Category: North West Sport

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Fun Guided Bike Rides Coming to Lancashire this Summer

Sky Ride Local rides are coming, so if you’re keen to get out on your bike a bit more this summer, but don’t know where to start, this new series of free bike rides in Lancashire could be the answer. In partnership with Lancashire County Council, Blackpool Council, British Cycling and Sky an exciting series …

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£17 million boost for grassroots football in Liverpool

Mayor Joe Anderson FA Chairman Greg Dyke

LIVERPOOL is to benefit from the biggest ever investment in grassroots football in the city – designed to secure the long-term future of the game. It follows discussions between Mayor Joe Anderson and FA Chairman Greg Dyke about a brand new approach to the sport designed to reverse a decline in participation, drive up the …

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New National Taekwondo Centre opens to Olympians and future stars

Olympic-champion-Jade-Jones

A world-class facility designed for Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic medal hopefuls will also be open to Manchester residents, after the new National Taekwondo Centre was officially unveiled in Newton Heath. The state-of-the-art facility, which opened at the Ten Acres Lane Sports Complex on Monday 7 March, will be the home of GB Taekwondo and gives …

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