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The Latics released a statement four days ago saying Garcia, 26, had developed a blood disorder which has since been deemed as leukaemia and the Honduras international is being treated in The Christie.

Sale Harrier Abigail Irozuru recorded a personal best of 6.73m to win gold at Sheffield’s EIS arena on Sunday, putting her joint-third on the Great British indoor all-time list.

Goals from Harry Beautyman and Christian Burgess shot The Posh into an early lead which Dale were unable to claw back, despite Joe Rafferty registering the first league goal of his career.

Brady, 24 last Tuesday, shares the name of the four-time Super Bowl winning quarterback who is married to Brazilian supermodel Gisele and lifted his first crown since 2005 on February 1 when the New England Patriots trumped holders Seattle for the greatest prize in NFL: the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

This weekend England host Italy first up on Saturday (2:30pm), with Sale Sharks’ Danny Cipriani hoping for a first run out of the tournament, then Ireland take on France a few hours later (5pm) before Scotland welcome Wales on Sunday at 3pm.

Manchester United great Paul Scholes said what was on everyone’s minds however when he called watching his old club ‘miserable’ in his newspaper column on Friday.

Rochdale have slipped to 12th ahead of the Peterborough battle though manager Keith Hill is hopeful the club can mount a title charge.

Both Super League heavyweights got their respective campaigns off to faltering starts last weekend, with the Giants crashing to a 19-0 home defeat while the Warriors could only draw at Widnes.

The Duchess of Cambridge – Royal Patron of the 1851 Trust, which works with under-25s to inspire them to take to the sea – visited the South Coast on Thursday see the progress being made on the Ben Ainslie Racing base, due for completion in May ahead of crucial qualifiers.

Goals from Chris Smalling and Robin van Persie were enough to see off Burnley, who had levelled through in-form striker Danny Ings.

Danny Mills is hurriedly preparing himself for this year’s BUCS Nationals, the UK’s largest annual multi-sport event which takes place in Sheffield between February 20-22.