This September why not do something different when it comes to swimming a Lake District lake and swim the full length of one? After all Long distance open water swimming isn't just about swimming around buoys in a loop– it's about the journey. After-all you haven't swum a lake until you have completed the full length of it!

Liverpool, Celtic and Scotland legend Kenny Dalglish will be one of a host of former champions who will take to the famous fairways of Spain's La Manga Club to contest the 20th edition of the popular Footballers' Golf Classic this summer. Single-figure handicapper Dalglish has won the title three times at the award-winning Murcian resort but faces one of the strongest challenges ever in the competition's history if he is to lift the trophy again when the event, sponsored by John Griffin, takes place from June 4-9.

Leicester City’s extraordinarily triumphant march to the pinnacle of English football caused enormous ructions throughout the world of football and beyond as, whether it be Seria A, La Liga, the Bundesliga, the MSL, or the Midlands Combination, this story has never been matched and, for any time soon, won’t be repeated.

A new edition of the Tenerife Bluetrail – the island's most popular (and extreme) long-distance mountain race – is set to take place on Saturday 11th June. Over 1,000 athletes from all over the world have already signed up to run from sea level to an altitude of over 3,550 metres in Spain's highest race.

Soul star, Alicia Keys, will be the first singer to play live at the opening ceremony of the Champions League Final. The show will see the singer perform to around 80,000 people in Milan's Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on May 28 and to TV audiences in over 220 countries. Keys, who will be debuting new music in the show, said playing to such a huge audience was "pretty insane".

As the excitement ahead of this year's major European football championships becomes increasingly more palpable, Pierre & Vacances announces its fun new way for holidaymakers to kick off the football festivities in France. Just as France will host the European championships this summer, nine of Pierre & Vacances' French Holiday Villages will host their very own warm-up celebrations in the build up to the matches as well as afterwards.