The Royal Navy Rugby League team negotiated a muddy tie in Yorkshire to reach the second round of the Powergen Challenge Cup.

A floodlight failure just before kick-off at Burnaby Road in Portsmouth failed to prevent HMS Raleigh taking the spoils in the Navy Rugby Cup Final.

First blood in the annual rugby show of strength between the Army and Navy went to the Senior Service when its youth side ran out narrow winners in the Under 21s championship.

Royal Navy boxers made history when they turned out for the national side in force.

Sailors and Royal Marines beat their American counterparts on home turf when they romped to victory in the US Marine Corps marathon.