‘Any gender, any age, any ability’: Curling is fun for all, says Manchester lanes boss
Even the mention of curling in this country can draw looks of confusion and a shrug as if to suggest that it is an undertaking very much meant for elsewhere.
Manchester para-swimmer basks in the SPOTY-light ahead of making waves in Rio
Kearney has burst onto the swimming scene this year in emphatic style and emerged as Britain’s most successful swimmer at the IPC World Swimming Championships in Glasgow taking home four gold medals, a silver and a bronze.
Dame Sarah Storey turns focus to Rio 2016 after Six Day London fun and games
Dame Sarah Storey may not have been able to trouble the leaders at the inaugural Six Day London but the 11-time Paralympic champion insisted she couldn’t have asked for a better way to round off her season.
Six Day London: Dame Sarah Storey awaits ‘nightclub’ velodrome atmosphere
The end of a gruelling nine-month long season may be in sight but Disley’s Dame Sarah Storey admits she will be squeezing out every ounce of remaining energy to star at this week’s Six Day London.
‘Treated like luggage’: Disabled passengers petition to Manchester Airport
Going on holiday should be a chance to relax and enjoy ourselves, but for many disabled people it can be difficult and painful simply to get onto the plane.
Manchester’s ‘White Elephant’ thankfully extinct, says proud cyclist Storey
Dame Sarah Storey says British track cycling success is indebted to Manchester’s National Cycling Centre after the iconic velodrome hosted the National Track Championships last weekend.
Sale wheelchair racer’s trip from obscurity to National Paralympic Day dreamworld
Sale’s John Smith admits switching sports was always going to be a risk, but the wheelchair racer has no regrets after making his Olympic Stadium debut on Sunday as part of National Paralympic Day celebrations.
National Paralympic Day: ‘Come together’, right now, Ellie Simmonds urges Britain
Manchester-based Ellie Simmonds, a world and Olympic swimming champion and world record holder, goes back to where she captured the nation’s hearts in 2012 at the London Aquatics Pool for the National Paralympic Day this weekend.
Paralympic swimming hero Simmonds confident of IPC World Championships glory
Ellie Simmonds has swapped Loughborough University for the National Performance Centre in Manchester this year as she turns her attentions towards Rio 2016.
Jonnie Peacock says retaining World Championship is his main aim for season
The 2012 London Olympic Games were a watershed moment for Jonnie Peacock and he has since followed his win with gold medals at the World Championships in Lyon in 2013 and European gold a year later.
Indiegogo to Rio 2016! Macclesfield paralympic cyclist needs your help to get new prosthetic leg
Paralympic cyclist Colin Lynch has taken to Indiegogo to raise money for a new prosthetic leg which will help propel him towards Rio 2016.