Jessica Ennis news

Olympic champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill will add a bit of stardust to this year's ukactive Summit. Ennis-Hill will attend the Summit and take part in ... More

The chief executive of the organisation that runs some of Sheffield’s key leisure, wellbeing and entertainment venues is retiring after more than 21 years in ... More

Mark England and Penny Briscoe – the two individuals who oversaw Team GB and ParalympicsGB’s success at the Rio 2016 Olympics – have been recognised ... More

As the buzz for the Rio Olympic Games reaches its peak ahead of its opening ceremony later today (5 August), British-based skincare brand Elemis has ... More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has dismissed calls for the Rio Olympics to be moved or cancelled as a result of the growing Zika crisis. ... More

Pro-diversity body Sporting Equals is lining up a follow-up event to its 2014 Leaderboard session where it was revealed that only 3 per cent of ... More

Sol Campbell, the former Arsenal and England player, has put himself forward to mobilise football governing bodies to diversify with more black, Asian and ethnic ... More

The indoor track which will be used by Jessica Ennis-Hill in the run-up to Rio 2016 has undergone a “major upgrade” to simulate conditions for ... More

Council sport and leisure budgets have been slashed by an overall figure of £42.4m since 2010, according to a survey released today (15 April). An ... More

Britain’s black and minority ethnic (BME) sportsmen and women will be recognised at a brand new awards ceremony next year. The British Ethnic Diversity Sports ... More

David Beckham has signed a long-term agreement with Sky Sports as an ambassador in an effort to get more people involved with sport at the ... More

Britain has achieved triple success at the Laureus World Sport Awards 2013, held in Rio de Janeiro on 11 March, with Jessica Ennis, Andy Murray ... More

Sheffield City Council has voted to cut its £700,000 annual subsidy to Don Valley Stadium and shift athletics to Woodbourn Stadium, saving £6m over the ... More

Britain needs more female personal trainers, figures from the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) reveal, with women only making up 35 per cent of the ... More

The funding of both sport and cultural facilities are in question in Sheffield, as the council strives to make £50m of cuts to its 2013-14 ... More

A new survey reveals the legacy of London’s Olympics and Paralympics on school children studying at United Learning Group schools, with the majority saying it ... More

Budding athletes could be taught by the likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis if an idea mooted by culture secretary, Maria Miller, comes to ... More

World heptathlon silver medallist Jessica Ennis has officially opened a new-look gym at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) in Sheffield, following a six-figure refurbishment. ... More

An extensive array of representatives from the leisure industry are among the 965 that have been recognised for their contribution in the 2011 Queen's Birthday ... More

UKA, the governing body for athletics in the UK has signed a four year deal with British fashion brand Jaeger. As part of the deal, ... More