Sport

Louis van Gaal is looking for Manchester United to become more clinical next term after the Red Devils’ last home game of 2014/15 ended in a draw with Arsenal.

On the recent tour of the West Indies, Lancashire paceman James Anderson broke Ian Botham’s record to become England’s all-time highest Test match wicket-taker – he has now taken 397 scalps.

Although she’s only lived in Manchester for less than two weeks, four-time Paralympic gold medallist Ellie Simmonds has said she’s settling in well ahead of what could be the biggest 18 months of her career.

Former Aussie paceman Jason Gillespie has garnered many plaudits for his work at Yorkshire, leading Joe Root and his White Rose teammates to the County Championship crown last year.

After Bex Wilson’s lifelong ambition of competing at the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February 2014 didn’t turn out how she had hoped, her love of sport shone through as she started working with a foundation to get kids active.

Sale need a bonus point win over Exeter Chiefs and for Wasps to lose at London Irish to snatch sixth place in the Premiership and secure European action next season in club stalwart Mark Cueto’s last game.

After a week-long training camp in Spain, Wigan’s players will make trips to Vanarama Conference side Altrincham on July 14 and Southport on July 18 before their League One tilt.

Ricky Hatton has continued his reputation as a joker by purchasing a Manchester City cake for his United supporting brother on his birthday.

Former world number eight Marcos Baghdatis and Great Britain’s Davis Cup hero James Ward are among the list of entries for the Aegon Manchester Trophy at The Northern Lawn Tennis Club from May 31-June 7.

Nick Cushing’s side have played five games but have only managed to pick up five points, scoring three goals in total in the league.

Pupils from Cheetham Hill’s Temple Primary School joined England Sevens stars Sam Stanley, Sam Blanchet and Jack Walsh at the Lensbury Club in Teddington as Heathrow Express and the UK Space Agency joined forces to put them through their paces with an education programme called ‘Mission X- Train like an astronaut’.