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The ICO has ruled that eight leisure operators have been unlawfully processing the biometric data of their employees to be used for attendance checks and ... More

Two new research reports have highlighted the impact of the UK's cost of living crisis on people's physical activity levels and there have been calls ... More

New insight from UK quango, Sport England has found that healthy life expectancy in England – ie, the number of years people live without debilitating ... More

UK Health and Fitness operators' level of engagement with technology has been researched for the second year as part of a three-year study part funded ... More

Grassroots sport quango Sport England has signed a three-year deal to allow an Australian health promotion foundation to adopt its This Girl Can campaign. VicHealth, ... More

The number of athletes from ethnic minority backgrounds being funded by UK Sport has not increased over the past year, shining the spotlight on the ... More

The national governing body for table tennis has become the first to breach the government’s Code for Sports Governance, with its full £9m (US$11.6m, €10.2m) ... More

Dame Katherine Grainger, the incoming chair of UK Sport, has dismissed calls to review the quango’s ‘no compromise’ approach despite 11 sports claiming that the ... More

Jennie Price, the chief executive of Sport England, has been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Price, who has been with the grassroots sports ... More

Liz Nicholl, chief executive of UK Sport, has conceded that the quango must be “more alert” to potential issues within the world class performance systems ... More

Former England cricket coach Andy Flower is among the second group of coaches to graduate from UK Sport’s Elite Programme. Flower completed the programme alongside ... More

Plans for a new £5.2m leisure centre in the market town of Stone have been submitted to Stafford Borough Council (SBC). The proposals – which ... More

UK Sport has dismissed criticisms that it has failed in its duty of care to athletes following high profile allegations of bullying within sports that ... More

Paul Thomas, who was appointed chair of Sport Wales last April, has been sacked by the Welsh government less than a year after taking the ... More

UK Sport has decided against funding wheelchair tennis’ world-class programme ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games, despite the Rio 2016 team bringing home six medals ... More

Seven national governing bodies will take a share of £27.1m (US$33.9m, €31.4m) after Sport England revealed its last batch of funding awards. The Rugby Football ... More

Sport England has committed £40m (US$49.8m, €46.2m) to support parents on low incomes implement regular physical activity within family life. According to the grassroots sport ... More

In an attempt to keep up the momentum with its women’s football strategy, the Football Association (FA) has made a slew of significant appointments. David ... More

A £3m (US$3.7m, €3.5m) fund to engage inactive people from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds will be launched in April by Sport England. The pot forms part ... More

A report suggesting that the vast majority of the British public was not inspired by Team GB’s medal success at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ... More

UK Sport has rejected representations made by six Olympic sports for Tokyo 2020 funding – a decision labeled “staggering” by Badminton England. The national governing ... More

Sport and physical activity participation targets for the next three years will be published by Sport England in April, according to Sporting Future’s first annual ... More

The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is on the hunt for a new chair for UK Sport to replace the outgoing Rod Carr. ... More

Sports Coach UK has poured cold water on the prospect of merging its Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) with the CIMPSA Directory, despite ongoing discussions ... More

Sport England is preparing to publish a “groundbreaking” piece of research that logs people’s attitudes and motivations to sport and physical activity. The data will ... More