Royal Navy fighters put on a terrific displays of the art of boxing as they came within a whisker of clinching the Inter-Services Championship in front of a packed house on home territory at HMS Nelson, Portsmouth.

The Combined Australian Services Rugby League squad ended their first tour to Great Britain with a narrow defeat at Hull to their British counterparts – with a Navy man taking a leaf out of Jonny Wilkinson’s book.

After devoting his recent Naval career to new vessels for the fleet, former Controller of the Navy Rear Admiral Nigel Guild now has a boat he can call his own.

The Royal Navy Rugby Union side made it three wins in four matches with an impressive victory over Combined London Old Boys, despite fielding a team which leant towards youth and inexperience.

The Royal Navy’s links with South Korea are to be celebrated on the football pitch – because it was the Senior Service that introduced the beautiful game to the South-East Asian country 122 years ago.

The Royal Navy’s links with South Korea are to be celebrated on the football pitch – because it was the Senior Service that introduced the beautiful game to the South-East Asian country 122 years ago.

The road to glory ended on Humberside for the Royal Navy Rugby League side when they ran up against one of the country’s top amateur sides in the second round of the Powergen Challenge Cup.