‘My job’s harder than yours’: Swimmer Halsall and rugby’s Wilkin on going out and Pot Kettle Black coffee passion
Not all couples can boast three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, four Challenge Cup wins and a Manchester coffee shop.
Not all couples can boast three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, four Challenge Cup wins and a Manchester coffee shop.
Having been crowned overall senior British national champion five times Chemmy Alcott knows what it takes to claim domestic bragging rights.
Team GB taekwondo athlete and avid Manchester United fan Lutalo Muhammad believes the club should stand by under pressure manager Louis van Gaal.
Pupils at a Denton school are counting down to this summer’s 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games by throwing themselves into helping the local community.
Martin Schweizer has competed at World and European Championships, as well as being a national record holder.
Manchester-based Ellie Simmonds, a world and Olympic swimming champion and world record holder, goes back to where she captured the nation’s hearts in 2012 at the London Aquatics Pool for the National Paralympic Day this weekend.
Manchester BMX Club’s 12-year-old sensation Lewis Holmes is already preparing to represent his country at the World Championships, just two years after taking up the sport completely by chance.
Last year Eric Ham was crowned British under-21 champion while just last month he took junior gold at the English Open in Sheffield as the 17-year-old prepares to move to senior level on a permanent basis.
While the recent thrills and spills of the Tour de France passing through northern England got cycling fans excited, to truly appreciate the sport head to the Museum of Science and Industry from July 19-March 1 next year for ‘Pedal Power’.
Manchester is still playing a leading role in the Commonwealth Games 12 years on with eight athletes heading to Glasgow.
Top sailor Sir Ben Ainslie launches British America’s Cup team.
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