Two Mancunian cousins will take on the Welsh Three Peaks Challenge in aid of refugees this October.

Welsh Grand Slam winning captain Tom Phillips admits he is preparing for a southern hemisphere onslaught at the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Manchester.

Elinor Barker is well aware she’s in the midst of her most important year in professional cycling.

A University of Manchester lecturer who classified a new species of dinosaur discovered two years ago has hailed the discovery as being valuable to science.

Wales’ constant revolving injury door during the 2015 Rugby World Cup has made Warren Gatland’s men favourites to land next year’s Six Nations title, according to absent full-back Leigh Halfpenny.

Gareth Bale has managed to succeed where former Welsh star Ryan Giggs botched and lead Wales into their first major finals in 57 years, the 2016 European championship in France.

English Rugby World Cup organisers’ worst nightmare has come true: the Red Rose are the first host nation to leave its own tournament in the group stages.

Ahead of the Pool A grudge match between England and Wales, MM casts an eye back at some of the most memorable encounters between the two sides over the years.

The England scrum has been much-maligned in the aftermath of Friday night’s victory over Fiji but hooker Tom Youngs is adamant there is nothing to panic about as they build towards Saturday’s crunch clash with Wales.

England backs coach Andy Farrell admits centre Jonathan Joseph is struggling for fitness ahead of their second Rugby World Cup encounter this weekend.

World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio admits England are light on experience for their 2015 campaign but the former No.8 insists home advantage could be more than enough to compensate.