The 43-year-old had been out of management since the end of last season after a trophy-laden four years in charge of Scottish giants Celtic and replaces the sacked Dougie Freedman

A project designed to help get women in Bury more active, has signed a shirt sponsorship deal with the biggest female sports team in the town.

A Bolton trampolining teen star is using crowdfunding to keep his Olympic dream alive – as his mum looks for £2,000 to send him to Florida.

After Dougie Freedman left by mutual consent on Friday, Hughes and goalkeeping coach Lee Turner were placed in temporary charge of the Trotters.

A Bolton Olympic athlete unexpectedly died on a hospital operating table while undergoing a routine operation to ensure she couldn’t have any children – after suffering an ‘extraordinarily rare’ reaction.

Bolton Wanderers need to start taking their chances if they are to turn around their abject start to the season, admits manager Dougie Freedman.

England’s Visually Impaired Cricket team’s newest member from Ashton-under-Lyne is already targeting World Cup glory – despite having yet to make his first appearance.

Manchester athlete Menelik Watson says that he often has to pinch himself to confront the reality of his NFL success.

Under-fire Bolton manager Dougie Freedman has accepted responsibility for his side’s insipid performance in their 2-0 home loss to Derby County on Saturday, leaving the team with one league win in nine so far.

The Wanderers have toiled in the Capital One Cup so far this season, needing extra-time to see off both League Two Bury and League One Crewe Alexandra as they prepare to face the might of Chelsea

The Red Rose are in the relegation places going into the final round of fixtures and must beat Middlesex convincingly in order to escape the drop.