London Marathon news

Christian Tötzke, founder of Hyrox, plans to make the fitness races the equivalent of the London Marathon - the big event of the year which ... More

Alliance Leisure has been awarded funding of £13m to develop a new sports hub at Parsloes Park in Barking. The leisure development specialist was appointed ... More

Top-level sports people and elite athletes can live more than five years longer than the rest of the population. The finding comes from an in-depth ... More

Construction work has begun on a £13m community sports hub in Barking, East London. The new facility will replace the existing Parsloes Park Sports Pavilion ... More

The Royal Parks Half Marathon has named London Marathon Events as its new delivery partner. The new five-year partnership follows a competitive tender process and ... More

Organisers of some of the UK's largest mass participation sports events – including the London Marathon – have joined forces in an attempt to recoup ... More

People see swimming as lacking relevance to their lives, and lacking visibility in comparison to other sports. These are barriers that the sport is working ... More

The London Marathon Charitable Trust has announced the four winning sites which will receive grants of £25,000 as part of its first national funding initiative, ... More

Nick Bitel will complete a full eight-year term as Sport England chair after being appointed for a second four-year period. Bitel was originally appointed as ... More

Former National Express Group chief executive Richard Bowker has been confirmed as chair-elect of UK Athletics. Bowker – who is a non-executive director of London ... More

Organisations in the sector are being invited to move into the ‘House of Sport’ – a London-based office designed to facilitate collaboration and efficiencies. The ... More

When it comes to behaviour change and inspiring the nation to be more active, attitude and goal-setting are two of the biggest things to focus ... More

Hyde Park’s Serpentine pond – the venue for the London 2012 open water marathon swims – will host a new mass-participation swimming festival in September. ... More

The organiser of the London Marathon is to fund the expansion of running community GoodGym across three new locations in London to help spread physical ... More

With National Fitness Day less than 24 hours away, event organiser ukactive has released a raft of new data highlighting how Brits are leading increasingly ... More

London’s historic Sobell Leisure Centre in Islington – the only leisure centre to be designed by celebrated Centre Point architect Richard Seifert – has received ... More

Vinci Stadium, subsidiary of French venue operator Vinci Concessions, has signed a 25-year contract to operate London’s Olympic Stadium. Vinci’s existing stadium portfolio includes the ... More

Central London sports centre, the Porchester Centre, has now reopened after a £1.2m expansion and refurbishment, financed by Westminster City Council, the London Marathon Trust ... More

The world’s first ever Compact Athletics Facility (CAF), designed to allow track and field facilities to be built in places where there is limited space, ... More

Construction work has started on a 400m (1,312ft) BMX track in Burgess Park, Southwark, South London. Ground Control Ltd has been appointed as the contractor ... More

The former chief executive of the Royal Yachting Association, Rod Carr CBE, and London Marathon chief executive Nick Bitel have been appointed as chairs of ... More

LessBounce has added PureLime's new range of seamless underwear range, available in bright neon colours, for fitness training. The Danish sports apparel brand's new collection ... More

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has appointed former Paralympic champion, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson to the board of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). Already a ... More

Image: The community hub plans have been approved The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has gained planning approval for a new "ecology-themed" community hub to ... More