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2026 Guinness Men’s Six Nations Launched At The Birthplace Of International Rugby
The launch of the 143rd edition of the Men’s Six Nations (M6N) was held at Edinburgh Castle as players and the head coaches from all six countries were present to kick off this year’s tournament.
Image by Sheri Lei from Pixabay
Aspiring Athletes In Preston Urged To Apply For Gll's Sports Foundation Funding
Michael Peacock
GLL, the charitable social enterprise and worker-owned co-op that operates two Better leisure centres in the city, is inviting athletes from Preston to apply for funding from the largest athlete support programme in the UK. Awards include financial bursaries, free access to gyms, pools and other sports facilities, physiotherapy, lifestyle mentoring and mental health wellbeing support.
P.ublished 27th January 2026
Barrow Woman’s Inspiring Story Showcased In New Football Initiative
A Barrow woman’s story of overcoming adversity is helping football fans smile this January. Carol, a regular at Barrow AFC Community Foundation’s Cancer Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation programme, has said the sessions have left her feeling “much more positive”.
P.ublished 26th January 2026
What's On This Week, 26th January
Blaine Roberts-McNally
Sports Reporter
Image by Stefan Schweihofer from Pixabay
Monday 26th January, Premier League, Everton v Leeds United, 20:00 The Hill Dickinson Stadium will host the first-ever meeting between two titans of the English game on Monday night football. The two sides will also be meeting during favourable spells for what seems like the first time in decades.
P.ublished 26th January 2026
Nations Series Silver Medal “A Huge Achievement” For Northern Titan’s Rowan Weaver
Alicia Newton
Sport Reporter
Photo: @fionachongphoto
England returned home with the silver medal from the Nations Series in Singapore as they reached the final of the first men’s international series of the year. Amongst those in England’s Nations Series squad was Northern Titan’s Rowan Weaver, who started in all but one of the matches on his fourth appearance at this tournament.
P.ublished 26th January 2026
Introducing The Triple Ball Fitness System For Workouts At Home And Away
Introducing TBKFiT's TRiBOXKiNG – the compact, portable, triple ball fitness system that sharpens coordination, timing and movement. Perfect for fun, focused training anywhere, this home training system is unlike any other. TRiBOXKiNG is the perfect pop-up workout and offers many advantages over traditional single bag punchbags.
P.ublished 24th January 2026
News And Events From F1: Ferrari, Mercedes And Alpine
Ferrari hasn’t won a Formula 1 Drivers’ title nor a Constructors’ one since way back in 2007 and 2008, respectively, and Lewis Hamilton suffered his worst ever season in the sport last year after arriving from Mercedes amidst a fanfare of pre-season hype and publicity.
P.ublished 24th January 2026
News And Events From F1: The Launch Season Continues
Two further key events in the build-up to the new Formula 1 season have just taken place in Germany and Japan, namely the glitzy official unveiling in Berlin of the livery for Audi’s first ever F1 car and in Tokyo the unveiling of Honda’s new power unit, which it hopes will help make the Aston Martin team more competitive.
P.ublished 21st January 2026
Rising Star Anya Butterworth Wins Two Golds At Egypt Para Badminton International
Anya Butterworth won two of Badminton England’s eight medals at last week’s Egypt Para Badminton International, with the rising star winning both the women’s singles and mixed doubles SH6 classification titles.
P.ublished 21st January 2026
Sheffield’s Rowan Campbell-Pilling Earns Podium Finish On Return To The Middle East
Alicia Newton
Sport Reporter
Sheffield teenager Rowan Campbell-Pilling made his return to the Middle East as one of 38 drivers from around the world to compete in the opening race weekend of the 2026 UAE F4 Championship. The championship started in Yas Marina last weekend with Campbell-Pilling looking to build upon his third-place finish in the F4 UAE Trophy Series at the end of 2025.
P.ublished 21st January 2026
Consett Boxers Thriving In Close Knit Family Club
James Bovington
Boxing Correspondent
L to R AJ Shaun, Jayden, Joe, Daniel, Leon All Photos: James Bovington
Visitors to the Greek island of Santorini marvel at the Akrotiri fresco showing two gloved teenage boxers boxing. Three thousand years on from this priceless artefact’s creation, Consett lad Jayden Oliver and his mates live for the sport, as deeply embedded in northern culture as it was for the ancient Minoans.
P.ublished 20th January 2026
What's On This Week, 19th - 23rd Jan
Blaine Roberts-McNally
Sports Reporter
Image by Tomislav Jakupec from Pixabay
Another weekend ending signals a downturn in drama for some, but for us there is still plenty on offer during the workweek. Teams are competing for season-defining moments and victories that could determine not only the outcome of a week but also the success of an entire year.
