‘Why now?’ Manchester United winger Antonio Valencia leads tributes for heart attack victim Christian Benitez
Benitez played 58 times for the Ecuadorian national team
Moston stabbings: Schoolgirl, 13, left fighting for life after Manchester knife attack – which killed father
Girl remains in critical condition
Manchester sprinter Graeme Ballard caps memorable week with victory at Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games
Ballard also claimed 100m bronze at the World Championships in Lyon
Olympic hero Mo Farah takes on Ethiopian superstars Bekele and Gebrselassie in Bupa Great North Run
The awesome trio of Olympic and World champions clash in September
Former England star Matthew Hoggard urges Manchester cricket club to make most of Ashes fever
Whalley Range Cricket Club have signed up to ECB Club Open Day scheme
‘I can’t wait to get going’: Sale Sharks scrum-half Will Cliff chomping at the bit for J.P. Morgan Premiership Rugby 7s
Cliff forced to watch from sidelines as Shark secured top-flight position
Meet Manchester Action Man Commando Joe… from minefields in Iraq to children’s fat-fighting hero
Commando Joe will be appearing at Imperial War Museum North
‘Fans have been known to grab our privates’! MM get the lowdown on being teen heart-throbs with The Wanted
We joined Nathan Sykes, Siva Kaneswaran and Tom Parker
Tuesday Team Talk: 47 years since England won the World Cup… and now we’re further away than ever
MM look at why England haven’t had international success for almost 50 years
Manchester stores avoid National Breastfeeding Week ‘boob’, with baby nursing rooms praised by mums
John Lewis and Boots have opened breastfeeding rooms
‘Fans have been known to grab our privates’! MM get the lowdown on being teen heart-throbs with The Wanted
We joined Nathan Sykes, Siva Kaneswaran and Tom Parker on the couch