Sport

New research has revealed swimmers make the best lovers – and guess what Manchester’s favourite sport is? That’s right, swimming.

Manuel Pellegrini is now a 4/6 favourite to be the next Premier League manager to leave his post with Man City’s title bid well and truly fading, completing a disastrous season for the Chilean.

Ben Gladwin’s first-half hat-trick helped assure Mark Cooper’s side a playoff spot, with Ian Henderson 20th of the campaign and Nathan Thompson’s own goal offering little consolation.

Wigan-based Olympian Sir Bradley Wiggins will return to Lee Valley VeloPark, the scene of his historic London 2012 triumph, to attempt to beat the current record of 52.4 kilometres (32.5 miles) set by Australian Rohan Dennis in xx.

Oldham are ten points off sixth place and with only four games remaining their play-off hopes are getting fainter by the day.

The Lancashire Cricket Board women’s cricket team has changed its moniker to LCB Thunder, in an attempt to increase media interest in the side following last season’s promotion.

After equalling a club record six straight away wins, Bury welcome title chasing Shrewsbury to the JD Stadium for a game under the floodlights on Tuesday.

Wigan managed a 2-2 draw against Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday which saw them come from behind twice but they will want to turn that sort of play into three points at Millwall tonight, vital if they are to make up their seven-point deficit to Rotherham with four games remaining.

A solitary silver medal over 50m was as good as it got for 20-year-old Lauren Quigley at last year’s Commonwealth Games after impressing in the nationals as she fell just short of the podium in the 100m and 200m.

With Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao added to Manchester United’s existing attacking roster of Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Juan Mata over the summer, Louis van Gaal’s side was high on towering ego, and low on on-the-pitch cohesion before the Dutch manager worked his magic.

The team, who turned professional in 2013, face a trip to Seoul next month for the International Blind Sports Association World Games, before hosting the European Championships in August – a competition that they need to reach the final of to qualify for the Rio Paralympics.