VIDEO: Michael Atherton says ‘give everyone the opportunity to play sport’
If you ever needed reminding how strong Michael Atherton’s Mancunian roots are just mention the weather.
If you ever needed reminding how strong Michael Atherton’s Mancunian roots are just mention the weather.
With 60 individuals shortlisted and ten clubs up for nomination, tonight is the night for the 15th Greater Manchester Sports Awards at the Old Trafford cricket ground.
Viv Anderson has hailed the world’s first black professional football as an ‘incredible’ inspiration, in the week that marked 150 years since his birth.
When an amateur sports club has an official historian, it becomes obvious that there is more to that team than immediately meets the eye.
At MM we decided we would spend International Older Person’s Day choosing our top five elderly Mancunians – after much debate, here’s our list!
Tom Abell’s performances this season earned him the LV= Breakthrough Player Award for 2015 and former England batsman Mark Butcher is convinced the Somerset opener is on track for international honours.
When opportunity knocks you have to open the door but Alex Davies has gone one better and battered it down with Lancashire this summer – according to former England international Mark Butcher.
On a weekend crammed full of memorable sporting occasions, football let itself down once again.
For one Rochdale rugby player, tonight’s World Cup opener between England and Fiji carries a level of significance that goes beyond the mere eighty minutes, owing to an association that backdates half a century.
England one-day international skipper Eoin Morgan is backing powerful opener Alex Hales to take his limited-overs form into the Test arena this winter.
Lancashire were crowned t20 Blast Champions for the first time in their long history last weekend, despite doubts over the side both before the season’s start, and before finals day itself.
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