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Cobham Sports Women began their pre-season campaign with a convincing 9-0 win against Eastleigh FC Women at Merley Park on Sunday afternoon.

The Championship Pairs at Poole’s Wimborne Road has a new date.

Cobham Sports Women began their pre-season campaign with a convincing 9-0 win against Eastleigh FC Women at Merley Park on Sunday afternoon.

James Hill had a superb 2025/26 season. After coming into the side just after Christmas, he hardly put a foot wrong and was one of the Premier League's form centre backs come the end of the season.

It is an exciting time for James Hill. On the pitch, he is set to play a key role for the Cherries in their first campaign in Europe after an excellent second half of last season, and off it, he is just days away from becoming a father having got married this summer, too.

We're into the final stages of the Cherries’ pre-season tour in Austria, and today was another day of interviews and some breaking news to throw into the mix.

PIRATES smashed Berwick to enact revenge on the Bandits after their KO Cup semifinal exit, as Poole flew to a 60-30 victory at Wimborne Road to extend their Championship unbeaten run.

Junior Kroupi is set for a spell on the sidelines after he had surgery on a foot injury he sustained during training at the Cherries’ Austria pre-season camp.

Arun Ammasi's 161-run Masterclass Keeps Rolex CC Top of Dorset Cricket League Division 3

A 24 hour beach volleyball marathon is set to take place in on Bournemouth beach next month in support of a charity which boosts access sport across the South West.

SWANAGE'S star all-rounder Harry Long delivered a superb performance with both bat and ball to secure a dramatic one-wicket victory for the 2nd XI against fellow promotion contenders Blandford.

MILA Desborough led Dorset’s junior girls to top their class at the English Schools’ Track & Field Championships, reports Nigel Harding.

More than £500 was raised for a two-year-old who is battling an aggressive form of cancer at a pre-season friendly between Bashley and Dorchester Town.

PIRATES will be looking for some revenge as they host Berwick in the Championship tonight, Wednesday.

The Cherries continue their pre-season preparations with a friendly against Bundesliga side Augsburg tomorrow, as their camp in Austria comes to a close.

LEWIS Cook has been a key figure at the Cherries for a decade, after he joined the club from Leeds aged 19.