P.ublished 19th January 2026
2026 Red Bull And Racing Bulls Liveries Unveiled
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Red Bull’s shiny new colour scheme
Red Bull and Racing Bulls have revealed the new liveries for their 2026 Formula 1 cars at an event held in the USA at Detroit’s Michigan Central Station, a building which has been restored by Ford as a home for innovation and future mobility.
P.ublished 17th January 2026
Thanks A Million! Prostate Cancer UK Hail Record Donation After Sharpshooting North West Darts Aces Lead The Way
“Thanks a million.” That was the reaction from Prostate Cancer UK after the Paddy Power World Darts Championships came to a conclusion last week. And stunning stats show that darts players in the North West have raised more than £500,000 in the past three years – and £172,000 this campaign.
P.ublished 17th January 2026
Audi Becomes The First F1 Team To Run Its 2026 Car Ontrack
The new Audi Formula 1 team has beaten all the opposition by giving its new R26 car an initial run at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last Friday, representing the first time that we had seen a new generation car ontrack, even if with little detail on show at the private test.
P.ublished 12th January 2026
What’s on this week, 12th January
With FA Cup weekend freshly over, we now enter another period of high-octane cup action alongside continuing league efforts that are becoming more important as 2026 creeps slowly on. Here are our picks for the best drama to take in this midweek. Monday, 12th January, FA Cup, Liverpool v.
P.ublished 12th January 2026
Figure Skating European Championships “A Full Circle Moment” For Sheffield’s Luke Digby Ahead Of Winter Olympics Debut
Next week will see Sheffield host the ISU Figure Skating European Championships for the first time in over a decade with Europe’s best skaters competing at the Utilita Arena between 13th – 18th January.
P.ublished 11th January 2026
Dennis Hobson Backs Dalton Smith For World Title Glory Ahead Of New York Clash
Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay
Veteran boxing promoter Dennis Hobson has thrown his full support behind Sheffield’s Dalton Smith as the unbeaten contender prepares for the biggest night of his career. Smith is set to challenge Subriel Matias for the WBC World Super Lightweight title in New York this Saturday, with the 27-year-old aiming to become the city’s next world champion.
P.ublished 10th January 2026
Sheffield’s Rowan Campbell-Pilling Finishes Third In The F4 UAE Trophy Series
Alicia Newton
Sport Reporter
Photo: UAE F4 Trophy Series
Rowan Campbell-Pilling finished third in the F4 UAE Trophy Series as the Sheffield-born driver made his debut in the Middle East. The F4 UAE Trophy Series featured five official practise and five qualifying sessions as well as eight races across three race weekends split between Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
P.ublished 9th January 2026
IOC Release “Ti Amo” Film As Preparations For The 2026 Winter Olympic Games Continue
Alicia Newton
Sport Reporter
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) released the “Ti Amo” film on Tuesday (6th January) with less than a month remaining until the start of Milano Cortina 2026.
P.ublished 8th January 2026
What's on this week, 5th January
Blaine Roberts-McNally
Sports Reporter
Image by Krissyreynolds from Pixabay
With the new year slowly ticking on, we have reached the halfway stage of the season, and with that there are a multitude of important matches coming up that will give indications on how 2026 could fare for teams around the leagues. Monday 5th January, Sky Bet Championship, Leicester v.
P.ublished 5th January 2026
Hannah Brady Inspiring Girls And Women With World Title Thai Boxing Wins
Leeds Muay Thai fighter Hannah Brady only took up the sport at 25 but is now preparing to defend her WBC featherweight world title in Perth, Western Australia, on 7th March. She’ll meet Australian champion Shannon Gardiner over five three-minute rounds. “I prepare for my bouts with eight weeks of intense training, so that started on New Year’s Day.
P.ublished 5th January 2026
News And Events From F1: Close Season
It seems that Max Verstappen’s longtime Red Bull race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, with whom the Dutch multiple champion has formed a very close and highly successful partnership since 2016, may now be looking to progress his career with either Williams or Aston Martin. Lambiase is British but has Italian parents and enjoys dual British and Italian citizenship.
P.ublished 3rd January 2026
What's on this week, 29th December
2025 has finally reached its curtain call, but that does not mean the sporting calendar takes a back step. As we welcome in a new year, there are still scores to settle, championships to be won and seasons to be made.
P.ublished 29th December 2025
Two Paralympic Medallists Announced In First Wave Of ParalympicsGB Snowsport Athletes For Milano Cortina 2026
Athletes from Para Alpine skiing, Para Snowboard and Para Nordic (Biathlon and Cross-country) disciplines are included in ParalympicGB’s first wave of snowsport athletes for the upcoming games. Neil Simpson will be looking to retain his Para Alpine Skiing Super-G gold medal after he made history as the first British male athlete to win a gold medal on the snow alongside…
P.ublished 23rd December 2025
What's On This Week, 22nd December
Blaine Roberts-McNally
Sports Reporter
Image: Pixabay
Christmas week is finally here, and despite a new year and new beginnings on the horizon, there is plenty of unfinished business to be taken care of and stories to be created. Here are our picks for one of the best weeks of the year, on and off the field.
