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Tributes planned at weekend sporting events as football halts to remember Queen

Tributes will be paid to the Queen at the sporting events going ahead on Saturday after football fixtures were postponed as a mark of respect. Elizabeth II’s death at the age of 96 was announced by Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening. Players and ...

10 Sept 2022 at 11:53

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20st maths teacher sheds 7st by playing football and now runs monthly half marathons

A maths teacher who shed over 7st in a year by playing football now completes monthly half marathons to maintain his new physique but says the biggest difference is his happiness. Mike Wallbank, 33, who lives in Bolton, Greater Manchester, with ...

09 Sept 2022 at 08:07

Scotland

Children’s hospice doctor to complete four challenges in lieu of retirement gift

A doctor who has dedicated his working life to helping children with life-limiting illnesses is marking his retirement with four gruelling physical challenges. Dr Pat Carragher will retire from his post as medical director at Children’s ...

10 May 2022 at 21:55

Father of four-year-old with ‘rare of rarest cancers’ to take on Great North Run

The father of a four-year-old with a “rare of rarest cancers” is to take on the Great North Run to raise vital funds for a leukaemia charity and awareness of the condition. Arthur Salters-Hoult, from Wallsend, North Tyneside, was ...

09 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Athletics

Sir Mo Farah insists he is solely focused on final race at Great North Run

Sir Mo Farah insists his focus is fully on preparations for his final competition at the Great North Run on Sunday. The 40-year-old four-time Olympic champion is bringing his career to a close at the North East half-marathon ...

09 Sept 2023 at 09:00

Athletics

Mo Farah signs off glittering career with fourth-place finish in Great North Run

Sir Mo Farah has completed the final race of his glittering career with a fourth-placed finish in the Great North Run. The four-time Olympic champion announced he would be ending his career at the North East half-marathon ...

10 Sept 2023 at 12:27

Athletics

Sir Mo Farah brings ‘amazing journey’ to an end at Great North Run

Sir Mo Farah admits his career has been “an amazing journey” after he completed his final-ever race at the Great North Run. The 40-year-old announced he would be ending his career at the North East half-marathon earlier ...

10 Sept 2023 at 14:20

Athletics

Finally, this is it – Mo Farah ready to call time on career at Great North Run

Sir Mo Farah is looking forward to ending his career at the “incredible” Great North Run on Sunday. The four-time Olympic champion announced earlier this year that his last event will be at the famous North East half ...

09 Sept 2023 at 06:11

Athletics

Sir Mo Farah urges children to stay active after bringing curtain down on career

Sir Mo Farah insists he “wouldn’t be” who he is today without sport after completing his last race at the Great North Run on Sunday. The four-time Olympic champion announced his decision to end his career earlier ...

11 Sept 2023 at 12:18

Pensioner, 83, with new hip to tackle Great North Run in memory of late husband

An 83-year-old pensioner who recently had hip replacement surgery will be tackling the Great North Run in memory of her late husband. Caroline Quibell, a grandmother of 12, will take on the half marathon on ...

08 Sept 2023 at 08:00

Sport

Sporting events cancelled on Friday as mark of respect after Queen dies at 96

Sporting events scheduled for Friday have been cancelled as a mark of respect following the death of Her Majesty The Queen. The death of Elizabeth II, 96, who was the nation’s longest-reigning monarch and ...

08 Sept 2022 at 21:31

Sport

Sport facing decisions over weekend action following death of Queen at 96

A number of scheduled sporting events have been postponed following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, with further decisions regarding the weekend’s fixtures set to be taken on Friday. The death of ...

09 Sept 2022 at 03:05

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