Sport Archive
British cycling success continues on home soil
The Tour of Britain has yielded yet more success for British cycling.
FA should change their stance on handshakes
The pre-match handshake ritual does not equate to sportsmanship, argues Jack Mollart-Solity.
Club Profile: Athletics and Cross Country
The Mancunion speaks to former athletics captain Tom Mosley
Sport news in brief
A quick roundup of some of the spoting stories from the week.
Club Profile: Handball
Tom Acey spoke to second year student Mark Bury about his involvement in University of Manchester handball
Salford City Reds end the season with an apology
A stadium share, rumoured financial troubles and poor attendance figures left the club struggling.
Relegation confirmed for sorry Lancashire
Middlesex defeat caps painful demise for Chapple’s men
Bizarre Sports #1
We put the Olympics to shame by bringing to light some truly obscure sports. This week – Chess boxing.
Murray seals landmark triumph
Scot becomes first British Grand Slam winner in 76 years
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Welcome to Manchester
Ciaran Milner takes you on a tour of the best of Manchester’s sport
Where are they now? – Hamilton Ricard
Taking a look at what our favourite athletes of the past are doing now…
Salford prove too strong for battling Manchester
University of Salford – 28
University of Manchester – 14
Have Guardiola’s Barcelona tarnished their legacy?
Tom Acey takes a look at the not so beautiful side of the world’s best football team…
Manchester Olympians: Who’s representing the city at London 2012?
With this being the last issue of The Mancunion for this academic year, Tom Hickman takes a look at some of the top athletes from in and around Manchester who are looking to set the world alight at the 30th Olympiad.
Manchester bids a fond farewell to Athletics Union Chair – Agi Duhig
What has been the highlight of your time as Sports Sabbatical Officer? That’s a really hard question as there have been so many amazing experiences but for me it is probably being given the opportunity to meet so many sports clubs. It’s fantastic to be able to meet all the dedicated people who put so […]
Mixed fortunes as Metros’ finish biggest season yet
Manchester Metros, the ice hockey team for Manchester’s Universities, have ended their most successful season ever by winning the British Universities Ice Hockey Association Division 1 Play-off final. They were pitted against southern champions Oxford Blues, with an 8-5 final score in a tense game in Sheffield. There were massive contributions from University of Manchester […]
University of Manchester reclaim Christie Cup
After last years surprise defeat, Manchester headed to Liverpool to reclaim the Christie Cup prize.
Village Manchester tackle Prejudice
Last weeks the Beautiful game: An Ugly Culture event did not just see the views of John Barnes aired…
In Conversation with John Barnes
After his talk on race in the Student Union, The Mancunion caught up with john for a brief interview on issues in Football today.