Author

Middle-distance runner Mari Smith has made a stunning start to the season with the world’s fastest time and an international win.

Tributes flooded in from across the borough and beyond after one of local football’s most dedicated servants, Ian Wakefield, died suddenly on Friday.

A chapter of local cricket history came to a quiet end last week when the Belvoir League folded after 104 years at the crease.

Melton RFC First XV coach Gareth Collins has said he would like to stay as the club prepares for life after relegation.

Melton Town co-manager Tom Manship insists he will not revise his targets despite seeing his in-form side close the gap on the top two.

Asfordby FC manager Lee Mann got off the mark with a point on his managerial debut, but believed his side could have taken more off promotion-chasing Saffron Dynamo.

Experienced runner Julie Bass is set to fulfil a life-long ambition next year after earning the right to run for her country.

The moment is still fresh in the mind. While the healing of time will make the memory less raw, it will gnaw away until it’s put right.

Anticipation has been building as Melton Town and Holwell Sports finally meet in league competition for the first time this weekend.

With no league meetings before this season, derbies between Melton and Holwell have been rare, keenly-anticipated jewels in the fixture lists.

Assassins Muay Thai Gym fighter Elizabeth Griffiths overcame a partisan crowd to win another national title in London.

Like many, Emmadee Fox carried the effects of schoolyard bullying into her adult life. With self-esteem locked in a downward spiral, she hid away until martial arts found her. Six years on she is a four-time world champion and a confident teacher of her art. Sport gave Emmadee a voice again and now she’s using it to pass on her story and stop others suffering in silence.

Asfordby Football Club are looking to safeguard their Hoby Road home for future generations as an Asset of Community Value.

James Bartley refound his form at the perfect time to land a brilliant regional title and qualify to take on the country’s best young swimmers.

New Holwell Sports manager Neil Miller believes the club still has what it takes to be a top five club again, but only if given time.

Bex Rimmington faces the biggest stage of her career when she goes up against the world’s best athletes in one of sport’s toughest challenges.

The start of a new season has marked the end of an era as it begins without the Melton and District Sunday Football League.

There was joy and deep disappointment after a weekend of contrasting fortunes for our four-star riders Willa Newton and Emilie Chandler at the Burghley International Horse Trials.

Event rider Emilie Chandler will put all notional targets out of her mind when she joins the cream of the eventing world at Burghley this weekend.