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Rio repeat in Tokyo tops Stockport sprinter Clegg’s priority list… after newborn son of course

If you’d told Libby Clegg she’d be competing in a World Championship semi-final seven months after giving birth, she would never have believed you.

Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: Wheelchair basketball star Laurie Williams demands more opportunities for sporty disabled people

Wheelchair basketball star Laurie Williams hopes success in Tokyo can help to inspire a new generation of females to get involved in her sport.

‘As good as I’ve ever been, but I’ll be even better next year’: Paralympic archer Chaisty says Tokyo can’t come quickly enough after Rio absence

Archer Hazel Chaisty admits she is starving hungry for her chance to shoot on the sport’s biggest stage after missing out in 2016.

Interview: MM meets ‘role model’ Paralympic swimming gold medallist Mikey Jones

Powered by the memory of his late father, Paralympic gold medallist Mikey Jones is determined to be a role model figure for the younger British swimmers coming through.

‘Things would look very, very different’: British Paracycling head praises National Lottery effect

Great Britain’s best paracyclists dominated last weekend’s Paracycling International in Manchester as the countdown to Tokyo 2020 begins, and as Head of British Paracycling Jon Pett told MM, key preparation events like this would not be possible without the support of the National Lottery and the Exchequer.

#sherows: Double Olympic champ Glover underlines benefits of a healthy life in new British Rowing campaign

No one knows more about the health benefits of rowing than double Olympic champion Helen Glover – and now the star is encouraging other women to follow her lead.

‘You’re doing great’: New mother Glover wishes she could shout encouragement to every mum in the street

Her priorities may have changed since becoming a mum for the first time, but Helen Glover admits her competitive instinct means she has not closed the door on Tokyo 2020 just yet.

Scared of heights? MM join Bugzy Malone and North Face climber Aidan Roberts for urban exploration celebration

The North Face bought some of Manchester’s finest artists to the height of First Street last week in a celebration of urban exploration.

‘There’s no feeling like it’: Stockport Wheelchair Racing coach on turning shy teens into Paralympians

Coach Rick Hoskins has helped wheelchair racers transform from shy teenagers into Paralympic medallists – now he wants to keep on matching ambition with dedication.

‘I want to make a name for myself’: GB’s McNeish does exactly that with taekwondo gold at European Champs

Team GB taekwondo young star Christian McNeish claimed his first European Championships gold with an impressive victory over the home favourite in Kazan, Russia at the weekend.

‘Gold is always on our minds’: Lauren Williams praises GB Taekwondo setup ahead of Euros title defence

Welsh taekwondo star Lauren Williams has outlined her plans to retain her European Championship title two years after earning a surprise gold in Switzerland.

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