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Lewis Kerr has announced his retirement from speedway after helping Poole Pirates to four trophies in two seasons at the club.

Updates from Marco Rose's pre-Chelsea press conference.

Lewis Kerr has announced his retirement from speedway after helping Poole Pirates to four trophies in two seasons at the club.

Bournemouth-based Gladiators FC will represent England at the Socca Champions League in Crete after a remarkable self-funded rise through six-a-side football.

Dexter Sports FC’s Dexter Lions U13s in Poole are among thousands of junior teams to receive new kits as part of Octopus Energy's Octopus Kits for Kids scheme

Top v bottom in the Hampshire Combination & Development U18 Premier Division saw Holt Utd U18 play host Cobham Sports U18

Blandford & Sturminster Men v Basingstoke 3s (1-3) - match report

Hamworthy Rec through to the next round of the League Cup after a 3-1 win at home to Baffins Milton Rovers

Wessex started their National Under 18 Cup campaign with a trip to Sevenoaks, Kent to play the host, Richmond and Bristol.

AN off-road motorcyclist from Dorset has launched a fundraising campaign to help him reach the start line of one of the world's toughest motorsport events, the Dakar Rally.

SWANAGE Cricket Club is celebrating a standout season across all sections, marked by strong team performances, major individual achievements and the historic arrival of the club’s first overseas player, Australian all-rounder Coby Perry, whose influence has been widely praised as transformative.

THE Cherries are back in action after the long international break as they visit Chelsea, and they will be without key player Alex Scott for the trip to the capital.

There is one week to go until the Cherries return to Dean Court after the international break

Pirates won the Championship title in the most dramatic of Grand Finals as Zach Cook and Richard Lawson won a super heat after Poole and Scunthorpe could not be separated on aggregate after 30 thrilling races.

Updates as Poole Pirates host Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Championship Grand Final second leg.

Mati Grzybowski was East Christchurch Athletic’s hat-trick hero in their 5-2 victory over rivals East Christchurch SSC in the first round of the FA Sunday Cup at Hurn Bridge.