Border Sport

Watch the first episode of a new programme featuring the people and events in the South of Scotland's sporting world.

This episode is a profile of one of Scotland's top athletes, Guy Learmonth.

Around 250 rugby league players will descend on Carlisle today for the Cumbria Master's Festival.

The event is being held at the Carlisle Rugby Union club.

It's a modified version of the game that means players of all ages can compete on a level playing field and the sport is proving increasingly popular in this part of the world.

Keith Curle will leave Carlisle United at the end of the season.

The announcement follows a meeting yesterday between Curle and the club's directors.

Curle will remain in charge for the last two games of the Blues' League Two campaign starting with Saturday's trip to Port Vale.

Scotland's David McMath has won Commonwealth Games gold in the men's double trap shooting final.

He set a Games record with a total of 74 - four ahead of nearest rival Tim Kneale from the Isle of Man who took silver.

McMath added to team-mate Linda Pearson's double trap bronze medal from earlier on Wednesday.

Cumbrian swimmer Luke Greenbank has won silver in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

The 20-year-old, from Cockermouth, won the medal for Team England in the final race.

Lauren Smith has won bronze in the Commonwealth Games badminton mixed doubles.

Alongside Marcus Ellis, the badminton star, from Longtown, beat Hee Yong Kai Terry and Wong Jia Ying Crystal 16-21 21-19 21-18.

England beat Singapore 3-0.

One of Cumbria's athletes is celebrating after winning a gold medal at the commonwealth games in Australia.

Nick Miller, from Scotby in Carlisle, set a British and Commonwealth record in the hammer, throwing over eighty metres, the first time a British athlete has done so.

The 24-year-old , who was a silver medalist in Glasgow four years ago, described the feeling of winning the Gold as 'incredible' and said having his family in the crowd was a 'special moment'.