P.ublished 22nd December 2025
Short Track Speed Skater Niall Treacy Confirmed For Milano Cortina 2026
Alicia Newton
Sport Reporter
Niall Treacy Photo: TeamGB
The British Olympic Association has confirmed that Niall Treacy will represent Team GB in short track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Treacy will compete across all three individual distances, the 500m, 1,000m and 1,500m, at the Milano Ice Skating Arena in February next year.
P.ublished 20th December 2025
News And Events From F1: Post Season
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
The 2026 F1 cars will be very different.
It’s hard to believe that it’s only been two weeks since the 2025 Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi, but, as always, there has already been a flurry of postseason news stories, so here’s a short summary of the leading ones before we approach an exciting new era for the sport with effect from early next year.
P.ublished 20th December 2025
Thoughts On Boxing By Dennis Hobson
Denis Hobson
Legendary boxing promoter Dennis Hobson knows the fight game inside out. With over three decades of experience and having worked at the very top of the game with world champions including Ricky Hatton and David Haye, the Sheffield-based businessman is one of British boxing’s well-known fight figures.
P.ublished 19th December 2025
Doncaster’s Beau Greaves Ready For 2026 PDC World Darts Championship
Doncaster’s Beau Greaves begins her 2026 PDC World Darts Championship campaign against world number 22 Daryl Gurney today (19th December). Her inclusion in the championships comes after she finished second in the Winmau Development Tour rankings, which secured her a Tour Card for the upcoming 2026/27 seasons.
P.ublished 19th December 2025
Northern Superchargers’ Davina Perrin Shortlisted For Young Sports Personality Award
Davina Perrin has been nominated for the Young Sports Personality of the Year award after her record-breaking Women’s Hundred campaign with the Northern Superchargers. Davina Perrin’s 2025 season saw her reach the finals of the Women’s T20 Blast and the Women’s Hundred, in which her side, the Northern Superchargers, won the title for the first time in their history.
P.ublished 18th December 2025
Max Litchfield Wins European Short Course Swimming Championships Silver Medal
Max Litchfield won silver in the men’s 400 IM at the 2025 European Short Course Swimming Championships, taking Great Britain’s final medal tally to 11. To round off his 2025 short course season, Max Litchfield took home a men’s 400 IM silver medal from the Championships in Lublin after finishing with a time of 4:03.25.
P.ublished 16th December 2025
What's On This Week, 15th December
The festive season is well and truly here, and in that spirit we have the gift of a multitude of sporting actions to use your time on something other than deciding what gifts to buy. Another midweek of intense drama awaits, with the potential to determine fates and create or destroy weeks.
P.ublished 15th December 2025
Keighley & Craven’s Joe Hudson Gearing Up For The European Cross Country Championships
Alicia Newton
Sport Reporter
Photo: Ruth Hirst
Keighley & Craven’s Joe Hudson has been selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB&NI) as part of the men’s senior squad at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships.
P.ublished 13th December 2025
What's on this week, 8th December
Blaine Roberts-McNally
Sports Reporter
Image by Tim Bastian from Pixabay
As we delve deeper into the curtain call month of 2025, there is still much to play and fight for, and this week is no different, with action from football and darts on showcase in what is looking to be another fruitful week of sporting drama. Tuesday 9th December, SkyBet League Two: Harrogate Town v.
P.ublished 8th December 2025
Barnsley Kickboxer Sonny Is World Amateur Champion At 21
James Bovington
Boxing Correspondent
Photo: Beth Lens (War fight Series)
South Yorkshire has produced another world champion in combat sports, as Barnsley kickboxer Sonny Greaves won the ISKA 65kg title belt on a Wolverhampton show organised by the War Fight Series promotion.
P.ublished 8th December 2025
York Martial Artist Kate Hambleton Defends Her Title As JKS Female Senior Kumite Champion.
Alicia Newton
Sport Reporter
Kate Hambleton UoN
Kate Hambleton, a martial artist from York, defended her title of JKS Female Senior Kumite Champion at the JKS National Karate Championships in November.
P.ublished 8th December 2025
News And Events From F1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Immediately after the end of the race in Qatar last weekend, Red Bull’s Helmut Marko had controversially suggested that Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli had intentionally let McLaren’s Lando Norris past to finish fourth rather than fifth and help him earn an extra couple of points ahead of yesterday’s Drivers’ title decider in Abu Dhabi.
P.ublished 8th December 2025
Verstappen Dominates In Abu Dhabi, But Norris Takes The Title
The 2025 Formula 1 season began back on 16 March in Melbourne, Australia, and reached its finale in Abu Dhabi today, with this year’s superb battle to become the new world champion between McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri plus Red Bull’s Max Verstappen going right down to the wire.
