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ATHLETIC have snapped up Congo DR international Rodrigue Dikaba. Right-back Dikaba (24) has earned a short-term deal after impressing boss Paul Dickov in training over the...
Date Published 20/08/2010
AMATEUR RUGBY LEAGUE: SKIRLAUGH provide the opposition as Saddleworth Rangers embark on a season in the big time tomorrow. The Hull outfit, seasoned and successful campaigners...
PAUL Dickov isn’t about to check on the availability of open-top buses for next May just yet. Despite a fine start to the season which has seen the team play some...
DARREN Fletcher believes Paul Scholes is bringing a touch of NFL to the Premier League this season. The life-long Athletic fan has won man–of–the–match...
MANCHESTER City edged closer to a place in the group stages of the Europa League — thanks to its Italian connection. Blues chief Roberto Mancini marked his first match...
CYCLIST Chris Newton has decided to bring his glittering career to a close. Endurance specialist Newton (34), based in Royton, is taking up a coaching role with the Great...
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: MOSSLEY get their UniBond League Division One North season up and running tomorrow when they host Bamber Bridge. Seel Park will undoubtedly be buzzing...
FOOTBALL: DERBY day on the opening afternoon of the Bridgewater Office Supplies Manchester League season saw Royton Town earn the bragging rights with a 1-0 win at...
CRICKET: ROCKED by setbacks in the last round of fixtures, our four local teams need to pick themselves for this weekend’s double header in the Lake Garage CLL. Only...
CRICKET: ALL eyes will be on a packed Leefields on Sunday in the Armstrongs Office Furniture Saddleworth and District Cricket League. Uppermill host Greenfield in the Tanner...
Gerry Taggart - Latics assistant manager IF you had offered our first goal against Notts County to any manager in the country, they would have been delighted with it. From...
OLDHAM Roughyeds reserves coach John Hough is determined his side will put up a good show in their play-off clash at Widnes Vikings tomorrow. There will be fitness checks for...
CRICKET: DELPH host Broad Oak in the Drakes Huddersfield League premiership tomorrow as they step up their bid to close the 20-point gap on second-placed Shepley. With six...
students from Oldham College who piloted a new construction award have secured their places at university. They spent two years studying their Level 3 Diploma in Construction...
STUDENTS have been congratulated by Oldham Council leader Howard Sykes following what is believed to be the 10th consecutive year of A-level result improvement. Councillor...
OLDHAM Sixth-Form College maintained its near perfect A-Level results and celebrated pupils getting higher grades. It’s the best results in the 18 years since the...
RECORD-breaking students at Crompton House are celebrating their best-ever results. All five students who applied for places at Oxford were successful and a further eight got...
A BLUE Coat School student is following in the steps of Prime Minister David Cameron by studying the same degree as him at Oxford University. Lucy Drain (18), from Werneth...
A DEDICATED A-level pupil from Royton, who juggled volunteering at a special needs school with her studies, was beaming with pride yesterday as she picked up her results....
OLDHAM Rugby Union continue their preparations for the new North Lancs and Cumbria League season with a game away to Littleborough tomorrow (3pm). Guy Lovegreen’s side...
BOWLS: DARREN Griffiths will on Sunday defend the Moorside Classic title he won in such brilliant fashion last year. The Nimble Nook and Tonge star defeated Leek’s Dean...
IT was a double celebration for twins Leanne and Bekki O’Brien, who scooped an identical number of passes to give them the keys to the universities of their choice. The...
ANGLING: TWINGATES AC ran two exciting matches on their top lodge, the first of which was clinched by Tony Aspin with a mixed bag weighing in at 13lb 4oz. Dave Ireland came...
VETERAN Oldham MP Michael Meacher says he “fears for Oldham” in the challenging financial climate — and believes the next two years will be the toughest...
Chronicle racing correspondent Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards SANDOWN 2.05 Chachmaidee 2.35 Native Khan 3.10 Hanoverian Baron 3.45...
A SHERRY a day is the perfect tonic for Hilda Jackson who celebrated her 107th birthday yesterday. The great-grandmother, believed to be Lancashire’s oldest woman,...
THE final touches are being put to the impressive rushcart for this weekend’s spectacular festival of colour, music and dance. Working away behind the Commercial Hotel...
TOWN centre shops will be saying it with flowers tomorrow by handing out blooms as a thank-you to loyal customers. More than 1,000 flowers will be given to shoppers by members...
AN OLDHAM man charged with drugs offences will appear before Bradford Crown Court on Thursday in connection with a multimillion-pound conspiracy. Mohammed Arif (38), of...
THE mystery handyman who carried out a series of guerilla repairs to benches and fences across the borough is set to pass on his skills to a group of Oldham young people....
