03 Jul 2009
Funding for Cefn Coed rugby upgrade
Cefn Coed Rugby Club (CCRC) in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, has received £200,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government in order to upgrade facilities, following a recent increase in membership. more

03 Jul 2009
Football clubs continue to face struggles
Doubts have been cast over the future of Livingston Football Club (LFC) and Farsley Celtic Football Club (FCFC) as ongoing financial concerns continue to affect football clubs across the UK. more

03 Jul 2009
Concerns raised over football money laundering
Football is at risk from being used by criminals to launder money as the sport's regulatory structure struggles to cope with increased levels of investment and exposure, according to a new report. more

02 Jul 2009
Council backs £300m Doncaster proposals
The proposed development of a new £300m civic and cultural quarter in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, is set to go ahead after the local authority committed to the first stage of the project. more

02 Jul 2009
Didcot delays sports facility plans
South Oxfordshire District Council has put on hold proposals to build a new leisure centre in Didcot. more

01 Jul 2009
Halo Leisure launches Fit For Free
Sports trust Halo Leisure has today (1 July 2009) launched an initiative offering 300 young people the opportunity to get fit for free this summer. more

01 Jul 2009
Freedom/GLL partnership starts work at Mid Sussex sites
Sports trust Freedom Leisure, in conjunction with Greenwich Leisure (GLL), has today (1 July 2009) taken over the management of leisure facilities in Mid Sussex. more

01 Jul 2009
Refurb for Bell's Sports Centre
A new reception area which has been unveiled at Bell's Sports Centre in Perth, Scotland, is the latest in a string of improvements completed at the site recently. more

01 Jul 2009
£10m Port of Belfast wharf extension opens
Stormont Wharf at the Port of Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been officially opened following the completion of a £10m development, one of the largest undertaken by port authorities in 40 years. more

01 Jul 2009
British Cycling outlines four-year plan
British Cycling has unveiled a new four-year strategy designed to create a lasting legacy for cycling as a sport and recreational activity in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. more

01 Jul 2009
England poised to secure 2015 World Cup
England appears to be on course to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup after the Rugby Football Union's (RFU) bid received the backing of tournament organisers, Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL). more

01 Jul 2009
Lottery awards semi-finalists revealed
The National Lottery has revealed the 70 projects to have reached the semi-final stage of its sixth annual awards, designed to recognise the role that Lottery-funded schemes play in local communities. more

01 Jul 2009
Northern Ireland introduces new Forestry Bill
A new Forestry Bill has been introduced to the Northern Ireland Assembly by agriculture and rural development minister, Michelle Gildernew, which is designed to update existing legislation. more

01 Jul 2009
London boroughs invited to revamp public spaces
London mayor Boris Johnson has called upon the London's 32 borough councils to submit their proposals for the refurbishment of the capital's public spaces as part of the Great Spaces scheme. more

30 Jun 2009
Notts County takeover plans approved
Munto Finance, a consortium of businessmen based in the Middle East, is poised to acquire Notts County Football Club (NCFC) after the club's supporters' trust voted in favour of the proposals. more

30 Jun 2009
£100m Magheramorne scheme approved
Lafarge Cement UK has been given the green light for the development of a new £100m harbour eco-village on the site of the former Magheramorne Works and Quarry near Larne, Northern Ireland. more

30 Jun 2009
Essex set for new wetland nature reserve
A new 270-hectare (667.2-acre) wetland nature reserve is set to be created in Essex as the result of a partnership between the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Veolia Environmental Services (VES). more

30 Jun 2009
Murray plans new Scottish tennis facility
Judy Murray, the mother of British tennis players Andy and Jamie Murray, has unveiled plans to establish a new community tennis club in central Scotland in a bid to identify and develop new talent. more

30 Jun 2009
Legacy facility launched for Welsh golfers
The Tycroes Golf Range in Ammanford has reopened following a £150,000 redevelopment programme. more

30 Jun 2009
Towcester masterplan put on show
A draft masterplan for the redevelopment of Towcester has been put on display by South Northamptonshire Council (SNC) in order to gather the views of local residents and stakeholders. more

29 Jun 2009
Work starts on Lowestoft skatepark
Construction work has started on a new £181,500 skate and BMX park in Lowestoft, Suffolk, which forms part of a wider scheme led by Waveney District Council (WDC) to improve local play provision. more

29 Jun 2009
New Forest chief executive steps down
Lindsay Cornish, chief executive of the New Forest National Park Authority (NFNPA), has announced that she is to step down from the position after four years with the organisation. more

