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Former Olympic coach Vicente Modahl has called for cheaper healthy food and an improvement in the guidance of grassroots athletes.

For those on the outside, Bollington visually impaired sprinter Libby Clegg’s preparations for this summer’s Paralympics Games could not have been worse.

Sale Sharks’ signing of Josh Charnley highlights how fortunate the Manchester side are to be the only Premiership club in the northwest, says Will Addison.

Sale Sharks are still in the battle to break into the Aviva Premiership’s top six this season but former Sale star Jason Robinson believes the club will need more investment in order to challenge in the upper echelons of the league.

Macclesfield skier Menna Fitzpatrick claims it was a team effort after winning gold at the IPC Alpine Skiing British National Championship on Saturday.

Not all couples can boast three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, four Challenge Cup wins and a Manchester coffee shop.

Manchester skier Rebecca Greaves claims she is now riding on the crest of a wave of confidence at the Delancey British National Alpine Ski Championships after picking up a bronze medal on Saturday.

Saddleworth skier Erika Heginbotham claims she has vastly exceeded her own expectations at the Delancey British National Alpine Ski Championships after clinching a remarkable double bronze on Tuesday.

Michael Holt made his fair share of Fools Gold in beating Ronnie O’Sullivan in the World Grand Prix earlier this month, and will be hoping to recapture that form in the Ladbrokes Players Championship.

Scrum-half Will Hodgson insists The King’s School Macclesfield’s never-say-die attitude is what propelled them to glory at last week’s Rosslyn Park HSBC National School Sevens.

He secured the World Grand Prix title in dramatic fashion last week but Shaun Murphy is excitedly looking forward as he – and snooker – returns to Manchester for the 2016 Ladbrokes Players Championship.