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Manchester Giants’ rookie coach Danny Byrne says chemistry can play a big role in helping the team recover from a ‘terrible’ 2016-17 season.

Australian James O’Connor has praised the incredible talent of his South African team-mate Faf de Klerk ahead of Sale’s showdown with Gloucester at the AJ Bell Stadium on Friday night.

Jason Kenny has ended months of speculation by confirming he will return to the track at the Revolution Series in January, starting his quest to become the most successful British Olympian of all time.

The fight will be held at the Manchester Arena (the first major sporting event to take place at the Arena since the terrible atrocities committed there in May).

Bibiana Steinhaus, a chief inspector in the German police, made history earlier this month when she refereed a match between Hertha Berlin and Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.

They currently hold all three English domestic trophies – with the FA Women’s Cup and the Continental Tyres Cup as well – and were unbeaten in 2016, conceding just four goals in sixteen games.

The Eagles are a side in a dire situation; five games played, five losses and zero goals scored.

Jonny Bairstow produced a delightful display of batting to give England a 7-wicket victory over the West Indies in the first one day international at Old Trafford.

It isn’t uncommon for most athletes at the pinnacle of their sport to experience a comedown in a post-Olympic year, but for double Olympic gold medallist Philip Hindes, 2017 couldn’t be further from the truth.

Top-flight European football returns to the Etihad Stadium next Tuesday as Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk travel to England to face Manchester City.

The United boss described the former England skipper as a club legend as he looked ahead to the game against the out-of-form Toffees.