Along with the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup is the gold standard of international sporting events.
Worldwide, FIFA estimates that five billion people will tune in to the Qatar tournament when it kicks off later this year.
These pictures capture some return to normality in Bunbury when residents welcomed the return of its annual Village Day.
The theme for the 2021 event was the Olympics, to coincide with the delayed Tokyo Games, which were postponed last year due to the pandemic.
Former Brine Leas students Bryony Page feared her trampolining gymnastics career had spun dramatically out of control after soaring to silver at Rio 2016.
But the Wrenbury ace is back in the big time and says she’s never been hungrier to bounce all the way to Olympic glory in Tokyo this summer.
Bunbury man Stuart Wood has clinched his place at the Tokyo Paralympics next year after a medal-winning performance in the para canoe world championships.
Wood, who won the European Championship KL2 Var Para Canoe last year, competed in the world finals in Hungary last month.
Nantwich swimming star Polly Holden is aiming to emulate her role model Rebecca Adlington’s success as she prepares to embark on a crucial year ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The 19-year-old University of Nottingham student races for Nova Centurion Swimming Club, where the two–time Olympic gold medallist Adlington honed her craft when she was younger.
Nantwich’s Olympic star Bryony Page has issued a plea for help after burglars broke in to her home and stole valuable items.
Among the items taken from the former Brine Leas student was her Olympic edition Samsung Galaxy phone.
A teenage swimming sensation from Nantwich has secured funding to help her on the path to 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Polly Holden, 18, from Stapeley, was awarded £355 from the Everybody Foundation to fund her entry to the British Championships in Edinburgh where she won bronze in the 800m freestyle.
Nantwich Olympic heroes Bryony Page and Andy Small have been honoured with Cheshire East’s Freedom of the Borough status.
Also honoured was Sir Philip Craven, now living in Cheshire, who is President of the International Olympic Committee and has played a key role in Team GB’s Paralympics success.
Nantwich Rio Olympic and Paralympic stars Bryony Page and Andrew Small will be switching on the town’s Christmas lights this year.
Trampolinist silver medalist Page and wheelchair racing bronze medalist Small both went to Brine Leas School in Nantwich.
Olympics medallist Bryony Page returned to her roots to show students at Malbank School in Nantwich her Rio gong.
Page, from Wrenbury, won a silver medal at Rio after a stunning trampoline performance.
A ‘HockeyFest’ fund-raising event takes place this weekend at Crewe Vagrants Sports Club in Willaston.
Local clubs are hoping the gold medal success of Team GB women’s hockey team in Rio will boost the profile of the sport.
Team GB star Sir Bradley Wiggins has confirmed his participation in the Tour of Britain, which passes through Nantwich on September 6.
Wiggins joins Mark Cavendish and other high profile names for the race which starts on September 4.
Nantwich trampolinist Bryony Page has scooped an amazing silver medal at the Rio Olympics.
The former Brine Leas School and Malbank Sixth Form student performed an incredible routine in the women’s final to finish second.
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