Manchester’s Unsung Heroes: Cancer survivor puts quiet retirement on hold to devote life to community projects
Sue Good, a retired head teacher from Didsbury, dedicates life to community
No volunteers, no future: Rebecca Adlington to help Manchester Handball Club sustain Olympic legacy
This Friday at Manchester Handball Club twice Olympic swimming gold medallist Rebecca Adlington will offer her services for London 2012’s legacy charity Join In.
Salford meets Norway: Team GB handball star Ciaran Williams mixes it with the best in Scandinavia
Salford-born Williams is the latest in a line of top-level British athletes to move abroad and lap up the culture in a country that lives and breathes the sport they toil away at for a career.
MM’s top five… niche sports
This week MM takes a look at five more unusual sports
Train with an Olympian: Salford handballer draws on public support to help fund Rio 2016 qualification
Ciaran Williams is organising the £1 draw
Tale of two penalties: Roberto Martinez furious with ‘soft’ award in Wigan Athletic’s defeat to Arsenal
Wigan in the bottom three at Christmas.
They’re back: Manchester Giants face London Lions in British Basketball League after 11-year absence
The Giants tip-off at 7.30pm at the Wright Robinson College in Gorton
Salford handball player Ciaran Williams amazed by public response as Team GB debut at London 2012
Ciaran takes MM inside the Olympic Park ‘bubble’
‘It gave me goosebumps’: Salford handball ace Ciaran Williams on making history at London 2012
Ciaran Williams wrote his name into the Olympic history record books last night.
Manchester’s role in the London 2012 olympics
The 2012 Olympic Games may be being held in London, but Manchester is playing its part.
London 2012 Olympics Preview: Handball
Handball at the Olympics: A preview and round-up