Grow the Game news

The ICC Cricket World Cup has been credited with delivering a £350m economic boost to the UK. An economic impact and benefits analysis, carried out ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the English Premier League are partnering to encourage primary school children across England and Wales to celebrate ... More

A memorable summer of international cricket for England concluded on 15 September with the men's team securing victory in the final Ashes Test to claim ... More

The Cricket World Cup is set to provide English cricket a participation boost, as the tournament's legacy programmes saw more than one million children aged ... More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed Nick Pryde as director of participation and growth. Pryde is an internal appointment, having first joined ... More

The Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) has launched a legacy programme, which looks to use the tournament, to be hosted in England, as a ... More

A new funding scheme has been launched to aid the retention of adult male teams within grassroots football clubs. The £1m Retain the Game fund ... More

More than 1,500 new football teams and 3,400 coaches will be created after the FA increased funding to its grassroots campaign. The FA upped its ... More

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has appointed Steve Brown as its new CEO, with the move concluding an “extensive selection process”, led by a board ... More

The English Football Association (FA) is planning to swoop for the 2021 UEFA European Women’s Championship as part of its strategy to grow the female ... More

A nationwide beginner-level cricket participation programme has been launched by the sports governing body in an attempt to entice 50,000 youngsters this year. The England ... More

Grassroots football clubs that want to develop more teams for girls and disabled people will be able to bid for a share of a £1.5m ... More

England will host the Rugby League World Cup in 2021 after being selected ahead of a joint bid from the US and Canada. Making the ... More

The governing body responsible for cricket in the US has turned to veteran sports administrator Eric Parthen to grow the game and stabilise its governance. ... More

Women and girls, ethnic minorities and older adults will be encouraged to take part in rugby league as part of a new Sport England-funded participation ... More

Bill Beaumont, the former England rugby international, has been officially appointed as the chair of World Rugby. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) chair and Argentinian ... More

Male and female professional golfers may compete in joint events after the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) and ladies equivalent LPGA entered a “long-term strategic alliance”. ... More

The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, teamed up with Judy Murray this week to launch the latter’s new Tennis on the Road programme. A keen ... More

Grassroots clubs for women and girls, disabled players and over-14 males will be eligible to bid for a portion of a £1.5m (US$2.1m, €2m) fund ... More

Almost half of the 17,500 additional disabled people playing regular sport are taking part in football, as the Football Association’s (FA) £3.2m (US$4.9m, €4.4m) participation ... More

Michael Downey, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) chief executive, has encouraged players to collaborate and express their views on the game, following criticism from Andy ... More

The UK and Chinese governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will see the two countries forming “significant ties” to develop football in ... More

Football Association (FA) chief executive Martin Glenn has renewed the FA’s pledge to increase spending on grassroots football – and the number of artificial pitches. ... More

Cricket Australia is set for a financial windfall after British broadcaster BT Sport signed a five-year deal to show its international matches exclusively in the ... More

German sports equipment and clothing giant Adidas has agreed a partnership deal with the Chinese government to support football (soccer) development in 20,000 schools across ... More