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University sports day offers students much-needed break from academic pressure
An annual sports day event between two Universities allowed students to trade lecture halls for playing fields and escape the stress of exams. University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University went head to head on Wednesday 18 March at Sheffield Hallam Sports...
Sheffield University netball star describes “intense” win against Hallam
The Sheffield university netball club (SUNC) 4s won against Hallam’s netball team during varsity. During EIS Day (English Institute of Sport), the SUNC 4’s won their varsity match against Sheffield Hallam University. It was a close match, with Hallam University at...
INTERVIEW: The world’s oldest football club announce Sheffield born singer as new chairman
The lead singer of Reverend and the makers has become the new chairman of Sheffield FC trading music for his ambition to tell the story that ‘Sheffield is the home of football’. On the 9th of March Jon McClure along with performing arts firm IAV Holdings Limited...
High kicks and high hopes: cheerleaders bring inclusivity win to Varsity
Sheffield Cheerleading team proves social inclusivity in competitive sports
Sheffield Roads set to host ‘World’s Best Cyclists’ in Tour de France Femmes
Cyclists are preparing to face some of the Peak District and Sheffield's toughest hills, as the full route of the 2027 Grand Départ was announced yesterday. The stage...
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University of Sheffield Women’s Football raise over £500 for cancer charity through keepy-uppy challenge
Footballers from the University of Sheffield women's team have raised £526 for the charity Young Lives Against Cancer with a sponsored keepy-uppy challenge. Contestants...
Crucible championship: ‘They wouldn’t move tennis from Wimbledon so why move the snooker from Sheffield?’
Fans say they would be devastated if the World Snooker Championship leaves Sheffield's Crucible - its home since 1977. The contract to hold the world snooker...
Sheffield hosts World Snooker Championships for 49th year running
For the 49th year in a row, Sheffield is hosting the World Snooker Championships, with the prestigious event being staged at the Crucible Theatre in the heart of the...
City’s first football artwork unveiled to celebrate Sheffield FC and FA Cup history
An art feature celebrating Sheffield's rich footballing history has been unveiled this week, illustrating the one and only time an FA Cup tie has been settled by a coin flip. After four years of fundraising, the project raised the required £53,500 and the artwork now...
Celebrating International Women’s Day: Empowering women through biking
Sheffield’s community of Hillsborough honoured International Women's Day through a female-led BMX jam inspired by a ambitious teenager. The Give to Gain Jam, at Hillsborough Pump Track, was organised by 16-year-old resident Jessie Leasley. Jessie is a BMX fan, who...
Sheffield student takes on the London half marathon to support British Heart Foundation
A Biomedical engineering student and committed netball player will be raising money for the British Heart Foundation this April in the London half marathon. University of Sheffield student, Anna Clery, 21, has been training to complete the London half marathon, which...
WATCH: Sheffield Roller Derby Star To Represent England At World Cup
A Sheffield roller derby star has been selected for the England squad for the 2026 World Cup in Orléans, France. Gavin Foster, 33, represents ‘The Inhuman League’, one of three roller derby teams in Sheffield, and has vowed to ‘make his family proud’ on the...
Road closed in Park Hill over antisocial behaviour as ‘pocket park’ proposed
The closure is expected to remain in place for up to 18 months.
WATCH: Charity calls for end to ban on asylum seekers working
City of Sanctuary Sheffield provides support for asylum seekers and refugees.
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Have your say on plans for new swimming pool and sports centre at University of Sheffield
An exhibition displaying plans for a new sports centre at the University of Sheffield will be held this week giving people the chance to ask questions and provide feedback. The exhibitions for the centre which would be built on Northumberland Road will take place on...
Free music festival CareFest to recognise carers in Sheffield
Sheffield’s biggest free family-friendly music festival CareFest is back for 2025 to honour South Yorkshire’s carers and frontline workers . The annual music festival, taking place on bank holiday Monday (25 August) from 2pm to 8pm, celebrates the life-changing work...
Sheffield Council grants establishment permission to sell alcohol later
A soon-to-be renovated establishment in Sheffield's City Centre was given permission to sell alcohol until 4.00 am on Fridays and Saturdays, despite complaints being made by members of the public. The owner of 4 Fitzwilliam Street, Masoud Ibrahimi, was also granted...
Residents furious at Sheffield Local Plan outcome
Sheffield residents are feeling insulted and ignored after councillors voted in favour of a Local Plan that builds on cherished green-belt land. Following an Extraordinary Meeting on Wednesday, Sheffield City Council voted 45-31 to implement the Sheffield Local...
University of Sheffield students set sights on space with record-breaking rocket
Video footage of the Karman Charlie test launch on Sunday 11 March The sky is not the limit for the University of Sheffield’s rocketry team, who hope to break altitude records, and send their rocket to space. On Sunday 11 May, Project Sunride ended their test...
Fan raises money for new headstone to commemorate historic Sheffield Wednesday captain
Ambrose Langley, the first captain to lead Sheffield Wednesday to victory in the football league in 1902 and 1903, will be honoured with a new headstone at a ceremony in Burngreave Cemetery almost 90 years after his death. Clive Nicholson, great-grandnephew of...