Saturday 14th February will see England Men take on Scotland Men in 144th edition of the Calcutta Cup in the second round of the Guinness Men’s Six Nations. The first meeting of these two nations, which was also the first ever international rugby union fixture, took place in 1871 at the Raeburn Place in Edinburgh.

The first of two three-day pre-season tests has now been completed at the Bahrain International Circuit, and it was the Mercedes duo of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell who emerged on top. During such testing, the primary objective for all teams is to focus on reliability and fault finding with their all-new cars, with outright performance a secondary target.

Taylor Emmet Solicitors have entered a partnership with the Netball Super League (NSL) which has seen then become the official sponsor and partner of the Netball Super Cup. The Netball Super Cup is a one-day event which will take place at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena for the second year running on 21st February 2026 and will feature all eight NSL clubs.

McLaren and Aston Martin have now completed the 2026 Formula 1 launch season after holding events in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, respectively, to unveil their new race liveries, and we now await the first of two three-day tests in Bahrain before the new campaign begins in earnest in Melbourne, Australia, in early March.

The 2026 Winter Olympics got underway this week, with Team GB featuring in curling, snowboarding, figure skating, freestyle skiing and cross-country skiing. Across the first 5 days of Olympic action, Team GB qualified for the curling mixed doubles semi-finals as well as the Freestyle Skiing Women’s Freeski Slopestyle and the Snowboarding Women’s Big Air finals.

Rowan Campbell-Pilling will make his GB3 debut in April this year after his third-place finish in the F4 UAE Trophy Series at the end of last year. The Sheffield-born driver has been signed by Dubai-based Xcel Motorsport, the team with which he secured his win in the F4 UAE Trophy series, as he prepares to make his debut in the GB3.

Round 1 of the annual Men’s Six Nations championship begins on Thursday 5th February, with the two matches on Saturday 7th February bringing the opening round of fixtures to a close. The other four rounds take place on consecutive weekends except for the weekend of 28th February – 1st March, which features no Men’s Six Nations matches.

Evidently a week is a long time in rugby. Seven days after failing to trouble the scorers at Sheffield Tigers, Wharfedale ran in eight tries to register an emphatic win against Rossendale. The chief explanation for this rapid turnaround in fortunes can be found on the team sheets for each match.

With January now behind us and the weather starting to warm up a bit, sports across the nation are intensifying. Two cup semifinals, a relegation six-pointer and the maiden voyage into one of the best tournaments in British sports are all ahead this midweek.

Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA, and the 11 teams had agreed that this week’s pre-season running at Spain’s Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya would be known as a shakedown rather than a test and that it would be held behind strictly closed doors.

A Barrow woman’s story of overcoming adversity is helping football fans smile this January. Carol, a regular at Barrow AFC Community Foundation’s Cancer Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation programme, has said the sessions have left her feeling “much more positive”.

In a season with an unprecedented tally of injuries, Wharfedale’s visit to Sheffield Tigers represented the biggest challenge so far. Without key figures in the line-out and scrum and a new half-back pairing, possession and continuity for the Greens was always likely to be difficult. So it proved. At The Avenue in October, Wharfedale had run out comfortable winners against Tigers.

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Ferrari hasn’t won a Formula 1 Drivers’ title nor a Constructors’ one since way back in 2007 and 2008, respectively, and Lewis Hamilton suffered his worst ever season in the sport last year after arriving from Mercedes amidst a fanfare of pre-season hype and publicity.

Visitors to the Greek island of Santorini marvel at the Akrotiri fresco showing two gloved teenage boxers boxing. Three thousand years on from this priceless artefact’s creation, Consett lad Jayden Oliver and his mates live for the sport, as deeply embedded in northern culture as it was for the ancient Minoans.

Another weekend ending signals a downturn in drama for some, but for us there is still plenty on offer during the workweek. Teams are competing for season-defining moments and victories that could determine not only the outcome of a week but also the success of an entire year.

After a long Christmas break it was back to business at the Avenue. A large crowd was treated to cracking entertaining rugby with the home team dominating for long spells and taking the 5 points. Dale opened the scoring when Oli Cicognini ran on to a simple pass and burst through to touch down. Archie Haddon added the conversion.

Red Bull and Racing Bulls have revealed the new liveries for their 2026 Formula 1 cars at an event held in the USA at Detroit’s Michigan Central Station, a building which has been restored by Ford as a home for innovation and future mobility.