Sale Sharks went from heroes to zeroes on Saturday, following up their Kings of the North tournament victory with a crushing defeat away to Saracens.

Ahead of British singer songwriter Lucy Rose’s show at Manchester Academy on Monday, the 26-year-old from Warwickshire chatted to MM about her new album, refugees and Jeremy Corbyn.

Manchester’s Etihad Stadium has missed out on regaining rugby league’s big Magic Weekend event for 2016.

Wigan will host Colchester on Saturday for the first competitive meeting between the two sides for 13 years.

MM reporters have come together to produce Mancunian Natters, a sports podcast looking at the sport that gets the city talking.

As the London four-piece come to Manchester to play Gorilla on Saturday, MM spoke to frontman Fred MacPherson, who says that although the band comes from London they’re happy to be get outside of the capital for a UK-tour.

Violent crime in Greater Manchester has risen by 39% in the last year, whilst the number of sexual offences has risen by 52%.

Rochdale and Bury may be perennial strugglers in The Football League’s lower reaches but that’s not to say they haven’t contested some exciting affairs.

Neil Briggs’ return was confirmed in January when, after four years away from Sale Sharks where he played for six seasons from 2005, including stints at Bourgoin and Leicester, he had little hesitation in deciding he wanted another slice of life in the North West.

The WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix finally gets under way today at the Manchester Regional Arena.

Greater Manchester’s ‘Best Friend of the Year 2015’ competition is now taking entries, and the winner will be invited to a production of Snow Queen with their best friend and six others.