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19th September 2012

The Tour of Britain has yielded yet more success for British cycling.

19th September 2012

The pre-match handshake ritual does not equate to sportsmanship, argues Jack Mollart-Solity.

19th September 2012

The Mancunion speaks to Korfball veteran Alex O’Shea.

19th September 2012

The Mancunion speaks to former athletics captain Tom Mosley

19th September 2012

A quick roundup of some of the spoting stories from the week.

19th September 2012

Tom Acey spoke to second year student Mark Bury about his involvement in University of Manchester handball

13th September 2012

A stadium share, rumoured financial troubles and poor attendance figures left the club struggling.

13th September 2012

Middlesex defeat caps painful demise for Chapple’s men

13th September 2012

We put the Olympics to shame by bringing to light some truly obscure sports. This week – Chess boxing.

13th September 2012

Scot becomes first British Grand Slam winner in 76 years

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11th September 2012

Ciaran Milner takes you on a tour of the best of Manchester’s sport

3rd May 2012

Taking a look at what our favourite athletes of the past are doing now…

3rd May 2012

University of Salford – 28
University of Manchester – 14

3rd May 2012

Tom Acey takes a look at the not so beautiful side of the world’s best football team…

3rd May 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.

3rd May 2012

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 […]

3rd May 2012

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 […]

27th April 2012

After last years surprise defeat, Manchester headed to Liverpool to reclaim the Christie Cup prize.

27th April 2012

Last weeks the Beautiful game: An Ugly Culture event did not just see the views of John Barnes aired…

27th April 2012

After his talk on race in the Student Union, The Mancunion caught up with john for a brief interview on issues in Football today.