SALTBURN Golf Club have been crowned champions of the North-east after a super win in the Dixon Cup. TEESSIDERS Chris Riley and Francis Croes say they are in the best shape of their lives as they get set to make their professional boxing debuts live on Eurosport. KENENISA Bekele and arch-rival Eliud Kipchoge are forecast to produce fireworks at the Bupa Great North Mile meeting on the Newcastle-Gateshead Quaysides on Saturday. BILLINGHAM BOMBERS? 100% start to the new season ended when they were held to a 5-5 draw at Kingston Jets. THE Ultimate Fighting Championship storms into the Midlands for the first time when UFC 89: Bisping v Leben touches down at Birmingham?s National Indoor Arena on October 18. IAN Hudspeth of Morpeth Harriers, one of the North-east?s top road and cross country runners led home a field of more than 3,000 to win the Middlesbrough Tees Pride 10K race. BILLINGHAM Bombers travel to Humberside tonight aiming to maintain their 100% start to the season. MIDDLESBROUGH AC (Mandale) won the inaugural Sprint Relays Challenge Shield organised by the NECAA Sprint Management Group. COMMONWEALTH champion Paul Truscott is adamant that he will not become another British boxing casualty when he returns to the ring on October 3. MIDDLESBROUGH teenage modern pentathlete Bradley Dixon insists his selection for the Lloyds TSB Local Heroes scheme is already enhancing his dream of emulating Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell at London 2012. Newer Posts »