P.ublished 7th December 2025
Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday (Abandoned At 58 Minutes)
Proceedings began slowly, with neither side able to generate rhythm into their play as both Blackburn and Sheffield Wednesday were still figuring out each other.  Rovers certainly had the lion's share of possession; however, they lacked conviction in the final third of the play.   To the visitors' credit, roared on by a boisterous contingent from Yorkshire, they never allowed any clear-cut chan…
P.ublished 7th December 2025
World Skateboarding Tour: 2025 Series Finale Sees The World’s Best Descend Upon Japan
This year’s World Skateboarding Tour (WST) concluded over the weekend as skateboarders from 45 nations came together to compete in Japan’s southernmost island of Kyushu. 184 skateboarders took part in the finale which began on Thursday 27th November with both the men’s and women’s finals taking centre stage on Sunday 30th November.
P.ublished 6th December 2025
Sheffield Student Secures 14 Medals Across Two Major International Kickboxing Championships
Alicia Newton
Sport Reporter
Finlay
Year 11 student Finlay from Sheffield’s Birley Academy took home 14 medals from two Kickboxing World Championships in October. Across these two championships, Finlay competed against athletes from over 15 countries which included Brazil, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the USA.
P.ublished 6th December 2025
Yorkshire Teenager Preparing For Second Round Of The UAE Trophy Series
Alicia Newton
Sport Reporter
Rowan Campbell-Pilling Photo: Jonathan Taylor
Sheffield-born Rowan Campbell-Pilling will head to the Yas Marina Circuit for the second round of the F4 UAE Trophy Series this weekend (5-7 December). Campbell-Pilling has been signed by Dubai-based Xcel Motorsport for the series after featuring in British F4 for two seasons and accumulating over 22 trophies.
P.ublished 3rd December 2025
What's On This Week, 1st December?
Blaine Roberts-McNally
Sports Reporter
Image by MasterTux from Pixabay
December is finally here, and it is time to get into the festive sporting calendar. This week we have a choice of multiple exciting fixtures to kick off one of the best months of the year for sporting spectacles. Tuesday 2nd December Snooker UK Championship: Ronnie O’Sullivan v.
P.ublished 1st December 2025
News And Events From F1: Qatar Grand Prix
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Lewis Hamilton has had a hugely underwhelming season with Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton has experienced a torrid debut season for Ferrari after so much pre-season hype about what he hoped to achieve in red, and it has become something of a never-ending nightmare for the seven-time champion. It continued at the previous round in Las Vegas and then again in Qatar, with abysmal qualifying performances leaving the 40-year-old understandably very despondent.
P.ublished 1st December 2025
Classy Verstappen Wins In Qatar
Just a handful of days after last weekend’s headline-making Formula 1 round in Las Vegas, where McLaren suffered a self-inflicted double disqualification, the on-track action has resumed in Qatar, with a Sprint race yesterday followed by today’s Grand Prix.
P.ublished 30th November 2025
Huddersfield Wimbledon Match Report
Huddersfield and AFC Wimbledon shared a breathless contest at the John Smith’s Stadium, an affair defined by momentum swings, defensive lapses, and sustained periods of pressure from both sides. Across a chaotic ninety minutes, neither side ever truly looked in control, yet both produced enough quality to feel they might have taken more from the match. The tone was set almost immediately.
P.ublished 30th November 2025
Yorkshire Rams Looking Forward To A More Successful Season
The Yorkshire Rams begin preparations for their new season this Sunday, the 30th of November, as they have their first open training session from 2pm to 4pm at Leeds Road Sports Complex. They will be looking to improve on the work they did last season, in which they sadly lost out in the playoff semi-finals against Merseyside Nighthawks.
P.ublished 29th November 2025
City Of Manchester Squash Club Wins Club Of The Year At The 2025 England Squash Awards
Three 2025 England Squash awards were won by people and clubs in the North West with the City of Manchester Squash Club taking home the prestigious Club of the Year award. The City of Manchester Squash Club, based at the National Squash Centre, has seen a 24% growth in membership over the past year with the inclusive and collaborative environment helping to grow the women’s game in particular.
P.ublished 29th November 2025
Abbey Dash: One Of Yorkshire’s Oldest 10k Races Returns This Weekend For Its 39th Edition.
Alicia Newton
Sport Reporter
The historical Leeds Abbey Dash will return to the city centre streets of Leeds this Sunday (30th November) with the event being selected to host the 2025 England Athletics 10k Championships. With the inclusion of England Athletics 10k Championships this year’s event will bring some of the top athletes from across England to Leeds for one of the fastest and flattest 10Ks in the country.
P.ublished 29th November 2025
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