John Steele news

The English Institute of Sport (EIS) has made two appointments to the organisation’s board. They are CEO of British Rowing Andy Parkinson and Emma Boggis, ... More

UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl has announced she will step down from the role in the summer of 2019. Nicholl, who first joined UK ... More

Loughborough University is set to open an innovative hotel on campus, targeting elite athletes who visit and train at the university’s facilities. The Elite Athlete ... More

The sport sector needs to be more proactive in analysing whether athletes are being pushed too far in pursuit of medal success, according to the ... More

John Steele will leave his role as CEO of Youth Sport Trust (YST) to become executive director of sport at Loughborough University at the end ... More

The Department of Health is investing an extra £5m in getting children and families to exercise and play more sports. Most of the funding will ... More

The Youth Sport Trust is launching the next stage of its Olympic and Paralympic legacy work next week, at the Doha Goals conference, in Qatar. ... More

Youth Sport Trust (YST) and YMCA have today (Tuesday 16 October) announced a new partnership designed to enhance both organisations' reach within schools and communities. ... More

Sport England has confirmed that it has reduced the funding available to the Rugby Football Union (RFU) by nearly £1.1m after research uncovered a fall ... More

A single department will be responsible for all rugby elements of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) following a "significant" restructuring process of the organisation. The ... More

UK Sport chief executive John Steele has been selected to replace Francis Baron as the Rugby Football Union's (RFU) chief executive. Steele - a former ... More

An additional £13m funding has been made available to help Britain's Olympic and Paralympic athletes prepare ahead of the 2012 London Games, following a review ... More

There are only two sports that are in need of a radical overhaul ahead of the London 2012 Olympic games. UK Sport has rated handball ... More

UK Sport has released details of the medal targets that have been agreed with sports at their respective 2009 World or European Championships. Up to ... More

Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe has confirmed that a new national drugs testing agency, provisionally called UK Anti-Doping, is set to be launched by the end ... More

Sue Campbell CBE, chair of UK Sport and the Youth Sport Trust, is to enter the House of Lords as a crossbench peer. The appointment ... More