Bolton trampolining prodigy hopes £2K boost will bounce him to Florida tournament
A Bolton trampolining teen star is using crowdfunding to keep his Olympic dream alive – as his mum looks for £2,000 to send him to Florida.
IN PICS: Rising Olympic taekwondo star Jade Jones puts MM through its paces… but we end up taking a fall
The 21-year-old will be looking to get back to winning ways after losing in the final to Spain’s Eva Calvo Gomez Grand Prix’s inaugural event last December.
Manchester has the Ice Factor: Next generation of ‘fridge kids’ impress on Chill Factore slopes
Sochi 2014 saw a breakthrough on the slopes for Team GB with the emergence of ‘fridge kids’ and now Manchester is developing the next generation of talent.
Salford meets Norway: Team GB handball star Ciaran Williams mixes it with the best in Scandinavia
Salford-born Williams is the latest in a line of top-level British athletes to move abroad and lap up the culture in a country that lives and breathes the sport they toil away at for a career.
Come one, come all: Salford Handball Club balance European bid with catering for community
Bill Baillie, also Talent Development Officer for UK Deaf Sport, and Neil Chorley, working wonders for handball in Salford and Britain.
Manchester no plodding Giants, says former player Nick George as Jeff Jones’ team near play-offs
Former GB international impressed by Rob Marsden as Giants continue fine form against Plymouth
Swill he make it to Japan? Teen Stockport judo star Eric Ham hopes to trot to 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Three-times British judo championship winner Eric Ham, 16, aiming to represent Britain at Tokyo Games in 2020, the birthplace of the sport
Girl power! Team GB coach insists female athletes are blazing a trail in winter sports while boys lag behind
Moguls ski boss Chris David believes Team GB’s women are the best medal bets in South Korea in four years’ time.
Laura Trott says to beat Team GB at World Track Cycling Championship rivals will have to ride ‘beyond belief’
The Great Britain team are currently unbeaten in the competition’s current format, a record that the Manchester-based 21-year-old hopes to maintain.
Manchester’s Unsung Heroes: Teacher quits job to run ‘inclusive’ Wythenshawe disabled cycling club
Wythenshawe Wheelers received funding from the National Lottery
Come along for a chat: Sir Chris Hoy and Joanna Rowsell set to visit ‘cycling mecca’ Manchester for bike show
Hoy now retired, Rowsell a three-time world champion