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The Great North Run 2026 will take place on Sunday, September 13, bringing a record field of approximately 63,000 runners to Newcastle, Gateshead and South Tyneside. The televised programme is prov...
The region has produced Paralympic champions and sustains a network of clubs, though access to facilities remains the persistent obstacle.
Long before kick-off, the streets around St James' Park fill with a distinctive matchday ritual that has defined Newcastle United's footballing culture for generations.
Since 1981, tens of thousands of runners have taken on the route from Newcastle to South Shields, turning the Great North Run into a genuine North East institution.
Rising costs and squeezed budgets are putting pools and leisure centres at risk across the country, with real consequences for community health. We take a look.
Beyond football, the North East has a rich distance-running and athletics heritage, producing Olympic medallists and one of the world's most famous mass-participation races.
Perched above the city centre and visible from almost every angle of Newcastle, St James' Park has been the emotional home of Geordie football for well over a century.
Below the professional game sits a network of clubs with cup runs, Wembley finals and crowds that would embarrass some league sides.
Newcastle United's famous black and white stripes have given the club one of football's most recognisable nicknames, rooted in a kit change over a century old.
Separated by twelve miles and rather more than that in feeling, Newcastle and Sunderland contest one of the most intense fixtures in English football.
Newcastle United's supporters have long been recognised as among the most loyal and passionate in English football, regardless of results on the pitch.
Thousands of people across the region get up on a Saturday morning to run, jog or walk five kilometres for free, and the reasons have little to do with times.
Newcastle United's kit has changed in countless small ways over the decades, yet the club's black and white stripes have remained an unmistakable constant throughout.
English football has taken a dramatic step in the growing crisis surrounding FIFA president Gianni I...
For many Newcastle United supporters, Matthias Jaissle was hardly a household name just a few weeks ...
Before football, the biggest sporting crowds on Tyneside gathered on the riverbanks, and the greatest local hero was a boat builder from Dunston.
County Durham has long been known for producing sporting talent capable of competing with the very b...
For decades, the North East has produced sporting talent that has gone on to shine on the biggest st...
The North East has built a proud reputation for producing elite sports stars, from football legends ...
