Earlier this year 18-time Grand Slam tennis champion Martina Navratilova divided many in women’s sports by suggesting that trans women participating in men’s sports were effectively ‘cheating’.

No sporting rivalry is as compelling as India and Pakistan in cricket, two nations driven by an underlying resentment towards each other kick-started by the political turbulence of the mid-20th century.

Running out at Twickenham is the dream for every grassroots rugby player and next month it will come true for no fewer than four of Manchester’s own.

The latest issue of the MM e-edition is packed with news, sport, features and entertainment.

Raheem Sterling is this season’s leading light in the Premier League – according to Manchester City hero Paul Dickov.

For the first time, the ‘friendliest marathon’ hosted a Marathon Eve Meet-Up on Saturday 6th to provide information and moral support for the runners.

The December/January edition is packed with features, interviews and articles across a range of topics.

Eighty-four kids from Greater Manchester schools, who participate in the ‘EdStart’ program, were among the 85,870 Wembley crowd which shows that the future of the sport on these shores is in safe hands.

Quidditch has a real reputation for being completely inclusive and on arrival, everyone was given a sticker for their name and the pronouns they felt comfortable with. MM went to the University of Manchester recently to try out the sport which is developing both in the city and the wider UK.

With two Winter Olympics, and a silver medal at the World Cup 2017, under his belt Deen, 37, has vowed to make even more history.

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