Laura Trott insists Olympic champion Katie Archibald will put on a show this weekend as she helps kick off the new-look Revolution Series in style.

Jason Kenny was unstoppable at Rio 2016 but the six-time Olympic champion admits he isn’t sure yet if he will strut his stuff at next year’s World Championships.

Sale Sharks fans will be able to cheer on Wooden Spoon as well as their team at the AJ Bell Stadium after the Manchester club announced it had awarded naming rights for its North Stand to the children’s charity of rugby.

Chris Robshaw will lead Stuart Lancaster’s England out at Twickenham on Friday September 18 to start arguably the biggest tournament of his career after getting to grips with the great and the good of the sport’s grassroots heroes at the first ever National Rugby Awards.

Ellie Simmonds has swapped Loughborough University for the National Performance Centre in Manchester this year as she turns her attentions towards Rio 2016.

While Mark Cueto’s Sale Sharks career has come to an end, Tom Brady’s is only just taking off at the AJ Bell Stadium and so far he has backed up his five tries in 26 appearances last season with four scores this term.

A Manchester school pupil could barely contain his delight after being surprised by Land Rover and some of Sale Sharks’ biggest stars with the news that he will be an official Rugby World Cup mascot.

A solitary silver medal over 50m was as good as it got for 20-year-old Lauren Quigley at last year’s Commonwealth Games after impressing in the nationals as she fell just short of the podium in the 100m and 200m.