Monique Gladding admits she had caught the Olympic “bug” by competing in a dream FINA World Cup meeting at the London Aquatics Centre this week.

SHEFFIELD United’s Ched Evans has been shortlisted for the prestigious npower League One Player of the Year Award at the Football League Awards 2012.

AFTER behaving like a drama queen - by his own admission - and then receiving an OBE from The Queen at Buckingham Palace, it was back to work for Lee Westwood today.

NEILL Collins has already paid tribute to the positive influence Sheffield United manager Danny Wilson has had on his career.

OWLS star Jermaine Johnson has been ruled out for around eight weeks.

MARK Howard has set his sights on dislodging Steve Simonsen from Sheffield United’s starting 11.

KYLE Bennett pressed his claims for a place in the Doncaster Rovers’ side to face Peterborough on Saturday with a brace in yesterday afternoon’s 4-1 win over Lincoln City in a practice game behind closed doors at the club’s training ground.

LIFE is just a knockout right now for Kell Brook both in and outside the ring.

DONCASTER Knights will be looking to bounce back from successive Championship defeats in today’s rearranged clash against London Welsh at Old Deer Park (2pm).

A FOOTBALL league for young players with cerebral palsy is to be launched in Sheffield.

KELL Brook has vowed to repair the sport’s reputation after the “absolutely terrible” scuffle between Dereck Chisora and David Haye.

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SHARKS reject Justin Dobbins could be returning to Sheffield sooner than expected.

EMILIANO Sanchez has returned to the UK to step up preparations for the new season after winning the Argentinian Championship.

OFF to Doncaster at the weekend for a South Yorkshire derby game in the Northern Rail Cup at the Keepmoat Stadium. The clubs play in different divisions of the Championship so competitive games don’t come around often – which for me is fine.

DONCASTER Rovers slumped to their first home defeat in six league games against Blackpool on TUESDAY night as the Seasiders completed a league double with a 3-1 win in the return at the Keepmoat Stadium.

SHEFFIELD’S Jessica Ennis has been confirmed in Great Britain’s 39-strong squad for next month’s Indoor World Championship in Turkey.

ALASTAIR Cook confirmed he would be staying on for the Twenty20 series after captaining England to a one-day series whitewash over Pakistan.

SHEFFIELD FC were held to a 2-2 draw by New Mills at the BT Local Stadium last night after letting slip a two-goal lead. It was a game that Mark Shaw’s men should have won but then could have lost following a controversial ending. Jason Bradley marked his home debut by giving Sheffield a fourth minute lead.

TERRY Curran believes that Sunday’s derby could be a turning point in the Owls’ season.