Manchester’s LGBT community is kicking off a summer full of sport with a brand new festival of fitness and activity throughout this month and the annual Pride Games.

A Salford cheer squad are embarking on a 4,000 mile trip across the Atlantic to compete at the USA’s annual Cheerleading and Dance World Championships.

With clubs like the Manchester Titans offering budding quarterbacks the chance to try out their football skills, it’s no surprise that local fans like Bruce Sibanda are finding themselves playing internationally.

Freestyle skier Rowan Cheshire insists that she aims to prove her talent at the next Winter Olympics after her early exit from the 2014 Sochi games.

MM took to the streets to find out whether Manchester think new measures should be brought in to ensure better protection for sport stars, to ensure their safety, after the tragic death of star batsman Phillip Hughes

A new exercise game that hopes to keep the elderly fit enough to avoid serious falls has been developed by Manchester University and Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Manchester’s women who love women will be breaking the mould as The Sapphormation Festival returns to the city next month

Neil Lennon has been appointed as Dougie Freedman’s successor at Championship side Bolton Wanderers on a three-year contract.

The Etihad will increase its size to more than 55,000 as three rows of seats are built pitchside.

On the agenda this week, the team discuss Roy Hodgson’s 30-man England World Cup squad and the end of the Barclays Premier League season.

Ferguson bags second BBC lifetime achievement award