Tom Sorsby and the rest of the England men’s field hockey team are gearing up for the final stages of the 2025/26 FIH Men’s Pro League, which will take place in London over the next two weeks.

This year’s Grasmere Sports, a popular traditional event in the English Lake District which attracts thousands of visitors a year, will be free to enter for all visitors after a major move by the organisers to ‘reduce costs and make the historic event more accessible to families and communities'.

Leah Schlosshan will make her Commonwealth Games debut at the Glasgow 2026 games after being named in England’s 42-person swimming squad. She will join 27 swimmers and 14 para swimmers at the 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games, which will see around 3,000 athletes expected to compete across 10 sports. On being selected for Glasgow 2026, Schlosshan said: “I’m really excited for the summer.

Tom Harvey and the rest of the Sheffield Steelers Premier Division team took home the National League Premier Division title at the 2026 National Championship Finals event in Derby. The event, which is described as ‘the pinnacle of the British Wheelchair Basketball domestic calendar’, brought together the top teams from across all five leagues to battle it out for the 2026 titles.

William Cecil Slingsby (1849 – 1929) was one of the outstanding British mountaineers of the late nineteenth century, although, outside of climbing circles, he is little known in this country, even in his home village of Carleton in Craven, near Skipton.

Haydock Finance has confirmed the continuation of its support for British mountain bike competitor (4X) Ian Forsyth as he defends his British Championship title across a ten-round season held at circuits throughout the UK. Forsyth has made a strong start to his campaign, completing the opening two rounds and currently sitting in 3rd place overall, firmly in contention as the season develops.

This weekend the four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen again indulged his passion for GT racing and fulfilled a personal dream by competing for the first time in Germany’s iconic 24 Hour race on the full Nürburgring circuit, which comprises the modern Grand Prix layout plus the legendary Nordschleife track.

Rochdale teenager Jack Hodgkinson is establishing a solid reputation as a skilful, talented and courageous boxer following his title belt win on a major northern promotion at Barnsley Metrodome. “I won the WF Promotions title belt at 62kg,” said Jack, 16. “I boxed a lad from Skipton who was well up for a tough fight and got the win by unanimous decision after the three two-minute rounds.

There is a bumper midweek on the horizon, with some of the most pivotal matchups happening all in the space of five days. Drama-filled action awaits from across the world of sports in a week that will be season-defining.

James Piercy captained Beverley Town to the NCEL Premier Division playoff final, where the East Yorkshire side secured promotion to the Northern Premier League – East. The promotion comes four years into Piercy’s time at the club, which has seen him already amass over 150 appearances for the Beavers.

To recognise its role in supporting Olympic and Paralympic athletes achieve success on the world stage, the English Institute of Sport Sheffield (EISS), which is run by award-winning leisure operator Everyone Active in partnership with Sheffield City Council, has been accredited as a UK Sport Elite Training Centre (ETC).