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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.

Melton RFC head coach Gareth Collins is ready to put his faith in youth this weekend when his injury-hit squad begin the new season.

Co-manager Tom Manship is refusing to get carried away with lofty expectations as Melton Town kick off their campaign on Saturday.

Last season Will Andrew had surgery for cancer to remove a lung after staving off pneumonia. He missed one match and won a league award. Here is his remarkable story.

Rising event rider Heidi Coy smashed her own expectations as she earned a brilliant medal double at the FEI Junior European Championships.

Emmen proved to be a happy hunting ground once again for Simon Price as he added another World Cup medal to his collection last weekend.

Thorpe Arnold First XI continued their dramatic revival with a fifth straight County League win on Saturday.

There is a theory which goes that each and everyone of us can remember the moment of our own births.

There is a theory which goes that each and everyone of us can remember the moment of our own births.

Melton Town looks set for a major revamp after a dramatic week of change at Digital Deadline Park.

Cooper’s Law timed his form to perfection to give Emilie Chandler her highest-ever finish at the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials last weekend.

Tributes and memories have poured in from cricket clubs and players following the death of umpire Vic Heppenstall, aged 86.

Melton could field two players in an England rugby jersey next week after Harry Clayton was called up for a junior national side.

Asfordby FC chairman Andy Harrison believes a big lesson has been learned after the club was thrown out of the County Cup last week.

The town’s cricket community lost one of its most dedicated supporters when Barry Rabjohn passed away peacefully in Leicester Royal Infirmary last week, aged 79.

Tom Chandler’s bid to reach the Commonwealth Games were hit when his bike was stolen just 10 days ahead of the British Track Cycling Championships.

A few centuries ago in merry old England, a chap called Ned Ludd, outraged by technological advances, hatched a plan to slow the relentless march of the Industrial Revolution.

Andy Swain has disbanded his ground-breaking semi-professional Metaltek cycling team after a big-money sponsorship deal fell through at the 11th hour.