Nick Westby

Charlie Wyke had been feeling groggy for weeks. He sensed something wasn’t right, but all the doctor’s tests came back negative. So he carried on playing football, until he collapsed of a sudden cardiac arrest on the training pitch.

Liana Leota believes if Leeds Rhinos can take the energy generated in their one-off game at the First Direct Arena last Sunday into the rest of the season they can achieve their top-four ambition in Netball Super League.

The Swift cousins of Yorkshire will line up for Ineos Grenadiers at the first grand tour of the cycling season today.

Sheffield Sharks need to come out swinging from the outset at Leicester Riders on Saturday night if they are to stave off elimination from the British Basketball League play-offs.

Sheffield council chiefs have reiterated their desire to keep snooker’s World Championship in the city, but stopped short of guaranteeing that it would remain at its spiritual home of the Crucible.

A CROWD of 3,700 at the First Direct Arena last Sunday for their only game in their home city this season suggests there is a big enough appetite to support a Leeds Rhinos netball team – yet a decision to be taken by the sport’s governing body in the coming weeks will have a major bearing on the club’s future.

Prentiss Nixon sank a deep three-pointer with 1.6 seconds left on the clock as Sheffield Sharks forced a deciding game three of their British Basketball League quarter-final series with Leicester Riders.

INSPIRED by forward Prentiss Nixon, Sheffield Sharks recorded successive victories over Leicester Riders this weekend to advance to the British Basketball League play-off semi-finals – keeping their season very much alive.

Ellie Morton shouldn’t have been at her Mum and Dad’s house in Worksop that Friday night last August, she should have finished her shift as an end-of-life nurse and gone home to prepare for her hen doo the following day.

A year ago Rodney Glasgow was so sick of losing first-round play-off match-ups with Sheffield Sharks that he even let his emotions run free on social media.