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Bury manager David Flitcroft is optimistic about bouncing back this weekend against Mansfield Town, especially as his team – at one stage without a decent training setup which he feared would plague them – have taken to their new facility.

Super League 2014 grand finalists Wigan were beaten in convincing fashion at Castleford Tigers last weekend and coach Shaun Wane insists his side must show their true grit in order to get back to winning ways.

Former world champion gymnast Beth Tweddle is gearing up to launch her own 10-week programme for children aged between 2-7 in collaboration with Total Fitness and Waterside Hotel and Leisure Club from March 13-15.

Back in 2013 former England captain Mike Gatting rolled his sleeves up and got stuck into voluntary work at Heywood Cricket Club, and the ECB Managing Director of Cricket Partnerships hopes they get stuck in again this time around too.

The Trotters travel to Blackburn tonight for their first league game since they conceded an injury-time equaliser to draw 1-1 with Reading last Tuesday.

Ashton United and Curzon Ashton are both going for promotion to the Evostik Premier League this year, the first time in 17 seasons they’ve been competing in the same division.

Former United forward Danny Welbeck’s second-half strike secured a 2-1 triumph for Arsenal in an enthralling Old Trafford encounter, while Angel Di Maria saw red for a dive then bizarre shirt grab on referee Michael Oliver.

Manchester’s 400 metres specialist Seren Bundy-Davies was left with a tinge of disappointment despite winning two medals at the European Indoor Championships in Prague last weekend.

England’s embarrassing 15-run defeat to perennial whipping boys Bangladesh on Monday continued 23 years of misery on cricket’s biggest stage, since England reached the final in 1992.

Goals from Rhys Bennett and Ian Henderson sealed victory for Rochdale over Colchester United on Saturday, moving them to within three points of the play-offs with two games in hand.

Dorothy Brooks, a Kennel Club assured breeder, saw Swedish owner, Anette Dyren and Dublin, come second after claiming the prestigious Best of Breed and best Gundog overall at the world-famous dog show in the West Midlands.