29 Jun 2009
Council appoints 2014 Athletes Village developer
Glasgow City Council (GCC) has selected the City Legacy consortium as its preferred development partner for the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes' Village, which is to be built in Dalmarnock. more

29 Jun 2009
Farsley Celtic faces winding up order
Farsley Celtic Football Club (FCFC) is facing the prospect of being wound up at the High Court in London on 1 July after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) refused a request to adjourn the hearing. more

29 Jun 2009
England to host Pakistan cricket matches
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that two Test matches and two Twenty20 international matches between Pakistan and Australia in July 2010 are to be staged in England. more

29 Jun 2009
Council withdraws from public inquiry
Lancaster City Council (LCC) has confirmed that it has pulled out of a public inquiry set up to examine plans for the £150m mixed-use redevelopment of the city's Canal Corridor North site. more

29 Jun 2009
Sutcliffe expresses British tennis concerns
Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe has raised concerns over the progress of UK tennis after all but two British players were eliminated in the first round of The Championships at this year's Wimbledon. more

26 Jun 2009
Arroyomolinos complex opens
Construction of a new 12m euro (£10.2m US$16.8m) health club in Arroyomolinos - south of Madrid, Spain - has been completed by Arroyomolinos Council in association with the state leisure organisation EMUVISA and the private leisure management company Deltanova. more

26 Jun 2009
Sport participation survey revealed
Sport England has published a quarterly update of its Active People survey to compare the demographics of sports participation in England against its annual target to April 2009. more

26 Jun 2009
Sheffield tennis facility revamped
Abbeydale Tennis Club in Sheffield has reopened following a 12-month facelift. more

26 Jun 2009
Our heritage is at risk
One in seven conservation areas in England is at risk of neglect, decay or damaging change according to a new report published by English Heritage. more

26 Jun 2009
Hinckley set for new youth centre
Plans for the construction of a new multi-million pound youth centre in Hinckley, Leicestershire, have been given the green light by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council's (HBBC) planning committee. more

26 Jun 2009
Six countries confirm bid for 2018 Ryder Cup
Ryder Cup Europe (RCE) has announced that six countries, including France, Germany and Portugal, have entered the race to host the 42nd biennial Ryder Cup golf tournament in 2018. more

26 Jun 2009
Paisley set for £1.5m heritage boost
Plans for the regeneration of Paisley town centre in Renfrewshire, west Scotland, have received a £1.5m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) through its Townscape Heritiage Initiative (THI). more

26 Jun 2009
HLF green light for Mary Rose scheme
Work on a new £35m museum at the site of the Mary Rose warship in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is to get underway this autumn after the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) approved funding for the scheme. more

25 Jun 2009
CPRE raises road sign concerns
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has criticised the introduction of the government's new Road Safety Strategy, which could result in a million new road signs being placed in the countryside. more

25 Jun 2009
Dance and exercise tops the bill
A survey from Sport England shows that people taking part in dance and exercise movement are more satisfied with their experience than participants in any other form of physical activity. more

25 Jun 2009
Parliament passes Broads Authority Bill
New legislation designed to improve the management and safety of the Norfolk Broads National Park, including compulsory life jacket provision for all hire crafts, has been passed by Parliament. more

25 Jun 2009
Parry to head betting integrity panel
Rick Parry, the chief executive of Liverpool Football Club, has been appointed by Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to lead a new panel designed to uphold the integrity of sports betting. more

25 Jun 2009
Contractor selected for Leatherhead revamp
Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) has appointed VolkerFitzpatrick, the Dutch-owned construction company, to deliver the £11m refurbishment of Leatherhead Leisure Centre in Surrey. more

01-04 Jul 2009
11th Royal Anthropological Institute International Festival of Ethnographic Film
Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom

02-03 Jul 2009
Inspiring a More Active Society
Chesford Grange Hotel, Nr Warwick, United Kingdom

04-07 Jul 2009
Emotion in Motion: The Passion of Tourism, Travel and Movement (2009)
Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom

07 Jul 2009
Personal Trainer Open Evening
YMCAfit , London, United Kingdom

08-10 Jul 2009
TRAVEL & TOURISM IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
University of Brighton Eastbourne Campus, Eastbourne, United Kingdom

09 Jul 2009
Leaping into Action: An Introduction to Inclusive Marketing
Edge Hill University, Lancashire,

11-13 Jul 2009
Face & Body Spa & healthy Aging Conference and Expo
San Jose McEnery Convention Centre, San Jose, United States