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  • Keighley boxer Muhammad Ali crowned English elite champion

    KEIGHLEY'S Muhammad Ali has won his first national senior title after winning the 52kg crown in the England Boxing Elite Championships. The 18-year-old, who is a graduate from Bradford College's elite boxing programme, beat Blane Hyland of Salisbury

  • Queensbury ruled by brilliant Bowling in Odsal cup final

    West Bowling 50, Queensbury 10WEST Bowling produced a magnificent team performance to completely demolish a leaden-footed Queensbury in the Jack Senior Bradford Cup final at Odsal.The carnage started when Wests wingman Karl Spring sprinted clear to touch

  • Century star Westwood makes Yorkshire work hard in field

    YORKSHIRE'S bowlers were thwarted by Warwickshire opener Ian Westwood's unbeaten 151 during today's opening day of their LV= County Championship match at Headingley. The left-hander provided the bedrock for the visitors' 270-4 from 97 overs, which

  • Fringe benefits for Silsden despite defeat

    Winsford United 2, Silsden 0SILSDEN finished tenth in the North West Counties League Premier Division despite a final-day defeat at mid-table rivals Winsford United.The Cobbydalers had a scratch side out but that handed invaluable experience to three

  • No cup final tonic for Farsley

    FARSLEY boss Neil Parsley was left with more questions than answers as his side slipped to a 3-1 defeat ahead of Thursday's Evo-Stik League Cup final. Parsley's men had a tough last league fixture in Division One North as they headed to promotion

  • Bradford Park Avenue bow out with stalemate

    North Ferriby United 0, Bradford Park Avenue 0 BRADFORD Park Avenue earned a point from a difficult trip to FA Trophy winners North Ferriby United. It was the final round of league fixtures as the Vanarama Conference North regular season ended

  • Bower's Lions get ready to roar against Fylde

    Oxford City 4, Guiseley 2FOLLOWING defeat at Oxford City on the final day of the regular season, Guiseley will face AFC Fylde in the Vanarama Conference North play-offs this week.The fifth-placed Lions host second-placed Fylde, who just missed out on

  • Late goals see Albion clinch top-ten spot

    ALBION Sports were guaranteed to be the highest finisher of the three Bradford area clubs in the Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier Division but they just climbed into the top ten with a 3-1 home win over Staveley MW in their last game.

  • Leeds United boss Neil Redfearn happy to stop the rot

    LEEDS manager Neil Redfearn was delighted to see his side end a five-match losing run as they came from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 at Hillsborough. The home side took the lead through a first-half Chris Maguire penalty but two second-half

  • Wharfedale finish with a flourish

    Wharfedale 29, Hartpury College 3WHARFEDALE threw off the tag of plucky losers in the last league game of the season with a superb display against highly-placed Hartpury.Dale competed from the kick-off and had the lion's share of possession and territory

  • Brownlee claims Cape Town success

    OLYMPIC champion Alistair Brownlee recovered from a fall to claim victory in his return to World Triathlon Series action in Cape Town.The 27-year-old Bingley Harrier, who missed the first three events of the season due to an ankle injury, sprinted away

  • Slater beats rain to speed Bradford & Bingley to victory

    BRADFORD & Bingley are the early pacesetters in Division One of the JCT600 Bradford League after wrapping up a ten-wicket victory over Lightcliffe before rain swept in and caused widespread disruption.Paceman Matt Simpson (5-43) and spinner Noman Ali

  • Khan ton sets up Bradford Moor stroll

    ONLY half of the opening weekend's 18 Bradford Mutual Sunday School League matches were completed due to the bad weather.Bradford Moor were the solitary team in Group A to complete their game in positive fashion as they beat Bradford Gymkhana.Ghazanfer

  • Andrabi ensures Bradford Moor beat weather

    NO A Division club has a 100 per cent record after rain interrupted the second weekend of Dales Council League fixtures.Halifax Direct, who had won on the opening weekend, made 212 (Muhammad Chaand 66, Naz Khan 58, Mohammed Asghar 6-47) but Naveed Andrabi

  • Hundreds take part in St George's Day parade in Bradford

    HUNDREDS of youngsters put their best feet forward today to mark St George's Day by parading from City Park to Bradford Cathedral.Up to 400 Scouts, Beavers, Cubs and Explorers, in full colourful uniforms, were bathed in warm sunshine. After a grand unfurling

  • Westwood century holds up Yorkshire

    Tim Bresnan and Steve Patterson picked up a wicket apiece during the first afternoon of Yorkshire’s clash with Warwickshire at Headingley, with the visitors reaching tea at 176-3 from 65 overs. Bresnan struck in his first over after lunch when

  • Yorkshire frustrated after early Bresnan strike

    YORKSHIRE found bowling tough going at Headingley this morning despite striking after just three balls against Warwickshire. Tim Bresnan helped the hosts make the ideal start to their third LV= County Championship match of 2015 by getting visiting

  • Car written off after arson attack in Bradford

    ARSONISTS set fire to a Mazda3 car, parked in the street in Sutton Crescent, Tyersal, Bradford. Firefighters from Bradford station were called to the scene at 1.30am today and spent an hour putting out the blaze after the fuel tank caught fire. The car

  • Woman hurt in motorway collision near Bradford

    A WOMAN passenger was hurt when she was trapped in a two-car collision on the M62 near Bradford.The victim suffered a suspected spinal injury, not believed to be serious, when the Ford Focus she was in collided with a Ford Ka on the westbound carriageway