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  • Lynch eyes swift pain relief

    Embarrassed Bulls players are eager to redress the balance after their Wigan woe with victory over St Helens on Friday. Gutted Andy Lynch concedes the squad only had themselves to blame for Friday's 25-18 defeat, when they missed the chance to go joint

  • Bradford Junior League give under-11s fixed dates

    Under-13 matches in the JCT600 Bradford Junior League next season will be switched from Sundays to Thursdays. However, joining the under-15s on Sunday mornings will be under-11 matches, which didn't previously have fixed dates. League president Tom

  • Gym slip allows BPR/Odsal to pull away

    Bradford Mutual Sunday School League leaders Bradford Property Rentals/Odsal increased their lead at the top of the Group A table - despite having their Interdivisional match against Group B pacesetters Omars called off due to a waterlogged pitch. This

  • Rain ruins first day of Roses clash

    The first day of the 244th Roses County Championship match fell foul of the weather at Old Trafford today when a soaking square and afternoon rain combined to prevent any play. Both sides were eager to get started in order to enhance their chances of

  • Macca talked me into signing for City

    Peter Thorne today told Stuart McCall: You convinced me this is the right move. Thorne's decision to quit Championship football for City's first spell in the basement for 25 years has raised a few eyebrows within the game. But the experienced hitman

  • Author pays tribute to those who perished

    A primary school teacher has written a book commemorating the men of Clayton, Bradford, who fought and died in the two world wars. Dan Eaton, 26, a teacher at Clayton Primary School, said he was inspired to write the book War Casualties of Clayton after

  • Hepworth & Idle have big tally at halfway

    At the halfway stage of the season, following their comprehensive eight-wicket win at Girlington yesterday, Bradford Central League First Division leaders Hepworth & Idle lead their nearest challengers by a commanding 16 points. Their latest success

  • Yeadon get huge leg-up in title bid

    If anyone needed a reminder of how tight things are at the top of JCT600 Bradford League Division Two, they had to look no further than Yeadon yesterday. The hosts had only totalled 103 and promotion rivals Esholt had wicketkeeper Adrian Taylor run out

  • Straight-talking Arif downs Old Lane

    Imran Arif showed yesterday why Sussex County Cricket Club are taking such an interest in him. On a wicket where it was difficult to generate pace, the opening bowler took five for 17 as Bowling Old Lane were dismissed for just 37, watched in part by

  • Worried Bradford & Bingley drop to the bottom

    Alarm bells must be ringing at BRADFORD & BINGLEY. They were dismissed for just 59 at home to basement club HANGING HEATON and lost by nine wickets. Only two batsmen reached double figures, Thilan Thushara taking three for 23. Bingley's miserable tally

  • Love of game keeps Derek going

    A desire to keep himself involved in cricket has very much turned into a second career for Derek Shuttleworth. The 77-year-old, who is president of the Bradford Cricket League Umpires' Association (BCLUA), has had another honour bestowed upon him. Shuttleworth

  • Yorkshire inspired by lucky seven

    It is almost exactly 20 years since Yorkshire won the Benson & Hedges Cup for the only time in one of the most thrilling one-day finals that Lord's has ever staged. And on August 11 it will be exactly 30 years since Geoff Boycott compiled his 100th first-class

  • Archbishop backs deportation battle

    The Archbishop of Canterbury has given his support to a Bradford man campaigning to stay in the UK. Michael Bourne is fighting a court battle against deportation to Barbados after he was arrested and detained by immigration officials in March. He and

  • Make mine a pint of McCall!

    The three all-time greatest Bradford City footballers have been selected through a public vote to lend their names to a trio of real ales. And now fans are being invited to help name each tipple. Nearly 1,300 Telegraph & Argus readers voted their top