Hornchurch, a National League club, are preparing to host Blackpool in the first round of the FA Cup. Manager Daryl McMahon, who is also part of the club's ownership group, has led them through two promotions in three seasons and hopes to reach the English Football League.
Football fans in Southend are invited to meet two players at an event raising money for charity.
An angler from Blackburn landed a 52kg common carp at a Hungarian lake, a catch being hailed as a new world record. He shared the moment with his older brother and said he wished he could tell their late father, who first introduced them to fishing.
British teenager Mika Stojsavljevic, 17, won her first WTA Tour main-draw match, beating former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin in a close deciding set. She had only an hour's notice that she would be playing after entering the main draw as a lucky loser. Her win marks another big step in a promising young career.
