UK Sport strengthens mental health support for elite sport – appoints special panel and first mental health lead

11 Dec 2018

UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have made a number of appointments ... more

Sector leaders call for 'preventative health push' to get people more active

11 Dec 2018

Physical activity sector leaders, parliamentarians and leading figures in health and business have called for ... more

Surfing and skateboarding among sports to share £3m Aspiration Fund ahead of Tokyo 2020

07 Dec 2018

Surfing, skateboarding and climbing are among the 14 sports to have have received investment from ... more

Industry reacts to childhood inactivity survey – figures branded 'shocking' and 'a national disgrace'

06 Dec 2018

The figures revealed in today's Active Lives Children and Young People research have been described ... more

Inactivity crisis: 82 per cent of young people fail to hit recommended activity levels

06 Dec 2018

Less than one in five of children and young people (17.5 per cent) are meeting ... more

Lord Mountbatten and Mark Foster launch tetraplegia campaign

06 Dec 2018

Lord Ivar Mountbatten and former Olympic swimmer and world champion Mark Foster have launched a ... more

Ice hockey club Helsinki IFK leading the charge in creating 'new kind of recreational hub' in Finland

05 Dec 2018

Finnish ice hockey team Helsingin IFK (HIFK) are helming a development team to build what ... more

Five sports NGBs pledge 'greater strategic alliance' with leisure sector

04 Dec 2018

Five national governing bodies (NGBs) have pledged to work 'more closely' with the leisure sector ... more

Inaugural Sporting Champions awards handed out as part of athlete talent scheme

04 Dec 2018

The inaugural Sporting Champions awards have been held to highlight the successes of a talent ... more

£40m inland surf park planned for London's Lee Valley

03 Dec 2018

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) and inland surfing company The Wave have unveiled plans ... more

Jennie Price joins Portas Consulting

30 Nov 2018

Former Sport England CEO Jennie Price has joined global strategy consultancy Portas Consulting as an ... more

Designs revealed for Oakland's new 'intimate' baseball stadium

30 Nov 2018

Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise Oakland Athletics has revealed detailed designs for an ambitious waterfront ... more

Exeter's 'super-efficient' leisure centre to form part of £300m project

29 Nov 2018

Exeter City Council has approved measures to spend an extra £11.8m on the environmentally 'super ... more

Swindon's £270m ski dome and leisure centre plans approved

29 Nov 2018

A major new indoor snow centre and leisure destination in Swindon has been given the ... more

Childhood inactivity 'worse than feared' – and reaching crisis levels

28 Nov 2018

Children in developed countries are not moving enough to maintain healthy growth and development – ... more

Could financial incentives be the key to getting people more physically active?

28 Nov 2018

A study by research institute RAND Europe has suggested that there is a guaranteed way ... more

Populous-designed "epicentre for esports" opens its doors in Texas

27 Nov 2018

Esports Stadium Arlington, the largest video gaming stadium in North America, has opened in Texas. ... more

Leisure trust Life Leisure makes move into facility ownership

27 Nov 2018

Life Leisure has become a facility owner after acquiring the Stockport Sports Village (SSV). The ... more

'Challenging times' ahead for rugby as RFU reports £30m losses

27 Nov 2018

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has posted losses of £30.9m for 2017-18 – a year ... more

Dubai firm to build the world’s largest sports mall

26 Nov 2018

Emirati real estate developer Viva City Developments has announced that it will supervise the creation ... more

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