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A record £260million injection into football by the FA is still not enough for staunch grassroots supporter and Bolton North East MP David Crausby.

Stockport’s Kate Richardson-Walsh insists England’s women will go out and express themselves as they look to claim their first ever Unibet EuroHockey Championship title at London’s Olympic Park.

The debate rages on as to whether Sam Burgess can play international rugby union at centre, but whatever happens in this weekend’s acid test against France at Twickenham, former England captain Martin Johnson insists the experiment will be well worth it.

It has been widely speculated that 28-year-old Barcelona winger Pedro is a target for Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal, and last night the Spaniard gave the clearest hint yet that a move away from Barcelona’s Nou Camp is on the cards.

FC United of Manchester’s first competitive match at Broadhurst Park ended in disappointment last night, as they fell to a 2-1 defeat to Stockport County.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini says Yaya Toure’s match-winning two-goal display against West Bromwich Albion on Monday is a clear sign the Ivorian is back to his best.

Team Sky’s performance director Rod Ellingworth and doctor Richard Usher were in Manchester last week to coincide with the launch of Rapha’s Tour du Courage exhibition, a series of pictures from this year’s epic battle across France won by team leader and Briton Chris Froome.

Manchester City duo Manuel Pellegrini and Vincent Kompany promised the club’s return to Premier League greatness in 2016 at the season launch party last week.

Manchester’s -68kg taekwondo player Jordan Gayle only just qualified for the first round of the Grand Prix Series, which takes place in Moscow between August 14-16, before September’s round in Turkey and then his home city the month after.

MM take a look at what both Manchester City and Manchester United have been up to this summer and how they might fare in 2015/16.

England under-19 star Alex Davies made his debut in 2012, but has emerged as a Lancashire first team regular in 2015, with first-choice glovesman Jos Buttler now behind the stumps for the national side.