Helen Grant news

Damian Collins, the Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe, has been elected as the chair of the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee. Collins has ... More

Sport will have a true advocate in the newly-formed Conservative government, following the appointment of Tracey Crouch as sports minister. Crouch, a self-confessed “sports nut” ... More

Britain’s best canoe sprint athletes now have world-class facilities to train in after Sports Minister Helen Grant opened a new elite centre for British Canoeing ... More

UK minister for sport, Helen Grant, has thrown her weight behind a campaign against sexism in football following the emergence of footage showing a female ... More

A number of politicians and former players have called for the English Premier League (EPL) to ensure it "gives more money back" to the sport’s ... More

A huge decline in the number of people swimming once a week has been blamed for an overall fall in sports participation in England. Swimming, ... More

Yorkshire’s hosting of the Tour de France Grand Départ helped the region set a new record for overseas visits during Q3 2014, with foreign cycling ... More

GB Basketball has secured an emergency £1.18m funding package from Sport England to support the Team GB elite teams. The funding will contribute to the ... More

The coalition government has launched a new initiative aiming to ensure football fans have more say in the running of their clubs. The Supporter Ownership ... More

Wembley Stadium in London has been selected to host the UEFA Euro 2020 final and semi-final stages of the tournament for the first time since ... More

Sport England’s National Sport Centre at Bisham Abbey has benefitted from a £7m facelift of its facilities. Funded by Sport England National Lottery funding, the ... More

The government has announced it will team up with the tourism and hospitality sector to focus on improving skills, increasing the quality and quantity of ... More

English tourism industry leaders gathered in anticipation at Cheltenham Racecourse this week, as they vied for the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2014. A total of ... More

The Royal Air Force Museum has secured nearly £900,000 of funding for the creation of a major new exhibition chronicling the role of air power ... More

Boosting awareness of strength training among women could be the key to growing gym membership, says a new study from fitness equipment manufacturer, Precor. Precor ... More

Sports minister Helen Grant has called for women to be offered a wider choice of sports in order to increase the number of females playing ... More

The government and the Mayor of London have launched a new initiative designed to promote physical activity across the UK, with the aim of ensuring ... More

Britain welcomed 32.9 million overseas visitors in 2013, more than any other year, according to provisional estimates released this morning by the Office for National ... More

High performance sports agency UK Sport has revealed details of its Annual Investment Review, with 11 Olympic sports and seven paralympic sports seeing an increase ... More

The release of the Active People Survey (ASP) last week has damaged the cross-party support for efforts to get more people into sport. Shadow sports ... More

Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equality, Helen Grant, has praised the hospitality and tourism sector for its financial contribution to the UK economy and its ... More

The Football Association (FA) and Sport England have joined forces with the Premier League and The Football League to increase the number of women and ... More

Grassroots football facilities in England are set to benefit from £102m of investment over the next three years. The Premier League & The FA Facilities ... More