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1. 1. Gaelic football a sport for all

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 December 2003 IT was once regarded as a sport for Irish immigrants and their descendents, but now Gaelic football is capturing a new audience in Manchester. Youngsters are being encouraged to take up the sport, which resembles a mixture of soccer and rugby.

2. 2. Showbiz and sport come up smiling

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 December 2003 ERIC Clapton, Chris Tarrant and Nicholas Parsons are among the famous faces to come out smiling in today's New Year Honours list.

3. 3. Sport quiz of the year 2003

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 December 2003

   CAST your mind back over the past 12 months and try our bumper sports quiz.

4. 4. Verokken: I haven't walked over Rio

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 December 2003 BRITAIN'S anti-doping chief Michele Verokken has denied she has resigned from her job at UK Sport in the wake of the Rio Ferdinand affair.

5. 5. Schools to count cost of Jonny's boot

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 02 December 2003 RUGBY fever sweeping the country in the wake of England's World Cup triumph may lead to more youngsters taking up the tough sport.

6. 6. Tueart set to keep City role

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 06 December 2003 DENNIS Tueart may face criticism but he is set to remain a City director at the club's first Eastlands AGM on Monday. M.E.N. Sport understands that Tueart could come under fire following a club enquiry into the controversial use of a hospitality box at Maine Road.

7. 7. Lloyd takes giant step with Sale

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 19 December 2003 BEN Lloyd's interest in rugby was sparked by his grandfather and, when he died, the youngster placed a letter in his coffin vowing that he would carry on his interest in the sport and, one day, play for England.

8. 8. Pallister blames the testers

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 21 December 2003 FORMER Manchester United defender Gary Pallister believes the responsibility for ensuring Rio Ferdinand took his missed drugs test lay with the UK Sport testers.

9. 9. Scuffles as protesters target hunt

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 27 December 2003 SCUFFLES broke out between hunt supporters and blood-sport protesters as the Holcombe Hunt met at Rivington.

10. 10. Schools' £5m Lotto prize

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 23 December 2003 SPORT in north west schools has received a £5.2m early Christmas present from the National Lottery. The region gets funding for 16 projects from the Lotto's New Opportunities Fund.

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