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Rugby union: Lancashire and Cheshire in county decider May 17 2012

HOLDERS Lancashire will meet Cheshire this Saturday at Broughton Park to decide the Bill Beaumont County northern title and the right to play probably Hertfordshire, leaders of the southern group, in the county final at Twickenham on Sunday, May 27.Read

Rugby union: Chairman Dave Crank says thanks on Waterloo exit May 17 2012

WATERLOO chairman Dave Crank signs off this week after two years in the hot seat – yet the local solicitor can look back with some satisfaction at his tenure in which steady progress has been made both on and off the field.Read

Rugby union: Jonny Wilkinson class still shining through for LSH girls May 17 2012

JONNY WILKINSON may have moved into the autumn of his career, but some things never change as a group of girls from Liverpool St Helens discovered recently on a visit to his French club Toulon.Read

Rugby union: Waterloo Ladies crowned Lancashire County Champions for a third year May 17 2012

WATERLOO Ladies were crowned Lancashire county champions for a third year following a triumphant victory over Ormskirk at Fylde.Read

Liverpool International Tennis Tournament director Anders Borg on ten years of tennis in the city May 17 2012

Liverpool International director Anders Borg talks to Neil Jones ahead of the tournament’s 10th anniversaryRead

RESULTS May 17 2012

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Lancashire golfers off to flying start in Northern Counties May 17 2012

LANCASHIRE stormed back from 4-2 down in the foursomes to overcome Northumberland 12-6 in the opening Daily Telegraph Northern Counties League match.Read

Anders Borg: How my love affair with Liverpool began - with THAT Michael Thomas goal in 1989... May 17 2012

ANDERS BORG may have been born in Oslo, but Liverpool will always be his second home.Read

Wirral Ladies professional Angus Law goes extra mile for charity May 17 2012

ANGUS Law is a man of irons – in more ways than one.Read

Barclays Premier League May 17 2012

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Brian Barwick: Great drama - but Liverpool are merely the supporting cast May 17 2012

FOR those of us who were at Anfield on May 26th 1989, and believe we’d seen the greatest-ever climax to a season even though Arsenal’s Michael Thomas had ripped the Double from Liverpool’s grasp with just 30 seconds left, were right – until last Sunday.Read

Northern stars light up early season in Liverpool Competition May 17 2012

TWO WEEKS into the new Premier League season, Northern are already looking the side to beat after an unbeaten start in their opening six games.Read

A View to joining the Liverpool Competition May 17 2012

SPRING VIEW CC, of the Bolton and District Cricket Association, look to be heading down the M62 next season as they moved a step closer to becoming the 36th member of the Bridging Finance Solutions Liverpool and District Cricket Competition.Read

Bayern keeper’s warning of Drogba danger May 17 2012

BAYERN Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer admits his side will have to stop the threat of Didier Drogba to have a chance of winning the Champions League.Read

Heswall golfer Rachael Goodall lands ace at Troon May 10 2012

WIRRAL golfer Rachael Goodall heads to Royal Birkdale on the back of a spectacular performance in Scotland.Read

Royal Birkdale’s Kelly Tidy homing in on title success May 10 2012

KELLY TIDY will be looking to draw on home comforts as she sets out to chase one of the golfing calendar’s most prestigious titles.Read

CHESHIRE’S Barbara Laird was beaten in the Flight Two final at the English Women’s Senior Championship 4&2 by former title winner Christine Watson (Bucks). May 10 2012

In the semi-finals the Sandiway player ousted the 2010 English senior champion Caroline Berry (Bromborough) 2 up.Read

Rugby union: Johnson the difference as Lancs fail to convince against Northumberland May 10 2012

LANCASHIRE began their Bill Beaumont Cup defence with a less than convincing 42-34 victory over Northumberland at Powderhouse Lane.Read

Extra push for promotion just beyond Caldy RUFC heroes May 10 2012

TWENTY men took to the field on Saturday afternoon in the National One play-off and 20 club heroes left the field after Caldy were edged out in extra time. Caldy won many new supporters as they battled on for 90 minutes with 14 men after a seemingly harsh sending off for Jack Collister.Read

Cricket: Sutcliffe’s storming start the High point of day one May 10 2012

THERE were a flurry of outstanding individual performances on the opening weekend of the Bridging Finance Solutions Liverpool and District Cricket Competition with former Hightown skipper Ian Sutcliffe becoming only the 15th man in Premier League history to score 150 or above.Read