth place in the Premier League was not enough salvation for Louis van Gaal and after three days of tantalising talks, Jose Mourinho has finally been confirmed as his successor.

Usain Bolt’s title of the world’s fastest man may be under threat from an American college student.

Bowdon under-12s coach Scott Wardle is urging his promising youngsters to soak up the experience when they share the Twickenham turf with World Cup winner Lewis Moody at this year’s Aviva Premiership Rugby final

Things didn’t go the way I wanted at the World Cup event in Papendal but that is bike racing. It was the first time I had not made the final at a World Cup for 12 months.