Nathan Atkinson

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Oscar Baldwin (second left) was in red-hot form on Saturday, but his efforts were not enough to get his side to victory.

Bradford dealt devastating blow with narrow defeat to relegation rivals
BRADFORD Dragons remain rooted to the foot of the National Basketball League Division One table after a narrow defeat to Worthing Thunder.

Neil Robertson facing Barry Hawkins at the Masters earlier this year.

World-title winning Australian heading to Shipley for exhibition next April
Neil Robertson is the latest member of the world snooker elite to be heading to Shipley, the Australian coming to the Saltaire Bar for an exhibition next April.

Joe Cullen suffers a first-round defeat to Danny Noppert in his previous major appearance, at the European Championship in Dortmund last month.

Wyke thrower Cullen positive before Players major but blasts "flawed" Grand Slam
JOE Cullen has had a poor year, but the Bradford darts star has one final chance to shine at the Players Championship before the Worlds next month.

Jake Webster will certainly have plenty to think about while in two vital roles at Cougars.

Webster's Cougars contract "indefinite" as he tackles dual role and Super Eights
Keighley Cougars head coach Jake Webster has confirmed his contract for the role is “indefinite”, while the former New Zealand ace says he is up for a big task.

Craig Elliott (left) has been trying to bring his latest recruit to Avenue for a while.

Avenue sign a Gooden as Elliott thrilled to bring in exciting winger from Bury

Bradford (Park Avenue) manager Craig Elliott is thrilled to have brought dynamic Bury winger Iyrwah Gooden to the Horsfall Community Stadium.

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Jonny Bairstow played an important role in Yorkshire's promotion to the top flight of the County Championship in the season just gone, but he will get to practice his explosive white-ball skills over the next two weeks.

Bradford pair among Yorkshire trio heading out for Abu Dhabi thrash
Yorkshire trio Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan and Adil Rashid, the latter two from Bradford, will all feature in the Abu Dhabi T10 League over the next fortnight.

Aaliyah Nolan knows where the back of the net is, and her two goals made the difference at Wallsend.

Bantams blast up to third as international star makes difference at Wallsend
Bradford City Women have moved up to third in the league after an impressive 2-0 win at Wallsend on Sunday.

Bradford (Park Avenue) lost 2-1 at Ossett in the FA Trophy earlier this season, so this should have been a quick chance for revenge tonight.

Avenue see derby day wiped out by snow as Silsden also off
BRADFORD (Park Avenue) have been given tonight off unexpectedly, as have Silsden.

It is all change at Farsley in terms of personnel, while the club say an important phase of work on the pitch has now happened, so fans should hopefully see some progress from what we pictured here last week.

All change at dramatic time for Farsley as club say key task now done
BIG changes are happening on and off the field at Farsley Celtic, with the make-up of the backroom staff looking very different to how it did a couple of weeks ago.

Bradford Bulls coasted to victory over Featherstone in the pair's play-off eliminator last month, having been well beaten home and away by Rovers in 2022.

Bulls coach Greenwood admits to seeing lack of professionalism when he arrived
Lee Greenwood arrived at the Bradford Bulls while they were at a low ebb and he admits the professionalism and continuity there now is a positive.