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1. 1. Towering tribute to sport heroes

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 21 October 2004 A THOUSAND sporting legends are to be honoured in a big way - on an 85ft statue. It is hoped the column which will honour Bolton's sporting icons, will be completed by December next year.

2. 2. Rugby League of Gentlemen

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 04 October 2004 A BUSINESSMAN is funding a drive to take rugby league's brightest prospects to the dreaming spires of Oxford University. Ian Lenagan, from Wigan, is to set up two '1,000-a-year scholarships to help some of the sport's promising young players study there.

3. 3. WWE Raw @ Manchester

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 12 October 2004 WRESTLING in the UK has an odd reputation. Post World of Sport, it's often seen as a kiddie's distraction - somewhat bizarrely, since across the Atlantic World Wrestling Entertainment's turned it into a multi-billion dollar TV extravaganza. Fans in the UK have felt starved of good grappling action as a result.

4. 4. M.E.N. group bid for 24-hour radio

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 19 October 2004 PLANS for Manchester's first 24-hour news and sport talk radio station were unveiled today by the Guardian Media Group - publisher of the Manchester Evening News.

5. 5. Rugby League boomtown

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 22 October 2004 SHOWPIECE RL matches at Old Trafford and the City of Manchester Stadium are raising the sport's profile within the city say the RFL.

6. 6. Ski show hits new heights

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 25 October 2004 SOME of the world's top winter sport competitors dazzled Manchester crowds with a daring array of stunts and tricks. It was aerial action all the way as Manchester's G-Mex was transformed into a winter wonderland for the Northern Ski and Snowboard Show.

7. 7. Motorsport: Midland aim to join F1in 2006

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 08 October 2004 FORMULA One could see a new team on the grid in 2006 after a British-based consortium announced plans to enter the sport.

8. 8. Liverpool's fury over magazine's Bigley 'insults'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 15 October 2004 TORIES were under pressure today to sack MP Boris Johnson, party spokesman on culture and sport, after he was linked to "insults" about hostage Ken Bigley's family, the Hillsborough disaster and Liverpudlians in general.

9. 9. Charity night nets £25k

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 08 October 2004 SPORT was top of the agenda at a charity business fund-raising evening last week which raised over '25,000 for the spinal injury charity ASPIRE.

10. 10. Sunday paper warned after `free CD' offer

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 07 October 2004 THE Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint about a misleading offer in the Manchester-based Sunday Sport newspaper.

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