Step aside United and City – there can be no doubt about Manchester’s most successful sports team this season.

Departing Sale Sharks hooker Tommy Taylor has spoken of his pride in representing his hometown club – but says that now is the time for a new challenge.

Manchester Thunder’s netball stars are hoping a surge in excitement levels among fans will help break a record for the UK’s highest-attended domestic match.

Lancashire Director of Cricket Ashley Giles admitted that he is approaching the prospect of Division One cricket with a mixture of excitement and uncertainty, stating ‘let’s get on with it’.

Neil Lennon has left Bolton Wanderers by mutual consent today, with the Championship side 11 points adrift of safety.

Manchester-based taekwondo duo Jade Jones and Bianca Walkden are confident that Team GB can come away with four medals at the upcoming Olympics.

When Mixed Martial Arts fighter Ronda Rousey recently took to Instagram to apologise for sharing a photograph that ‘was altered without [her] knowing to make [her] arms look smaller’, the old debate about body image in sport reared its ugly head.

Manchester City and Manchester United are being challenged to pay all of their match day staff the Living Wage before the Manchester derby this month.

Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe is urging people in Manchester and the surrounding area to help raise vital cash for local causes by jumping on a bike and getting pedalling during the UK’s biggest indoor cycle ride.

The UK’s first indoor mountain bike and BMX park is set to open in Manchester after ‘unbelievable’ support from the biking community saw the project smash its £300k target.

Deadline Day is in full swing and Sky Sports News are merrily leading the pageantry with bad rumours, bravado and yellow ties – despite Pep Guardiola’s best attempts to steal the limelight.