Sport

Since the Premier League began in 1992, Manchester United boast as having the best Boxing Day record of any team in the competition.

They might not have made the podium at this year’s World Rowing Championships but Jess Leyden believes it would be foolish to count out Britain’s women’s quad team in Rio 2016.

MM looks back at the pick of the bunch from Oldham’s last 50 Boxing Day encounters.

There will be several excitable coaches, managers and owners of our region’s sports teams, as they anticipate unwrapping their presents on Christmas morning.

Manchester City may be developing as a global brand, but their ‘City in the Community’ programme is ensuring the club continues to be at the heart of the local area.

From having clear out surgery on my elbow to filming an Aldi advert alongside Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams, it’s certainly not been a boring off season so far for me – not that I’m complaining!

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is hopeful of having a fit-again Sergio Aguero in his match-day squad for the Citizens’ trip to North London to face Arsenal at the Emirates on Monday evening.

Kearney has burst onto the swimming scene this year in emphatic style and emerged as Britain’s most successful swimmer at the IPC World Swimming Championships in Glasgow taking home four gold medals, a silver and a bronze.

Manchester Giants’ Ingus Bankevics believes his side are constantly improving as they look to end their losing run against Plymouth University Raiders on Sunday.

Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling and Ander Herrera have all completed a full week of training but it remains unclear whether the trio will return to the starting line-up against the Canaries.

Latics’ have not won in four games in all competitions and are in danger of slipping out of the play-off positions before the New Year if they are not careful