Manchester’s LGBT community is kicking off a summer full of sport with a brand new festival of fitness and activity throughout this month and the annual Pride Games.

Geordie Colin Plews is just one of more than 3,000 participants in the Manchester 10k next month – but one of very few who’ll be running the quarter marathon in a dress.

For one go-getting Salford University graduate it is all early nights and a hectic training schedule at the moment as he plans to take on two marathons and one mega marathon in just three months to raise £35,000 for children in Malawi.

Richard Hill, from Saddleworth, recently left the RAF after serving half a year in Afghanistan and is aiming to secure a deal at one of the 10 teams competing in the televised competition during the upcoming season.

NHS guidelines recommending adults exercise for 150 minutes a week were branded ‘unrealistic’ for most people by health experts this week.

A new exercise game that hopes to keep the elderly fit enough to avoid serious falls has been developed by Manchester University and Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Walking around the streets of Manchester, you’re bound to find people of all shapes and sizes, but it seems that many aren’t too happy about the way they look.

A series of varied workout stations await you on the Sporting Pro store’s floor in the Peel Centre, as you make your way from one to the next in a loop… all under the watchful glare of Kevin Foster-Wiltshire.

A Manchester runner who suffered from a painful spinal condition for 20 years is trekking more than 250miles across the Amazon to raise awareness about scoliosis.

Argentina hitman Aguero, 26, limped out of the 3-2 win over Nigeria last week with a muscle injury and is set to miss the last-16 clash with Switzerland tomorrow.

Fitness athlete and personal trainer, Karolina Botkova, has been training for a decade and now takes part in fitness competitions