SUMMER OF SPORT

Sports fans have a sizzling summer ahead. Football Euros, summer Olympics and Paralympics are on their way.

Not into athletics? Paris 2024 will see surfing and archery – and for the first time boys and girls will be popping and locking as breakdancing makes its debut.

Make the most of getting together with friends for good food and good times this summer.

ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET... GO !

Paralympic multi world champion swimmer Poppy Maskill from Middlewich will be competing in the S14 class for athletes with an intellectual impairment.

Sailor Chris Grube from Chester has come out of retirement to compete at his third Olympic Games.

Local hero Freya Anderson from Birkenhead won gold at Tokyo in 2020 as part of the 4x100m medley team.

For the first time the same logo will be used for the Olympic and the Paralympic Games, featuring a gold medal, a flame and an image of Marianne, the personification of the French Republic. The Olympic rings, representing the world’s continents, will appear on the Olympic flag. The three agitos, from the Latin meaning ‘I Move’ will appear beneath the Paralympic logo.

Armchair Athlete

Supporting club or country from your sofa? Get your staying power with snack ideas from across the globe.

Dive Into A Dip

Middle Eastern favourite hummus blends chickpeas, tahini paste, lemon, garlic and oil. Enjoy with warm pitta bread and finely chopped carrots, celery, olives and peppers. Find global recipes online at BBC Food. bbc.co.uk

Fantastic Fruit

Arrange grapes, pineapple, watermelon, blueberries and blackberries to create a colour sensation on a plate representing the Olympic rings.

Make a torch dip – dunk breadsticks in white chocolate then coat with red, orange and yellow hundreds and thousands. Or use icing to make biscuits into gold, silver and bronze medals.

Main Event

Revive family sporting favourites like the wheelbarrow race. Or grab an egg and spoon or an old pillowcase for the sack race shuffle.